MAVEN Message to Mars Contest Winners!

My Favorite Student Art Contest Entry:
Artist: Maria Grade level: Second year of secondary school (~8thgrade USA) From: Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina







Congratulations to the winners of the MAVEN Message to Mars Contest! This is a giant leap for haiku (and senryu)!

Here are the winning poems:

It’s funny, they named
Mars after the God of War
Have a look at Earth

Benedict Smith
United Kingdom

Thirty-six million
miles of whispering welcome.
Mars, you called us home.

Vanna Bonta
USA
Stars in the blue sky
cheerfully observe the Earth
while we long for them

Luisa Santoro
Italy
distant red planet
the dreams of earth beings flow
we will someday roam

Greg Pruett
Idaho, USA
Mars, your secret is
unknown for humanity
we want to know you.

Fanni Redenczki
Hungary

To read more about the contest and the MAVEN mission to Mars, click here. While you're there, also check out the winners of the Student Art Contest.