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Festival of Archaeology Competition

Take part in our Festival of Archaeology haiku competition to win a bundle of nature and archaeology themed prizes.

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A huge thank you to everyone who submitted a Haiku for the Festival of Archaeology competition this year. We loved reading all your creative poems!

For this year’s competition, we asked you to create a nature-themed Haiku inspired by the archaeological world. From excavations to landscapes and artefacts or visits to your favourite site, we received so many incredible entries that we struggled to choose our winners.

 

We’re excited to announce this year’s Festival of Archaeology competition winners.

The winner of the under-18 category is: 

Child bones, softly placed

Flowers pressed beneath the earth

Grief keeps its promise

- Pranshi Gupta

 
Judges comment: 

"I think, it’s very poignant, tender and has a great metaphor for preservation of memory in the landscape. "

-  Raksha Dave, Competition judge

The winner of the 18+ category is: 

Flash of fire-bright red

Like an ember in the ground -

Earth-born peg tile clay.

- Alexa Wolff

 
Judges comments:

"The imagery and metaphors within this poem is fantastic and it perfectly encapsulates the concept and themes of Haiku!"

-  Raksha Dave, Competition judge

 

Well done to both our winners and to all the authors of our haiku entries.