CALLIGRAPHY COMPETITION 2026
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KENZABURO DATE MEMORIAL AWARD
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▲KYOKO IMAMURA
Two Kokin Wakashu Poems on Sunshoan Shikishi | Waterloo, ON
▲YUKI KATO
Study of Tsugishikishi | Waterloo, ON
DR. RICK NISHIKAWA MEMORIAL AWARD
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▲SUE CHEN
Silence can be Like Thunder | Toronto, ON
▲NORIKO DATE
Japanese Heart and Spirit | Cochrane, AB
▲MORVEN CROTHERS
Thunder Silence | Markham, ON
▲SADAME MUROMOTO
Peaceful Heart | Toronto, ON
JUDGE’S PRIZE
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▲CRISPIN BAILEY
5 Tenkoku Stamps | Cambridge, ON
▲KANAMI MURYOI
Live Freely | Victoria, BC
▲RACHEL JEE
Like the Horn of a Rhino Walk Alone | Concord, ON
▲YUTA NEMOTO
Horse | Toronto, ON
▲HIROTO KASAI
Horse (My Zodiac Sign is also a Horse) | Milton, ON
▲ALICE SEMBA
Thousand Horses (My Last Name) | Thornhill, ON
GOLD AWARD
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▲KATE CHERNEY
Natural | Toronto, ON
▲VICTOR NIKULSHIN
Voice Remaining in Pines | Montreal, QC
▲NORIKO SAITO
I Gaze up at the Sky and Wonder | Toronto, ON
▲TETSU YAMAGUCHI
Following the Wind, I return to my Homeland| Waterloo, ON
▲JIAXUAN YI
Mountain and Water | Ottawa, ON
SILVER AWARD
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▲FLORIAN CREAC’HCADEC
Winter Ice Can be Broken and Summer Branches Can Be Tired | Longueuil, QC
▲KOSHU URASHIMA
Inspired | North York, ON
▲BEVERLY SING
Poem from Decchobon Wakan Roei Shu | Montreal, QC
▲MONA KAJIMOTO
Friend | Victoria, BC
▲HAYNEN BENNETT
Harmony | St. Catherines, ON
BRONZE AWARD
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▲MONICA CHOW
Like Fish in Water | North York, ON
▲RACHEL JEE
Form is Emptiness: Emptiness is Form, from Heart Sutra | Concord, ON
▲JUNKO FUCHIOKA
Little by Little | Toronto, ON
▲LEONEL AKIO BRIONES
The Strong One | Verdun, QC
▲ISHII MARGARET
100 Flowers, 100 Differenct Fragrances | Toronto, ON
HONORABLE MENTION
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▲MICHAEL ABE
Finding Beauty in the Broken | Victoria, BC
▲KATE CHERNEY
Wake up! | Toronto, ON -
▲MARIE IKEDA
Ice of Snow Trees | Scarborough, ON
▲MAYAKO KOBAYASHI
All Different, All Wonderful | Waterloo, ON
▲JOYCE LE
Wish | Vancouver, BC -
▲WOLFGANG MOEDER
Every Day is a Good Day | Toronto, ON -
▲PAUL NAKAMURA
Building Block of Stereovision Shodo | Toronto, ON
▲SHIRLEY OKAWA
Laughing Aloud | Toronto, ON -
▲STUART POLLOCK
Everything is Blooming | Toronto, ON
▲MARGARET SHERK
Big Laugh | Elora, ON -
▲KATHERINE STARK
Mountain | Oro-Medonte, ON -
▲FRED THOMPSON
Good Rain | Elora, ON
▲ANDY ALINA
Lights Shine in and Old Temple | Montreal, QC
▲MASAKO HORIUCHI
The Human Body and the Land of One’s Birth are Inseparable | Waterloo, ON
▲TERESA ISAACS
Rising Dragon | Whitby, ON
▲YUMIE KONO
Poem in Manjuinbon Kokinshu | Victoria, BC
▲NAHOMI MATSUI
Ripples | Victoria, BC -
▲GRACIA MURASE
Sunlight Filtering through Leaves | Waterloo, ON -
▲MASAKO NAKATSUGAWA
Laugh Heartily | Waterloo, ON
▲SAEKO PARK
Shout - Encouragement in Zen Buddhism | Vancouver, BC
▲PATRICIA RODRIGUEZ
One Goes, One Comes | Cambridge, ON
▲PATRICIA SIMPSON
The Flower that Blooms under the Snow | Hamilton, ON
▲BORIS STEIPE
Snow’s Brightness • Santoka Haiku | Head of Jeddore, NS
▲PENNY ULSTER
Snow | Toronto, ON
▲SUE CHEN
Each flower Blooms in its Own Time | Toronto, ON
▲CAROL HOWE
This Straight Road Full of Loneliness | Mississauga, ON
▲MASOUD JELOKHANI-NIARAKI
The Shade of Flower | Roberta, NS
▲ITSUKO KURONO
Once in a Lifetime Encounter | Toronto, ON
▲JUNKO MIFUNE
The Song of the Circling Stars by Miyazawa Kenji | Toronto, ON
▲ICHIYO NAGATA
Look at the Mountains, Listen to the Rain | Toronto, ON
▲NORIKO NEMOTO
Snow | Toronto, ON
▲NANCY PENG
Ha Ha Just Laugh! | Waterloo, ON -
▲LILY ROTH
One Moment One Meeting | Waterloo, ON
▲YUKARI SNYDER
Patriotism | Ottawa, ON -
▲AYUMI TAKAI
Folk Song from Hakata | Etobicoke, ON -
▲WINDSOR VINEY
Elegant | Kitchener, ON
HONORABLE MENTION - YOUTH
▲ARTHUR ARISS
Laugh | Waterloo, ON
▲KOKORO LUK
Heart | Union, ON
▲CHELSEA MONAMI YABUTA
Friend | Toronto, ON
▲NATHAN YUUKI YOSHIZAKI
Enjoy | Toronto, ON
▲AIDAN CHAN
Snow | Richmond Hill, ON
▲MADOKA SMITH
Fly! | Oakville, ON
▲KAEDE YABUTA
Move Forward | Thorhill, ON
▲SAAYA D’SOUZA
Knitting | Toronto, ON
▲MIZUKI SMITH
Prologue | Oakville, ON
▲REN YABUTA
Being in a State of Calmness or Peacefulness | Thornhill, ON
GRAND CATEGORY
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