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“The Well-Worn Path”
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. Sponsored by Haiku Northwest.

“2020 Porad Award Winners”
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.

“2019 Porad Award Winners”
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.

“2018 Porad Award Winners”
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.

Opened  1976 in Salinas, California

Moved to the present location in 2004

1976年カリフォルニア州サリナスに開設

2004年に現在地に移る