Judges also selected Paul B. Janeczko to receive an honor award for Stone Bench in an Empty Park (Orchard Books)—a collection of haiku poems that celebrate city life, illustrated with black-and-white photos by Henri Silberman.
“I love the clean lines and open spaces of this book, and the subtlety of the haiku and the pristine black and white photos of mostly city scenes. I like the premise of discovering poetry in the ordinary things around us,” wrote one judge about Stone Beach in an Empty Park.