2018 3rd Annual H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest Winners

First Place:

prayer book
all the funeral cards
but hers

— Gregory Longenecker


Second Place:

new tabla
the smells of India
in one strike

— Nicholas Klacsanzky


Third Place:

moving out —
the perfection
of pomegranate halves

— Kerstin Park


Read all 2018 honorable mentions and judges’ comments (PDF)

2017 2nd Annual H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest Winners

First Place:

moving day
we take apart the bed
our parents dreamed on

— Gregory Longenecker


Second Place:

job interview —
dodging puddles
in my best shoes

— Marilyn Humbert


Third Place:

family dinner
adding salt
to my own wounds

— Lori A Minor


Read all 2017 honorable mentions and judges’ comments (PDF)