Writers in Kyoto

Category: Writing Competition

Information about and work from winners of the Kyoto Writing Competition, organized by WiK.

USA Prize – John Savoie (Ninth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

  • By John Savoie
A series of seasonal haiku verses

Japan Local Prize – Adam Clague (Ninth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

  • By Adam Clague
A descriptive piece on the laquer of old

Writers in Kyoto Member Prize – (Ninth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

  • By Abigail Deveney
A short piece on the Kamogawa.

Unohana Prize – (Ninth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

  • By Licia Braga
A short work that excels in beautiful imagery.

Yamabuki Prize – (Ninth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

  • By Hayley Noel Wallace
A short piece on wanderings and discoveries in Kyoto.

Kyoto City Mayoral Prize – (Ninth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

  • By Dave Tampus Pregoner
A short piece on a homeless resident of Kyoto.

Announcement: Ninth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition Results

The results of the WiK Writing Competition are announced.

Writers in Kyoto Present the Ninth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition

  • By WiK
Announcement of the 9th WIK Writing Competition.

USA Prize — (Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

  • By Anne Roskowski
On Buddhist temples and silk kimono.

Local Prize — (Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

  • By Carter Hale
A quintessentially Kyotoesque piece.

Writers in Kyoto Member Prize — (Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

  • By Kirsty Kawano
A short piece on a journey of inquiry and discovery.

Unohana Prize — (Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

  • By Mai Ishikawa
A short piece on nascent love.

Yamabuki Prize — Isabelle Wei (Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

  • By Isabelle Wei
Vignettes on food and the relationship between an aging mother and her daughter.

Kyoto City Mayoral Prize – (Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

  • By Amanda Huggins
A short piece on Kyoto in the snow.

Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition Results

  • By WiK
The winners of the WIK writing competition are announced.

Reminder: Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition Deadline (March 31st)

  • By WiK
Deadline reminder.

Writers in Kyoto Present the Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition

  • By WiK
A call for entries.

Seventh Writing Competition Results: Kyoto City Mayoral Prize

  • By Maria Danuco
The preservation of traditional structures and the unfortunate trend of replacing history with concrete.

Seventh Writing Competition Results: Yamabuki Prize

  • By C. Greenstreet
Moonviewing at the Delta.

Seventh Writing Competition Results: Unohana Prize

  • By Tetiana Korchuk
On love, and a vision for the future.

Seventh Writing Competition Results: Japan Local Prize

  • By Malcolm Ledger
A thought-provoking piece on a small, dilapidated temple.

Seventh Writing Competition Results: USA Prize

  • By Robin Hattori
Memories and discoveries the author made with her grandfather.

Seventh Writing Competition Results: Australia Prize

  • By Simon Rowe
A poem on a rickshaw puller's day in western Kyoto.

Seventh Writing Competition Results: Solidarity Prize

  • By Vladyslava Konotopets
The author reminisces on her time in Kyoto and hopes for another visit.

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