The 2026 Awards Issue
Vol. 38, No. 3 Sept. – Dec. 2026 ISSN: 0899-529X
The 2026 Awards Issue… the last print issue
2 2026 Asian Celebration Haiku and Tanka Art Exhibit
5 Our Annual Haiku and Tanka Collection
7 Boundaries of Our Making • More Haiku & Tanka Entries
8 The Youth Honor Awards: Our 2026 Winners
Blue Whale Blues • Waterline
9 The Willow by Hana Tsai, age 17 • Diversity
10 Muscle Memory • A Colder February • Ariatna G. Claudio
11 Poems by Madeline Male, Abhinab Borah, and Chloe Wang
12 Samsara by Leo He, age 14 • Seasons by Nova Macknik-Conde
13 Becoming by Timin Jain, age 17
14 A Balkan Kitchen by Natalia Todorovich, age 17 • How I Eat Roti
15 What Time Cannot Erase • Ghazal for a Disappearing Hutong
16 A History Lesson & Things You Never Told by Juliana Pan, age 16
17 Diversity by Jisoo Kim, age 16 • Echoed Origins by Grace Li, age 16
18 A Quiet Extra Heartbeat • The snail • Art: William Pham, age 15
19 Respecting Wildlife, Reducing Waste, and Being Mindful of Our Actions
20 Crystal Waters by Caroline Yiu, age 11 • Where Mountains Meet the Sea and Sky by Yuann
Xie Yao, age 10
22 What My Mother Carried With Her by Neer Patel, age 16
23 The Smell of Home by Angie Li, age 11 • Rainy Walk through Los Angeles by Preethi
Praveen, age 11
24 Ars Poetica with Wingless Dragon by Juliana Pan, age 17 • Biomes of Love by Polina
Korobitsyna, age 15
25 The Dreamland & art by Grace Li, age 16 • The Trolley Problem by Xi Yuan, age 12
26 What a Wonderful World by Leo Ding, grade 7 • Building a Stronger Tomorrow by Carina
Araujo, age 13
27 You by Meredith Zheng, age 11
28 The Earth’s Judgment: A Haiku Sequence by Wallace Wu, age 10
29 Invisible Image by Sadie Boggs, age 16 • Dear President George Washington
30 Where Silence Lives by Pearl Zhu, age 12 • my way of saying i love you
31 Nameless Girl by Tenzin Palzom, age 12
32 Excerpts from our Special online Issue: Voices of Autistic Non-Speakers
33 Our Own Paths by Gulmeena Balouch, age 12 • 22 Barclay Street
34 2026 Skipping Stones Book Awards: Multicultural & Nature Books
35 The 2026 Youth Awards: Select Art Entries
Regular Departments
Cover “Pages of Light” by Hayeon Kim, age 17, South Korea
4 Editorial: Skipping Stones Prepares to Expand It’s Outreach
21 Skipping Stones Stew: Dear Earth • To Claim the Earth • Food for Thought
36 Back Cover: The 2026 Skipping Stones Book Awards
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