Short summary of the first ten editions of EQK (3)

TOP 30 of the first ten editions of EQK

(according to points)

   1.  Kashinath Karmakar, India

   2.  Arvinder Kaur, India

   3.  Roberta Beary, USA

   4.  Lavana Kray, Romania

   5.  Sondra J. Byrnes, USA

   6.   Rosa Clement, Brazil

   7.  Cezar F. Ciobica, Romania

   8.  Maria Tomczak, Poland

   9.  Minh Triet-Pham, France

 10. Veronika Zora Novak, Canada

 11. Ajaya Mahala, India

 12. Fratila Genovel-Florentin, Romania

 13. Yesha Shah, India

 14. Rita Odeh, Israel

 15. Simon Hanson, Australia

 16. Detelina Tiholova, Bulgaria

 17. Artur Lewandowski, Poland

 18. Wiesław Karliński, Poland

 19. Daniela Lacrimoara Capota, Romania

 20. Janina Kołodziejczyk, Italy

 21. Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia

 22. Dan Iulian, Romania

 23. Maya Kisyova, Bulgaria

 24. Klaus-Dieter Wirth, Germany

 25. Sara Winteridge, England

 26. Julie Warther, USA

 27. Cynthia Rowe, Australia

 28. Diana Teneva, Bulgaria

 29. Ignatius Fay, Canada

 30. Arturas Silanskas, Lithuania

Short summary of the first ten editions of EQK (2)

Winners (editions 1-10)

EQK #1 (topic: spring) - Artur Lewandowski, Poland

spring

the widow buys

depilatory wax

EQK #2 (topic: summer) - Andrea Cecon, Italy

midday heat
the dog stretches its paws
one by one

EQK #3 (topic: autumn) - Sondra J. Byrnes, USA

harvest moon—

even if that was all

there was

EQK #4 (topic: winter) - Sara Winteridge, England

snow fall ~ realising the shape of things 

EQK #5 (topic: colors) - Kashinath Karmakar, India

faded album-

all the missing colours

of my childhood

EQK #6 (topic: water) - Rosa Clement, Brazil

stormy night

my umbrella gets home

before I do

EQK #7 (topic: animals) - Rita Odeh, Israel

moonlit river-
a giraffe sipping
the stars

EQK #8 (topic: cosmos) - Cynthia Rowe, Australia

neap tide
the old fisherman harvests
moon crystals

EQK #9 (topic: plants) - Arvinder Kaur, India

dandelions -
how i learnt
to let go

EQK #10 (topic: weather) - Iliyana Stoyanova, United Kingdom

distant thunder
a line of footprints still
escaping the waves

Short summary of the first ten editions of EQK (1)

In time of first ten editions of EQK (from spring 2013 to summer 2015) 438 authors from 56 countries submitted their haiku. Average number in one edition: 164 authors from 39 countries.

We thank very much for participating, good haiku and fun to each author and especially thank to 21 authors from 13 countries who submitted and voted in all ten editions:

Ferenc Bakos, Hungary

Valeria Barouch, Switzerland
Goda V. Bendoraitiene, Lithuania
Brigitte ten Brink, Germany
Ralf Broker, Germany
Cezar F. Ciobica, Romania
Rosa Clement, Brasil
Dainius Dirgela, Lithuania
James Dobson, United Kingdom
Marcell Domonkos, Hungary
Nijole Kerusauskiene, Lithuania
Vitali Khomin, Ukraine
Lavana Kray, Romania
Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia
Andrius Luneckas, Lithuania
Minh-Triet Pham, France
Marija Pogorilic, Croatia
Francesco de Sabata, Italy
Heinz Schneemann, Germany
Barbara A. Taylor, Australia
Steliana Cristina Voicu, Romania

the EQK team

Invitation to the EUROPEAN QUARTERLY KUKAI #11 - Autumn 2015 Edition

Dear Haiku Friends, welcome to the EUROPEAN QUARTERLY KUKAI #11 – Autumn 2015 Edition 

Topic: FOOD (for example: bread, cake, corn, rice, milk, tea etc) - the word "food" is not required but should be clearly image

Entrants: open to anyone

Haiku: one unpublished haiku

haiku must remain anonymous until the results are posted,
co-editors reserve the right not to accept an entrant / haiku, 

by sending haiku author agrees to the publication without a pay in a planned almanac 

Language: English

Style: unlimited 

Period for submission: Thursday, August 20 - Tuesday, September 8, 2015 

Voting period: Thursday, September 10 – Tuesday, September 15, 2015 

voting strongly according to the scheme: 

haiku #x - 3 pts 

haiku #y - 2 pts 

haiku #z - 1 pt 

(you can vote only for three haiku)  

voting is mandatory, please do not vote for your own haiku 

Results: no later than Friday, September 18, 2015 

Prizes: e-diplomas for authors from 1st, 2nd and 3rd places 

Address for all Kukai correspondence: european.kukai@gmail.com  

- please use "autumn 2015 submission” (or “autumn 2015 voting” in voting phase) in the subject line  

- please write your entry in the body of e-mail, attachments are not accepted

- please sign your submission and ballot (name, city and country)

the EQK team