The Heliosparrow Semagrams
Contest Winners, 2022
Three Heliosparrow judges independently ranked the 100+ anonymized works, sent throughout the month of May. Below are the top six winners, followed by six Honorable Mentions. The judges’ results were combined, the top three selections being unanimous:
Contest Winner
![](https://heliosparrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Kacian-Myth-of-the-Knife-2-2.png)
Second-Place Prize
![](https://heliosparrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Alan-Peat-2.png)
Third-Place Prize
![](https://heliosparrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Richa-Sharma-4-1.png)
Fourth-Place Prize
![](https://heliosparrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/George-Swede-4.png)
Fifth-Place Prize
![](https://heliosparrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Alan-PeatLorraine-A.-Padden-3.png)
Sixth-Place Prize
![](https://heliosparrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Diana-Webb-5.png)
Honorable Mention 1
![](https://heliosparrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Kacian-things-6.png)
Honorable Mention 2
![](https://heliosparrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/HR-1-Alan-Peat-Reka-Nyitrai.png)
Honorable Mention 3
![](https://heliosparrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/HR-2-Patrick-Sweeney-1.png)
Honorable Mention 4
![](https://heliosparrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/HR-3-Patrick-Sweeney.png)
Honorable Mention 5
![](https://heliosparrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/HR-4-Richa-Sharma.png)
Honorable Mention 6
![](https://heliosparrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/HR-5-Richa-Sharma.png)
Out of Competition (a Heliosparrow Judge)
![](https://heliosparrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/HR-07-OOC-Hansha-Teki-1.png)
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A big thank you to the 22 authors who submitted some 80 semagrams, a playful poetic form that inspired these writers to share novel explorations, all within a brief four-week window. Please take a look at the Semagrams page to learn more.
We wish you enlarging vistas of time and space. Richard Gilbert, Clayton Beach, Hansha Teki,
Heliosparrow