Our Autumn 2022 Haiku Competition Winners

This weekend came the difficult bit (for us) at Awakening the Writer Within. We genuinely loved them all, from odes to forty four day debacles, to soapy soliloquies alongside celebrations of nature, the snuggly joys of Autumn and Yuletide anticipation. We were touched by the celebrations of our Cosy Cottage products and pledge to use all of these at some stage on our website product descriptions. 

In the end we had to shortlist thirty haikus and then we picked five, seeking to cover the spectrum of subject matter and approach. After much deliberation, we eventually narrowed it to one winner, Tom Southworth, who told us that this beautiful, evocative haiku is the first thing he's ever written. 

Here are the glorious winning haiku and our four, fabulous runners up. We will be in touch with the winner and runners up next week and will also contact all our shortlisted writers alongside. 

OUR WINNER  - Tom Southworth

 

Ageless guardians

 

Gilded by Autumn's brush

 

Fell. Too late. Fallen.

OUR FOUR RUNNERS UP 

Sue Birch

 

Autumn nights draw in   
Extra blanket on the bed   
Learnt how to crochet!  

 

Daniela Nunnari

 

We are snail seekers,
puddle splashers, cloud watchers,
faces raised to sky.

 

Lesley Parr

 

We dream for the Spring
This time in Autumn
Winter has many blessings

 

James Gensberg

 

Snow flakes or soap flakes?
I do not recommend you
test this with your tongue

 

Thank you to our winner. our runners up and everyone who entered, for your participation, your enthusiasm, your talent and your interest.

Janet Dean and Clara  - Awakening the Writer Within