About


 

HAIKU 366 de zile / 366 days / 366 jours / 三百六十六日 san byaku roku juu roku nichi

 

Welcome to my blog! 

I am Steliana Cristina Voicu and I am from Ploieşti, Romania.

In 2010 I graduated as Bachelor of Economics from Petroleum-Gaz University of Ploieşti, Romania, Field of Study: Economic Cybernetics, Statistics and Informatics. In 2012 I received my Master diploma in Business Suport Databases from the same institution.

 love Japan’s culture and people and I do my best to learn the beautiful japanese language.

This blog was created because of my love for Haiku. I wanted to illustrate every day of the year into one haiku, which is why my blog is called "366 days".

I also love photography and painting. The first allows me to capture memories of a moment, the second allows me to place them on canvas. The photograph is a replica of a real landscape, while painting let me give it a personal touch, and in the same time it gives me the opportunity to share with others the world through my eyes.

My poetry and short prose have been awarded at various Romanian contests and have been published in various anthologies and publications.

 

My haiku and tanka have been awarded in:

  • Honorable Mention, Fujisan Tanka Award, December 2023, Japan
  • 3rd prize, The 28th International “Kusamakura” Haiku Competition, Japan
  • Honorable Mention, 8th Akita International Haiku Contest, February 2020, Japan
  • Honorable Mention, 73rd Bashō Memorial English Haiku Contest, October 2019, Japan
  • Honorable Mention, 72st Bashō Memorial English Haiku Contest, October 2018, Japan
  • Honorable Mention, Fleeting Words Tanka Contest, 5th edition, 2018, USA
  • Honorable Mention, 71st Bashō Memorial English Haiku Contest, October 2017, Japan
  • Honorable Mention, The Betty Drevniok Award, 2017, Canada
  • 3rd prize, Le Prix Jocelyne Villeneuve, 2017, Canada
  • Merit Award, Montenegrin International Haiku Festival, 2017, Montenegro
  • Honorable Mention, Setouchi Matsuyama Photo Haiku Contest, 2015, Japonia
  • Honorable Mention, Vancouver Cherry Blossoms Festival, 2015, Canada
  • 1st prize, Fleeting Words Tanka Contest, 2nd edition, 2015, USA
  • two Honorable Mentions, The Betty Drevniok Award, 2015, Canada
  • 1st prize, Wild Plum International Haiku Contest, 1st edition, 2015
  • Commendation, 4th Polish International Haiku Competition 2014, Poland
  • 3rd prize for Haiku, Romanian Kukai, March 2014, theme "sprig (twig)", Romania
  • 3rd prize for Haiku, Romanian Kukai, January 2014, theme "first dream of New Year", Romania
  • Honorable Mention, 15th HIA Haiku Contest, 30th November 2013, Japan
  • Honorable Mention, 67th Bashō Haiku Festival, 12th October 2013, Japan
  • Honourable Mention for Haiku sequence, Poetry Contest organised by The National Space Society of North Texas and The Fort Worth Haiku Society, 4th October 2013, United States of America
  • Honourable Mention – “blossoming fruit trees”, Diogen International Spring Haiku Contest, 21st March 2013, Ivanić Grad, Croatia
  • 3rd prize for Haiku sequence – “cold moon”, Diogen International Winter Haiku Contest, 2012, Ivanić Grad, Croatia.

 

My haiku and tanka have been published in:

  • Cold Moon Journal
  • Shadow Pond Tavern
  • Plum Tree Tavern
  • ESUJ-Haiku
  • Creative Inspirations Poetry Publication
  • Front Porch Review
  • Scarlet Dragonfly Journal
  • The Japan Society London, Haiku Corner
  • The Haiku Foundation
  • Prune Juice
  • WA Poets Inc Creatrix
  • Kyoto Haiku Project
  • Tanka Origins, 2019, 2020
  • Whiptail
  • Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, USA
  • Haikuniverse
  • World Haiku Review
  • NHK Haiku Project
  • The Mamba - Africa Haiku Network
  • Serow - Journal of the Akita International Haiku Network, volume 3, Spring 2020 
  • Haiku Collection "Nature in the Eye", Publisher Society of Artists „Vizija", Editor Slavka Klikovac, Podgorica, Montenegro, 2017
  • The online anthology One Man's Maple Moon: 66 Selected English-Chinese Bilingual Tanka, Volume Two 2016 edited and translated by Chen-ou Liu
  • The Heron's Nest
  • Le collectif "Cent haïkus pour la paix", Éditions L'iroli, Le Conseil départemental de la Somme, France, 2015
  • cattails a collected works of UHTS, Canada
  • the First Haiku Anthology of Wild Plum Haiku Journal "Behind the Tree Line" 2015 edited by Gabriel Sawicki
  • Selected Haiku Submissions Collection of Yamadera Bashō Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest, Publisher Yamagata City Culture Foundation & Yamadera Bashō Memorial Museum, July 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Japan
  • Under the Bashō
  • Wild Plum Haiku Journal
  • Daily Haiga, Canada
  • CIRRUS: tankas de nos jours, Canada
  • NeverEndingStory, English-Chinese online journal of Chen-ou Liu, Canada
  • The Mainichi, Japan
  • World Haiku Association, the monthly WHA Haiga Contest, Saitama, Japan
  • A Hundred Gourds, Australia
  • DIOGEN pro culture magazine: New Year Poetry Greeting Card, Publisher Einhorn Verlag, Kusnacht, Switzerland
  • Le recueil "Le livre " du Jeu-Concours poésie Les ADEX, Octobre 2013, France
  • DIOGEN pro art magazine No 38, September 2013, Publisher Einhorn Verlag, Kusnacht, Switzerland
  • Apokalipsa Review, no. 173-174, Editor’s choice section, September 2013, Slovenia
  • The Asahi Shimbun: Asahi Haikuist Network, Tokyo, Japan
  • Ploc¡ la revue du Haiku, Seichamps, France
  • Haikouest, France
  • “Nuages d’octobre”, Anthology of Tanka directed by Maxianne Berger & Mike Montreuil, Éditions des petits nuages, May 2013, Ottawa, Canada
  • Chrysanthemum, Puchberg, Austria
  • DIOGEN pro culture magazine: Konji / The Horses, Publisher Einhorn Verlag, Kusnacht, Switzerland
  • Ginyu Haiku Gallery, International Haiku Magazine Ginyu, no. 56, Ginyu Press, October 20, 2012, Saitama, Japan
  • The Book of 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 editions of the “Sharpening the Green Pencil” Haiku International Contest, organized by the Romanian Kukai Group, Romania

 

 

I hope you enjoy reading my blog!

Thank you for your visit,

Steliana Cristina Voicu

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