Sonja Koranter, Slovenia's National Honour, September 2026
Sonja Koranter wrote the highest-scoring poem from Slovenia in the Writory International Poetry Contest, September 2026: FAVNOVA PIŠČAL 4, scored 75 out of 100 by the blind judging panel across five published criteria. The poem was read in Slovenian, Latin script.
FAVNOVA PIŠČAL 4
Sonja Koranter FAVNOVA PIŠČAL 4 Ne preštevam več dni, moj čas umira, ujet v melodijo piščali, ples deklet. Ko stopam med drevesi gozd diha počasneje, kot bi čakal, da izrečem ime. Molčim, kot tiho nebo, brez ptic in vetra, le drget, ki mi je skoraj zaustavil srce, je prekinil glas preroka. Ni pel, ne govoril, trkal je na drevo, kot že slišana melodija in trgal moje telo. Nimam več časa, ne dni, da bi jih delila. Čakam, da obzorje potemni, se piščal izpoje.
Every country's leading poet each month is named on the September 2026 National Honours. The contest is open to poets in Slovenia and everywhere else: enter the current round, and every poem receives a score out of 100 and a certificate.