Congratulations to the Photo & Haiku Contest Winners!
We are thrilled to congratulate the winners of the 2023 Photo & Haiku Contest!
This year, we asked you to submit your Francophone-themed photos and French Haikus for a chance to be featured in the official 2024 Alliance Française de St. Louis calendar (which is now available for purchase for a very limited time for $18).
And to say you brought your A-game is an understatement!
We received so many exceptional submissions, and while we would have loved to feature every photo and Haiku, alas, there can be only 12 winners! And so we asked our members to cast their votes for their favorite photos while our staff picked our favorite Haikus.
So without further ado, let us congratulate the 12 winning photos and the 12 winning Haikus.
Winning Photo Submissions
Winning Haiku Submissions
Saints de pierre au toit
Veillent constamment sur le ciel
Yeux ne clignant pas
-Scott Peterson
Je t’aime, moi non plus
Était leur fameuse chanson
Jane et Serge unis!
-Yolanda Johannes
Dix feuilles jaunes courbées
Comme les ongles de Shiva
Pendent du pêcher
-Michael L. Johnson
Une bouchée sucrée
De l’air croquant et moelleux
C’est un bon croissant
-Lillian van Hoornbeek
Par dessus clôtures
Roses fleuries se bousculent
Pleines d’idées sauvages
-Christopher Calvin
Les arbres fort jolis
Aux oiseaux donnent leur abri
Ils sont nos amis
-Pam Jeannot
Un soleil couchant
De petites cigales chantantes
Été en Provence
-Jonathan Carey-Voris
Oiseaux migrateurs
Du vieux chêne noir, ne volent
Que des feuilles vertes
-Dan C. Julian
Jolis lieux d’antan
Remplis de beaux souvenirs
Qu’on garde dans nos coeurs
-Lynne Chapman
Règle légitime
Les Haikus n’ont pas de rime
Exception sublime
-Jeffrey Boone
Petit escargot
Montre-moi tes jolies cornes
Rit l’enfant cruel
-Isabelle Heidbreder
Gâteau aux épices?
J’en prends un petit morceau
Beurk! Y’a des carottes!
-Molly White (Pour Isabelle)
Congratulations again to the winners of the 2023 Photo and Haiku Contest. If you’d like a permanent souvenir of this contest, be sure to pick up one of our 2024 calendars that are available for purchase at the Alliance. We only placed one small order of calendars this year, and once they’re gone, they’re gone - so don’t wait to pick up your own!