"Shizuka na Utsuwa" is a haiku sequence by Kanazawa Ryowa that received the 5th Hoshino Tatsuko Newcomer Prize. Rooted in his daily work as an elementary school teacher sharing haiku with children, the sequence captures people and everyday life in plain, attentive language.

A quiet gaze toward daily life, sharpened through contact with children's keen sensibilities.

"Asa na Yuna" is a haiku sequence by Akiyama Yume that received the 5th Hoshino Tatsuko Newcomer Prize. In the award statement, the poet speaks of sensing the world both outside and within the self, suggesting a sequence shaped by the fading boundary between inner life and the surrounding world.

The sequence catches, in the breath of haiku, moments when the wall between inner and outer life grows thin.