AND THE WINNERS ARE...
Our sponsor, Spark Newton, has announced the winners of the 2026 Haiku Newton contest -- our 5th annual contest Twenty-two winning poems will be displayed across Newton from late April through July, debuting at the Newton Free Library.
“We were thrilled to receive 190 submissions from 115 poets,” says Grey Held, Spark Newton board member and co-director of Haiku Newton, along with Elizabeth Lund and Greg Fulchino. “We hear such positive responses from residents who look forward each spring to reading haiku at various location throughout Newton,” added Held.
You are invited to a celebratory reading, featuring many of this year’s winners, at the Newton Free Library, in the Druker Auditorium, on June 9th at 7:00 p.m. The event will be free and open to all.
Many thanks to everyone who submitted poems this year. We appreciate your enthusiasm, creativity, and passion for bringing the joy of poetry to various parts of Newton.
“We were thrilled to receive 190 submissions from 115 poets,” says Grey Held, Spark Newton board member and co-director of Haiku Newton, along with Elizabeth Lund and Greg Fulchino. “We hear such positive responses from residents who look forward each spring to reading haiku at various location throughout Newton,” added Held.
You are invited to a celebratory reading, featuring many of this year’s winners, at the Newton Free Library, in the Druker Auditorium, on June 9th at 7:00 p.m. The event will be free and open to all.
Many thanks to everyone who submitted poems this year. We appreciate your enthusiasm, creativity, and passion for bringing the joy of poetry to various parts of Newton.
