6th Annual
Japanese Poetry
Contest
2004 Winners
Out of 221 entries, 26 poems by the following students were awarded prizes:
| JPN 100-102 Division: |
| First Place (free-form) | Anna Porter |
| Second Place | Cori Hiraki |
| Third Place | Shayna Horie |
| Honorable Mention | Sam Apuna |
| Honorable Mention | Melanie Kosaka |
| 201-202 Division: |
| First Place | Anthony Stalter |
| Second Place | John O'Donnell |
| Third Place | April Yasaka |
| Honorable Mention | Diana Lee |
| Honorable Mention | Alison Kato |
| Honorable Mention | Kimberly Imamura |
| Honorable Mention | Lawrence Lau |
| Honorable Mention | Sherry Tanaka |
| Honorable Mention | Rylan Yamaguchi-Chang |
| Honorable Mention | Tiffinie Kiyota |
| Honorable Mention | Haiyoung Oh |
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| 301-402 Division: |
| First Place | Vivian Fukumitsu |
| Second Place | Jenny Migita |
| Third Place | Rie Saigusa |
| Honorable Mention | Joan Pan |
| Honorable Mention | Aleksandra Amelia Zakrzewska |
| Honorable Mention | Margret Arakaki |
| Honorable Mention | Kristi Kayo Saito |
| Honorable Mention | Zachary Bass |
| Honorable Mention | Qiu Zhong |
| Honorable Mention | Cheri Nakamura |
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The judges were Gladys Nakahara, Masami Lachmann, Misako Steverson, Nobuko Ochner, and Emiko Ishigaki.
Contributors
- Emiko Ishigaki
- Gyotaku Restaurant
- Hakubundo, Inc.
- Kajima Construction
- K. Kinoshita of Prudential
- Marukai Corporation
- The Japan-America Society of Hawaii
- Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawaii
- Department of E.A.L.L. (K Kondo, S. Hirate T. Krafehn, M. Lachmann, K. Masunaga, G. Nakahara, N. Ochner,
K. Shoji, M, Steverson, Y. Tateyama, Japanese Literature faculty)
Winning Poems
- 100-102
- 201-202 (a)
- 201-202 (b)
- 201-202 (c)
- 301-402 (a)
- 301-402 (b)
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