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January 15th, 2026
Haiku Magazine Contest #1 – First Place
"Stories strung with wool" (first line)
by Nina Padolf
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States)
January 15th, 2026
"oil pipeline blockade" (first line)
by Kim Goldberg
(Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada)
January 15th, 2026
"In the autumn woods" (first line)
by Guohua Li
(Montebello, New York, United States)
January 15th, 2026
"You are the harvest" (first line)
by Katherine Landry
(Burbank, California, United States)
January 15th, 2026
"rainstorms and ashes" (first line)
by Ri Dela Borj
(Porac, Pampanga, Philippines)
January 15th, 2026
"a blooming Malus" (first line)
by Jennifer Zimmer-Wilson
(Newbury, Victoria, Australia)
January 15th, 2026
"blue moon by the bay" (first line)
by Monica Kakkar
(New Delhi, Delhi, India)
January 15th, 2026
"Dandelion spores" (first line)
by Ryan Warring Bird
(Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
January 15th, 2026
"no pages wrinkled" (first line)
by Barbara Anna Gaiardoni
(Verona, Veneto, Italy)
January 15th, 2026
"mini gazebo" (first line)
by Sheikha A.
(Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
January 15th, 2026
"Sound of snapping twigs" (first line)
by Athena Pajer
(Bloomington, Illinois, United States)
January 15th, 2026
"Snow blankets. Hides scars" (first line)
by Michael O'Connor
(Medina, Ohio, United States)
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