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かみはいくたいしょう

A haiku award established in 1996 by Nakashinita Town, Kami District, Miyagi Prefecture, and discontinued after the 11th edition (2006).

Haiku
Established
1996
Organizer
Nakashinita Town, Kami District, Miyagi Prefecture (now Kami Town)
Category
Haiku and Haikai
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Professional
Frequency
1 per year
Status
Ended

Description

Haiku award established in 1996 by Nakashinita Town, Kami District, Miyagi Prefecture (now Kami Town). Selections were made from haiku collections published within the year, with the wish that "a new spirit leading to the future be born through modern haiku." Following the municipal merger in 2003, the name was changed to Kami Haiku Award, and it was discontinued after the 11th edition (2006).

Selection

Selection Process

Selection committee
Judges Kaneko Tōta, Mihashi Toshio, Satō Onibō, Nakahara Michio, Sō Sakon, Naka Tarō, Takahashi Junko, Miura Masashi

Past Winners

Takayama Reona たかやま れおな Kami Haiku Grand Prize

Koto Miscellaneous Poems is a haiku collection by Reona Takayama. It crosses echoes of classical Sinitic poetry with the sensibility of modern haiku, freely combining place, season, and intellectual play.

A haiku collection where classical resonance meets modern haiku sensibility.

129 pages
haikuclassicscityintellectual play
Yoshio Hashimoto はしもと よしお Sweden Award

White Face is a haiku collection by Yoshio Hashimoto. Using the images of whiteness and a face or surface, it gathers haiku that condense seasonal scenery and inner stillness.

A haiku collection reflecting season and inner life through images of white.

247 pages
haikuwhitestillnessseason
石母田星人 いしぼた せいじん Kami Haiku Grand Prize

A haiku collection gathering ten years of work by Seijin Ishibota. It crosses cosmic imagery with the textures of nearby nature, opening fresh scenes through leaps of language.

A collection where lemons, galaxies, and small shells begin to move within a single field of light.

195 pages
modern haikunature and the cosmoslinguistic leapsa decade of poems
相原左義長 あいはら よしなが Sweden Award

A haiku collection by Yoshinaga Aihara. It polishes the textures of daily life like raw metal, letting season and bodily sensation resonate through restrained language.

At the depth of quiet language, the core of life and season glints.

198 pages
haikudaily sensibilityseasonalityHonami new haiku series
藤村真理 ふじむら まり Sweden Award

Mari Fujimura’s first haiku collection. With brightness and open space in its style, it lightly frames scenes from daily life and seasonal traces.

Fresh language opens everyday scenes with a clear, dry brightness.

173 pages
first haiku collectionfresh haikueveryday scenesseasonal feeling
伊藤淳子 いとう じゅんこ Kami Haiku Grand Prize

A haiku collection titled after white summer waves. It captures seasonal light, the movement of surf, and heat lingering in the body through the concise breath of haiku.

夏白波 is a work in which 伊藤淳子 draws out the time and emotion beneath its subject.

215 pages
summerseahaiku
Tsukushi Bansei ちくし いわい Sweden Award

A collection of haiku by Iwai Tsukushi, shaped by modern haiku practice and critical awareness. It captures landscape, history, and bodily perception in precise language.

A collection of haiku by Iwai Tsukushi, shaped by modern haiku practice and critical awareness.

award-winning workmemoryhuman relationships
Torii Mariko とりい まりこ Kami Haiku Grand Prize

鼬の姉妹 is a poetic work by 鳥居真里子. As the award-recognized work, it builds its appeal around the images and human movement suggested by the title, giving even a compact form a sense of layered time.

The title 鼬の姉妹 conveys the atmosphere and tension at the center of the work.

poetryembodied perceptionmemory
水月りの すいげつ りの Sweden Award

人魚姫のトウシューズ is a poetic work by 水月りの. As the award-recognized work, it builds its appeal around the images and human movement suggested by the title, giving even a compact form a sense of layered time.

The title 人魚姫のトウシューズ conveys the atmosphere and tension at the center of the work.

poetryembodied perceptionmemory
Dhugal J. Lindsay どぅーぐる・じぇい・りんずぃー Nakaniida Haiku Grand Prize

むつごろう is an award-recognized work by ドゥーグル・J.リンズィー. It uses the impression carried by its title as an entry point into the movement of people and the atmosphere around them.

むつごろう presents the literary world of ドゥーグル・J.リンズィー as an award-recognized work.

haikueveryday observationresonance of language
Toshinori Tsubouchi つぼうち としのり Sweden Award

月光の音 is an award-recognized work by 坪内稔典. It uses the impression carried by its title as an entry point into the movement of people and the atmosphere around them.

月光の音 presents the literary world of 坪内稔典 as an award-recognized work.

haikueveryday observationresonance of language
Mayumi Mizuno みずの まゆみ Nakaniida Haiku Grand Prize

陸封譚 is a work by 水野眞由美 recognized by the 加美俳句大賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.

陸封譚 brought wider attention to 水野眞由美's writing through its prize recognition.

125 pages
Haiku collectionPrize-winning workModern Japanese literature
Yoko Aza あざ ようこ Sweden Award

猿楽 is a work by あざ蓉子 recognized by the 加美俳句大賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.

猿楽 brought wider attention to あざ蓉子's writing through its prize recognition.

225 pages
Haiku collectionPrize-winning workModern Japanese literature
Itsuki Natsui なつい いつき Nakaniida Haiku Grand Prize

伊月集 is 刊行作品 by 夏井いつき. It is presented here as the award-recognized work.

The work offers a way into 夏井いつき's literary expression.

201 pages
award-recognized literature
増田まさみ ますだ まさみ Sweden Award / Sony Nakaniida Award

冬の楽奏 is 刊行作品 by 増田まさみ. It is presented here as the award-recognized work.

The work offers a way into 増田まさみ's literary expression.

77 pages
award-recognized literature
渡辺鮎太 わたなべ あゆた Nakaniida Haiku Grand Prize

十一月 is a haiku collection by 渡辺誠一郎. The work approaches its subject through the people, places, memories, or social tensions suggested by the title.

十一月 brings together the shape of a haiku collection with 渡辺誠一郎's central concerns.

award-winning workhaiku collectionmodern literature
Takayama Reona たかやま れおな Sweden Award

ウルトラ is a haiku collection by 高山れおな. The work approaches its subject through the people, places, memories, or social tensions suggested by the title.

ウルトラ brings together the shape of a haiku collection with 高山れおな's central concerns.

award-winning workhaiku collectionmodern literature
市堀玉宗 いちほり ぎょくそう Nakaniida Haiku Grand Prize

雪安居 is a work by 一堀玉宗 and a title recognized in the context of its literary award. It can be read as a work that develops its themes through the motives suggested by the title, the characters' actions, and the atmosphere around them.

雪安居 leaves readers with the central concerns for which the work was recognized.

award-recognized workcharacter portrayalsense of period
Seiichiro Watanabe わたなべ せいいちろう Sweden Award

余白の轍 is a work by 渡辺誠一郎 and a title recognized in the context of its literary award. It can be read as a work that develops its themes through the motives suggested by the title, the characters' actions, and the atmosphere around them.

余白の轍 leaves readers with the central concerns for which the work was recognized.

155 pages
award-recognized workcharacter portrayalsense of period
Michiko Kai かい みちこ Nakaniida Haiku Grand Prize

貴族 is a work by 櫂 未知子 associated with the 加美俳句大賞. It was recognized in a literary award context and is presented as a work centered on the concerns suggested by its title.

Recognized by the 加美俳句大賞, 貴族 draws readers in through the impression created by its title.

151 pages
加美俳句大賞貴族literature
Takatoshi Goto ごとう たかし Sweden Award

海馬 is a work by 五島 高資 associated with the 加美俳句大賞. It was recognized in a literary award context and is presented as a work centered on the concerns suggested by its title.

Recognized by the 加美俳句大賞, 海馬 draws readers in through the impression created by its title.

127 pages
加美俳句大賞海馬literature
Oonishi Yasuyo おおにし たいせい Nakaniida Haiku Grand Prize

こいびとになってくださいますか is a work by 大西泰世.

こいびとになってくださいますか, a work by 大西泰世.