Short summary of first three years of EQK 2013-2015

TOP 10 of the EQK in 2013-2015 (according to points)

  1. Kashinath Karmakar, IND
  2. Arvinder Kaur, IND
  3. Roberta Beary, USA
  4. Simon Hanson, AUS
  5. Lavana Kray, ROM
  6. Rosa Clement, BRA
  7. Cezar F. Ciobica, ROM
  8. Sondra J. Byrnes, USA
  9. Marion Clarke, UK
10. Maria Kowal-Tomczak, POL

Authors who submitted haiku and voted in all editions 2013-2015:

Ferenc Bakos, HUN, 

Valeria Barouch, SUI, 

Goda V. Bendoraitiene, LIT, 

Brigitte ten Brik, GER

Ralf Broker, GER

Cezar F. Ciobica, ROM

Rosa Clement, BRA

Dainius Dirgela, LIT

James Dobson, UK
Marcell Domonkos, HUN
Nijole Kerusauskiene, LIT
Vitali Khomin, UKR
Lavana Kray, ROM
Natalia Kuznetsova, RUS
Andrius Luneckas, LIT
Minh-Triet Pham, FRA
Marija Pogorilic, CRO
Francesco de Sabata, ITA
Heinz Schneemann, GER
Barbara A. Taylor, AUS
Steliana Cristina Voicu, ROM

In all twelve editions, 473 authors from 59 countries submitted their haiku. Average number of participants in one edition: 166 authors from 38 countries,

Thank you very much, 
the EQK tream

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

EQK 2013 - summary

Dear Haiku Friends, 

Happy New Year!

Thank you very much for participation in the European Quarterly Kukai in 2013. We invite you to the next editions. Topic of the 5th edition will be COLORS. Please check our page for details in the middle of February 2014.

Short summary of 2013:

Number of participants / countries in 2013 (editions 1-4):

#1 - 130 / 33

#2 - 162 / 39

#3 - 144 / 39

#4 - 161 / 41

Total - 284 individual participants from 51 countries

Winners in 2013 (editions 1-4):

#1 Artur Lewandowski, Poland

#2 Andrea Cecon, Italy

#3 Sondra J. Byrnes, USA

#4 Sara Winteridge, England

Top Ten of EQK 2013:

1. Sondra J. Byrnes, USA

2. Roberta Beary, USA

3. Rosa Clement, Brazil

4. Sara Winteridge, England

5. Kashinath Karmakar, India

6. Wiesław Karliński, Poland

7. Andrea Cecon, Italy

8. Artur Lewandowski, Poland

9. Cezar F. Ciobica, Romania

10. Annie Juhl, Denmark