This is an overview of poems (mainly haiku) that were published in literary magazines or received an award or a mention in writing competitions.

Sechster Platz beim Haiku-Preis 2021 von Haiku heute

Honourable mention in the Australian Haiku Society’s John Bird Dreaming Award for Haiku

Publication in the The Kyoto x Haiku Project

Mention in the haiku contest (Edition 2021) of Revista Haiku.

On the list of the European top 100 haiku authors in 2020.

In the Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Volume 4:1, Autumn-Winter 2020-2021

Nyusen(Third Prize) (入選) in the 25^th International “Kusamakura” Haiku Competition

In the Selected Haiku Submissions Collection of the 12^th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest

In the special selection of the 2nd - Morioka International HAIKU Contest. See also this pdf and this longer document.

Ｈonorable Ｍention （入選） in the 74th Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest （英語の部）

I participated in the Haiku Postcard Project! 🗃️ of Haiku Connects Us

Honourable Mention in the International Haiku Contest on the Theme of the Gourds 2020 🗃️ by The Haiku Association „Three Rivers“, The „Pumpkin Festival“, and The Tourist Board of Ivanić-Grad, Croatia, for:

between damp leaves
the song of the cricket
and melon flowers

Honourable Mention in the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival’s 2019 Haiku Invitational for:

I apologize
cherry blossoms tumble
into the river

In the Selected Haiku Submissions Collection of the 11^th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest:

half-moon dusk
a murder of crows returns
to its nesting site

early bedtime
a thunderstorm’s noise
keeps me awake

Accepted for the summer 2019 issue of the Akitsu Quarterly

Publication in the spring 2019 edition of Cicada’s Cry

On the list of the European top 100 haiku authors in 2018.

Selected submission in the 10^th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest in the category Division 1b: General Public (Non-Japanese applicants):

silent darkness
eats into the sinking sun
ripe peaches on the ground

Tokusen (Second Prize) in the 23^rd International “Kusamakura” Haiku Competition in Kumamoto in the foreign language category:

shallow pond
the edges of winter
crackle

Publication in Eucalpyt 25:

motes of snow
dance in the cold air
glittering
beneath a caesious sky
a robin’s song

Publication in cattails April 2018:

dulcet light
drops into a puddle
buddleja rain

Publication in Einunddreißig: Ausgabe Nr. 20 Februar 2018:

schweigende Stille
quillt süsslich in den Morgen
Sonntagseinsamkeit
frisch gepflückte Narzissen
leuchten mit gelber Kälte

Honorable mention in Akita International Haiku Network’s 6^th Japan – Russia Haiku Contest (English Section):

unmoored from home
drifting in nameless winds
cherry blossoms

Honorable mention in Akita International Haiku Network’s 5^th Japan-Russia Haiku Contest 2016:

stars becloud the sky
powdery snowflakes vanish
in the night ocean

Publication in A Hundred Gourds 5:1:

reddening shadows
she folds october light
into paper cranes

Publication in Chrysanthemum Nr. 18:

Zenithsonne
der Reis im Schälchen
ebenso weiss

zenith sun
the rice in the bowl
just as white