Videos

Haiku Northwest’s annual Porad Award, named after the organization’s founder, Francine Porad, celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2023. This video showcases all first-place winners from 2004 to 2023, including the names of judges who selected the winning poems. Video by Michael Dylan Welch.

Winning haiku in the 2023 Porad Award sponsored by Haiku Northwest. Winners were Frank Hooven (twice), Terri L. French, Lesley Anne Swanson, P. H. Fischer, and Michele Rule. The judge was Billie Wilson, and Angela Terry served as the contest coordinator. Video by Michael Dylan Welch.

Winning haiku in the 2022 Porad Award sponsored by Haiku Northwest. Winners were Jay Friedenberg, Janice Doppler, Edward Cody Huddleston, Kanchan Chatterjee (twice), and Ravi Kiran. The judge was Lenard D. Moore, and Michelle Schaefer served as the contest coordinators. Video by Michael Dylan Welch.

Winning haiku in the 2021 Porad Award sponsored by Haiku Northwest. Winners were John Hawkhead, Janice Doppler, Srinivasa Rao Sambangi, Helga Härle, Vandana Parashar, Nikolay Grankin, and Dmitry Shestakovsky. The judge was Susan Antolin, and Ron Swanson served as the contest coordinators. Video by Michael Dylan Welch.

September 2021 video of seasonally arranged haiku and senryu by twenty poets from Washington State: Munira Judith Avinger, David A. Berger, Aidan Castle, Dianne Garcia, Connie Hutchison, Nicholas Klacsanzky, Carole MacRury, C. R. Manley, Lluvia Mayoko, Margaret D. McGee, Geoff Pope, Michelle Schaefer, Larry St Pierre, Joan D. Stamm, Dean Summers, R. J. Swanson, Angela Terry, Kathleen Tice, Richard Tice, and Michael Dylan Welch. Edited by Michael Dylan Welch and David A. Berger. Video by Michael Dylan Welch.

Winning haiku in the 2020 Porad Award sponsored by Haiku Northwest. Winners were Annette Makino, Kala Ramesh, and Brad Bennett, with honorable mentions to Andrea Cecon, Alan S. Bridges, and David Grayson. The judge was Julie Warther, and Ron Swanson served as the contest coordinators. Video by Michael Dylan Welch.

Winning haiku in the 2019 Porad Award sponsored by Haiku Northwest. Winners were Michele Root-Bernstein, Marietta McGregor, and Lon Risley, with honorable mentions to Kanchan Chatterjee, Raquel D. Bailey, and Kath Abela Wilson. The judge was Tom Painting, and Ron Swanson served as the contest coordinators. Video by Michael Dylan Welch.

Winning haiku in the 2018 Porad Award sponsored by Haiku Northwest. Winners were Margaret D. McGee, Michele L. Harvey, and Scott Mason, with honorable mentions to Melissa Alexander, Michael Dudley, Deborah P Kolodji, and Scott Mason. The judge was Francine Banwarth, and Richard and Kathleen Tice served as contest coordinators. Video by Michael Dylan Welch.

The poets in this video, at the 2019 Seabeck Haiku Getaway, are taking part in the first evening’s activity, reading a haiku of their own. This retreat has taken place annually in Seabeck, Washington, since 2008. Video by Gary Evans.

Here are readings by six haiku poets featured at the Seabeck Haiku Getaway held at the Seabeck Conference Center in Seabeck, Washington, in October of 2019. This year marked the twelfth annual Seabeck retreat. Poets featured in this video are Marco Fraticelli, Pat Benedict, William Scott Galasso, Jacquie Pearce, Angela Terry, and Ion Codrescu. Video by Gary Evans.

Attendees at the 2009 Seabeck Haiku Getaway read their haiku in beautiful Seabeck, Washington, October 2009. Video by Dejah Léger.