The winners of the International Section of the 13th Mainichi Haiku Contest have been announced. Congratulations to First Prize winner Scott Mason (U.S.A) for his winning entry!

To read Mr. Mason's winning haiku; the runners-up and children's category entries; and comments from the president of The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Yutaka Asahina, and judge Toru Haga in English, French and Japanese, download the following file.

MainichiHaikuContest2009.pdf

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