Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic says: „This year we received haiku by 72 authors from 16 countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Greece, India, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, UK, USA). We thank them all and hope they join us next autumn as well. Our contest for 2012 will be open until APRIL 30, 2012.“

1st Prize: Saša Važić, Serbia

new year's eve …
my new face stares at
my old face

2nd Prize: Che ou liu, Canada

attic window –
a few moonlit shadows
come and go

3rd Prize: Kevin Goldstein-Jackson, Poole, England

crowded beach
i walk the shoreline
reading tattos

Commendations:

Birds flying away.
Birds flying back.
My wrinkled hand.

Rajna Begović, Serbia (October 4, 1939 - August 15, 2011)

harvest moon –
a young couple waiting for
first baby kicks

Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă, Romania

alone on the mountain
i have lost the path –
wild strawberries fragrance

Florentina Loredana Dalian, Romania

carpet of pollen
behind the boat a trace
of clarity

Volker Friebel, Germany

silence at dusk –
behind sonic boom's
the butt of a mosquito

Dan Iulian, Romania

coming storm-
old man with an umbrella
runs on a red light

Krzysztof Kokot, Kielce, Poland

cloud pillows…
if only i could sleep
on this early flight

Deborah P. Kolodji, CA, USA

the stick forgotten
her dog fetches
the river

Darrell Lindsey, TX, USA

moonlit branches . . .
glazed with autumn rain
droplets of me

Chen-ou Liu, Canada

golden wedding
our polaroid kiss
fades

Jacek Margolak, Poland

good neighbourhood:
a white handkerchief clearing
the Danube waters

Vasile Moldovan, Romania

fishing in the creek
among browning reeds
shellducks

Patricia Prime, New Zealand

gathering storm
the boy in the park
swings higher and higher

Vanesa Proctor, Australia

dog's barking
on passerby
petal softly falling

Živko Prodanović, Croatia

scarecrow –
no leg
to make a step

cloudless sky –
a pair of geese leaves
the V formation

Grzegorz Sionkowski, Torun, Poland

still waiting –
the champagne glasses
filled with dawn

Eduard Tara, Romania

where the old lady
with the dog used to sit
an empty bench

Ana Truban Dolenec, Croatia

falling star
a fleeting sense of
transcience

Rafał Zabratyński, Poland

autumn wind –
a jazz procession
sways along

John Zheng, MS, USA