Haiku on the Death of One's Beloved
Please visit this site for details
http://sites.google.com/site/worldhaikureview2/home/august-2010/haiku-contest-august-2010
Competition information is provided as an alerting service to members and visitors. HaikuOz accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of this information and entrants are advised to check the details directly with the various competition convenors before submitting their work.
September 03, 2010
World Haiku Review August 2010
http://sites.google.com/site/worldhaikureview2/
Congratulations to Barbara A Taylor and Lynette Arden who have won 1st and 3rd prizes respectively in the haiku section
World Haiku Review August 2010
http://sites.google.com/site/worldhaikureview2/
Congratulations to Barbara A Taylor and Lynette Arden who have won 1st and 3rd prizes respectively in the haiku section
August 24, 2010
Calico Cat Competition results
Congratulations to Beverley George for her winning haiku 'man of the forest' in this year's calico cat Haiku Competition. To read the results visit: http://origa.livejournal.com/174859.html?view=16146699#t16146699
July 31, 2010
Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine - 2010 Haiku Pen & 2010 Think Tanka competitions
Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine would like to announce that their "2010 Very Short Fiction Award", "2010 Haiku Pen" & "2010 Think Tanka" writing contest deadlines are fast approaching. Contest deadlines will not be extended again so send your entries while there's still time. The postal address has been posted for writers interested in submitting entries via snail mail.
All writers welcome (read guidelines at their website). If you write powerful short stories of 1000 words or less, you have a chance at winning the current grand prize for "Very Short Fiction". if you have mastered the art of brevity, you have more than one chance to win their haiku and/or tanka poetry contest.
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July 09, 2010
CITY OF PERTH LIBRARY 2010 HAIKU COMPETITION AND HAIKU WALL
ENTRY CONDITIONS
Haiku and Senryu will be accepted.
Entries must be previously unpublished.
Adult entries are limited to 5 per entrant and must all be on one A4 paper.
Student entries are limited to 3 per entrant and must all be on one A4 paper.
The name of the poet must be included at the bottom of the page.
A separate contact sheet must have name and contact details.
The contact sheet must also list the first line of each poem.
Font size to be at least 22pt. Any style is acceptable.
Entries will be judged purely on the text.
Any pictures or decorations must fit on the page with the Haiku.
Entries close Thursday 13 August 5 pm.
Winners listed Mon 31 August
Submit entries: Deliver to the Library, 573 Hay St Perth.
Post to GPO Box C120 Perth 6839 Haiku will not be returned unless
accompanied with a stamped, self - addressed envelope.
Email to library.perth@cityofperth.wa.gov.au. The poems must be
sent as a word document attachment.
We welcome entries from overseas, but regrettably we are not able to allocate prizes or forward gift vouchers to overseas entrants.
Adult: 1st - $75 2nd - $50 3rd - $40
High School age: 1st - $50
Primary School age: 1st - $40
Winners will be listed on the Library’s web page and in the Library.
Entries will be displayed on the Haiku Wall in the Library during WA National Poetry Week from 31 August – 5 September
Entries will be judged by Maureen Sexton - WA Representative for HaikuOz – the Australian Haiku Society.
June 29, 2010
Friendly Street Poets Inc. Japanese Poetry Competition 2010
HAIKU & HAIBUN
Closing Date: Friday 30th July 2010
Category A HAIKU
Prize Money: A page of 3 Haiku = 1 entry $100 $50
Category B HAIBUN
Prize Money: $150 $75
A haiku journey = 1 entry
maximum length 600 words
Entry Fee: AUS $5.00 per entry
or AUS$12.00 for three Haiku entries
Cheque or money order payable to: Friendly Street Poets Inc.
Please send entries to Friendly Street Poets Inc PO Box 3697 Norwood, SA 5067
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HAIKU COMPETITION
Entries close 5pm Friday 23 July 2010.
Prizes: 1st Prize – Basho: The Complete Haiku
2nd Prize – Haiku Mind: 108 poems to cultivate awareness & open your heart
3rd Prize – The British Museum Haiku
Open to poets residing in the Perth metro area only.
For guidelines and entry form, go to:
http://www.bodhitree.net.au/Text/1276588625412-0226/pC/1214367693359-7635/uploadedFiles/1276588620694-4588.pdf
Brought to you by The Bodhi Tree in conjunction with WA Poets Inc
June 10, 2010
Presence #40 UK Best of issue award
Hearty congratulations to Sharon Dean who has won the readers' choice award for
dappled sunlight
an old dog shakes the river
from his coat
Sharon Dean
June 09, 2010
KATIKATI HAIKU CONTEST 2010
Judges’ Report:
Senior Section (18 & over): Judge Sandra Simpson
There were many good-quality haiku entered this year that were a delight to read – and which made the task of judging an enjoyable challenge. I hope that first-time or novice writers aren’t discouraged if their work wasn’t placed. Judging is a subjective process that might have a different outcome tomorrow. But I do hope they take the time to read and analyse the winning poems. Learning from one another is one of the nicest aspects of belonging to the haiku community.
First place:
a moment before sunrise –
ice singing
beneath the swans’ feet
Martin Lucas (England)
Haiku are poetry, but writers don’t always remember that – this haiku shows someone who truly understands the form. Yes, haiku are observational, but they should also lift us from the mundane, make us think (or look) again and allow us to share fully in the moment. Some, like this one, might even make our hearts rise. Martin’s haiku also has a pleasing “sound effect” with its subtly repeated assonance, and by using only two hard consonants in the entire poem he makes it “soft”, like a feather.
Second place:
3 a.m
the overhead fan
clicks clicks clicks
Joanne Watcyn-Jones (Australia)
The restorative power of sleep is a fragile gift and anyone who’s had a disturbed night will identify with this haiku. Racing thoughts that can’t be controlled, a dripping tap, the neighbours’ party or, in this case, so hot the ceiling fan has to be left on all night, creating a new and different night-time noise. By adding a repetitive word, and choosing the slightly annoying sound of “clicks”, Joanne makes this a winner.
Third place:
he leaves in an ambulance –
the chrysanthemum buds
closed tight
Kirsten Cliff (Papamoa)
This is a more traditional haiku, containing both an overt season word and a juxtaposition construction. The contrast of illness, presumably severe if an ambulance has been called, with the buds ready to burst into life is adept. A reader might also find a link between the colour of the ambulance (white with a yellow stripe) and the colour of the buds (white when tight closed with yellow being a common chrysanthemum colour). Haiku are about the eternal and this poem captures that exactly.
All the Highly Commended and Commended poems are fine haiku too, congratulations to their authors.
Salisbury Writers' Festival Haiga Competition
The Salisbury Writers' Festival is on again this year on the weekend of August 27 and so is the popular haiga poetry art exhibition and competition. You can find out all the info at: http://cweb.salisbury.sa.gov.au/manifest/servlet/page?pg=17553&stypen=html
June 02, 2010
HAIKU PRESENCE AWARD 2010
http://haiku-presence.50webs.com
£100 1st prize
£25 each for up to 4 runners-up
Publication of winning and commended poems in Presence #43
Judge: Martin Lucas
Entry fee: £5 for up to 5 haiku. Additional haiku at £1 per haiku.
Paid by: £ cheque to Haiku Presence. For recommended overseas payment options see http://haiku-presence.50webs.com
Fees may also be paid in $ or € cash at the entrant’s own risk at the rates of $8 / €5 up to 5 haiku and $2 / €2 per additional haiku.
The prize may be paid by £ cheque: bank negotiation or currency exchange charges to be paid by the prize winner not Presence magazine.
Sci-ku Competition
The RiAus and Friendly Street Poets are holding a great sci-ku poetry competition, so unleash your inner poet and send us your best science haiku. Great prizes await those who can master the art of the sci-ku.
HOW TO ENTER
What is sci-ku?
Inspired by the Japanese haiku, sci-ku is basically a short, three-lined poem about the sciences. Sci-ku is a small, modest and humble poem that depicts the everyday world around us, aiming to give a flash of insight into that world - like a scientific 'Eureka!' moment expressed briefly in words.
Write your sci-ku:
Each poem must not exceed the three-line maximum. Syllable counts are irrelevant. Each entrant may submit a maximum of three sci-kus.
Pick your category:
Entries can be made in primary (12 years and under), secondary (13-18 inclusive) or open (no age limit) categories.
Send us your entries:
All entries must be emailed to sciku@riaus.org.au. The subject heading should read: Sci-ku + Your Name + Category (primary, secondary, open).
The email should contain the Name, Age, Address, Telephone number and Email address of the entrant.
Up to three poems submitted as text should be emailed as a single Word document attachment to your email.
Submissions may also be posted to: RiAus/FSP Sci-ku Competition, PO Box 3652, Rundle Mall, Adelaide SA 5000.
March 08, 2010
The 3rd Kokako Tanka Competition
Closing date: 31st October 2010
First Prize
NZ$200
Second and Third Place prizes of NZ$50 each
Judge: Richard von Sturmer
Send entries to:
The Kokako Tanka Competition,
Patricia Prime, co-editor
42 Flanshaw Road
Te Atatu South
Auckland 8
New Zealand
Please make cheques out to Kokako
Overseas entrants may send cash at their own risk
February 21, 2010
Kaji Aso Studio Haiku Contest
Please send as many haiku or senryu as you like at $2 each: type or neatly print your submissions (you may put them all on a single sheet of paper if you wish). If you send senryu, please mark them as such. Be sure to include your email address and/or an SASE so that we can notify you of the results!
Our first prize is $250; second $100; third $50; senryu $50. We also offer an Elizabeth Searle Lamb award of $50.
Please send all entries to:
Kaji Aso Studio
40 Saint Stephen Street
Boston, MA 02115
USA
All entries must be mailed by APRIL 15, 2010. All rights revert to the authors after June, 2010 when the winners will be announced.
The Kaji Aso Studio is a center for the arts in Boston founded by Japanese painter, poet, and musician Kaji Aso to promote a positive, nature-centered philosophy and practice of art. We have held classes and hosted hundreds of exhibitions, concerts, and readings reading for over thirty years. The Studio is also the home of the Boston Haiku Society, which meets here every third Saturday of the month.
February 09, 2010
TANKA NEWS & HAIKU HEADLINES
2010 Haiku Pen Contest - 2010 Think Tanka Contest - 2010 Very Short Story Award - We Welcome Your Energy, Spirit & Wit
Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine is committed to publishing the very best of haiku, senryu and tanka.This young publication has launched writing contests for 2010 and are also witnessing a tremendous growth in their readership and support. Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine is also calling for submissions of poetry and short fiction for their webzine. There are no submission deadlines or reading fees for the e-zine, they just welcome prolific writing of lasting literary value. Complete guidelines are available online at http://lyricalpassionpoetry.yolasite.com.
February 06, 2010
KATIKATI HAIKU CONTEST 2010
An open theme haiku contest with proceeds going to the Haiku Pathway project.
Thanks to Katikati Advertiser for sponsoring the bulk of the cash prizes - 18 & over: $NZ100 for first; $NZ50 for second and $NZ25 for third; 17 & under: $NZ50, $NZ25, $NZ15.
Rules:
· Poems should preferably be typewritten, otherwise clearly handwritten.
· Haiku should not have been previously published (including on the web or broadcast).
· Unlimited entries.
· Submit 2 copies of each haiku with 1 only including your name, address, phone number (no mobiles, please), e-mail address, and for the junior section only, your age. Putting several poems on an A4 sheet is fine.
· Entry fee: Within NZ: 18 & over $5 for 3 haiku or $2 for 1 haiku. 17 & under $1 for up to 2 haiku. For overseas entrants: $US5/3 haiku or $US2/haiku.
· Entries in hand by Friday, April 16. Post to: Katikati Haiku Contest, PO Box 183, Katikati 3166, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
· Results will be announced and presented on Sunday, June 6.
· A judge’s report will be sent by email, otherwise please include a stamped addressed envelope.
· Any entry not accompanied by the correct entry fee will be disqualified. Entrants send cash at their own risk.
Inquiries to nzhaiku@gmail.com
January 16, 2010
Haiku Now! Free Contest
Join The Haiku Foundation in celebrating another year of haiku opportunities by entering the first ever HaikuNow! International Haiku Contest 2010. The closing date is March 31st and the winners will be announced at the end of April, National Poetry Month. This contest is free and open to all poets of any age and experience. Three categories: and prizes range from $100.00 for first place to $25.00 for honorable mentions. Go to http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/contest/haiku-now-contest-2010/#submit for entry forms and more information.
ukiaHaiku festival and competition
The ukiaHaiku festival and competition welcomes submissions of haiku to the Jane
Reichhold International Prize category (formerly known as the Contemporary Haiku
category) from poets across the planet.* Poems submitted in this category may be written
in either the contemporary or the traditional 5-7-5 format.
Jane Reichhold is a haiku poet of international renown who has generously contributed her
time and expertise to the development of the ukiaHaiku festival. She is the author of
over thirty books, including "Writing and Enjoying Haiku: A Hands-on Guide." She is a
two-time winner of the Museum of Haiku Literature Award (Tokyo), and three-time winner of
a Haiku Society of America Merit Book Award. In 1998, in recognition of her contributions
to haiku poetry, the Emperor and Empress of Japan invited her to attend the Imperial New
Year's Poetry Party at the Palace in Tokyo. But more than anything else, Jane is a
delight to be with. Her love of Haiku as an art form is a reflection of her love of the
world. You can learn more about Jane and her wide-ranging interest in haiku and other
forms of short poetry at her website www.ahapoetry.com and in the attached essay.
Insect Haiku Competition
Details of our insect themes haiku contest can be found at this webpage:
http://insectmuseum.org/haiku.php
We judge senryu, haiku, haiga, and any other "one-breath" poems as equivalent, and as
long as there is a reference to an insect or some related arthropod the poem is eligible!
Anyone can submit up to three poems for free (friends of the Insect Museum can submit up
to 10) by March 20th, and we have small prizes (US$15-20) for best in show, runner-up,
and best from a poet under the age of 13.
Andrew R. Deans
Department of Entomology
North Carolina State University
Campus Box 7613
2301 Gardner Hall
Raleigh, NC USA 27695-7613
January 06, 2010
The Betty Drevniok Award 2010
• Haiku Canada established this competition in memory of Betty Drevniok, Past President of the society. With the exception of members of the executive of Haiku Canada, the contest is open to everyone, including Regional Coordinators of HC.
• Haiku must be unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere.
• A flat fee of $5 Cdn (in Canada) or $5 US (for entries outside Canada) for up to 3 haiku is payable to “Haiku Canada”.
• Submit 2 copies of each haiku, each copy typed or neatly printed on a 3X5 card; one card in each set must include the author’s name, address and telephone number in the upper corner, while the other card with the identical poem must contain no identifying marks.
• Postmark Deadline: February 14, 2010.
• Winners will be announced at the Annual General Meeting in May 2010. First Prize $100; Second Prize $50; Third Prize $25 for haiku. The top eleven poems will be published in a Haiku Canada Sheet and distributed with the Haiku Canada Anthology.
• No entries will be returned. If you are NOT a member of Haiku Canada and wish a copy of the broadsheet with the winning haiku, include a SASE (business size, Cdn stamps) or a SAE and $1 for postage and handling.
• Send entries to The Betty Drevniok Award, c/o Ann Goldring, PO Box 97, 5 Cooks Drive, Leaskdale, Ontario, Canada L0C 1C0.
• Contest Coordinator: Ann Goldring
December 07, 2009
IHS International Haiku Competition 2009
On behalf of everyuone at haiku Oz I would like to congratulate Cynthia Rowe for receiving a highly commended in the 2009 IHS International Haiku Competition.
A full listing of results is below:
The Irish Haiku Society is proud to announce the results of the second IHS International Haiku Competition. This year we saw a significant increase in the number of participating authors. 218 haiku by poets from thirteen countries ( Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, England, USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, France, Poland, Portugal and Romania) were submitted to this year’s competition. Many of the submitted poems were from the island of Ireland. This year’s competition was adjudicated by Anthony "Anatoly" Kudryavitsky, and it was judged blindly. The following is the list of prize-winning and highly commended haiku.
1st Prize
Mary O'Keefe (Ireland)
November sunset
a galaxy of crows
quench the twilight
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November 01, 2009
'Riverbeats' Haiku Contest Results
Late in September the Australian Haiku Society, HaikuOz, informed readers of an invitation by Riverbeats to take part in a spectacular free live show to be held on the banks of the Parramatta River on Sunday 31 October. The Parramatta City Council and New Writers Group asked for contributions of original haiku on the theme of water and our relationship to it. The selected poems were to be recited and/or projected on massive screens as part of the live light and sound performance.
Many members of the Australian Haiku Society accepted the challenge. Here are the results.
Riverbeats Live 09 Haiku Competition Winners:
Musical Director’s prize
Gayle Barbagallo:
the river at night
black water mirrors the sky
I float in the stars
NWG Inc Editors’ Awards
Quendryth Young Joint First:
riverside gym
all the treadmills
facing the water
gathering clouds
galahs tumble through
dusty river gums
a spider
in the rain gauge
clear sky
Nathalie Buckland Joint First:
rusted handrail
on the jetty’s edge –
rain-speckled river
sluggish river
the swimmer leaves
a line of splashes
sigh of wind
in the river gums
a crow calls
John Bird Joint Second:
dry dam
cold moonlight fills
old hoof prints
twilight surf –
something quick and silver
shares the wave
summer flood
a stranded cow bellows
into the twilight
M L Grace Joint Second:
footprints
in the empty waterhole
wander the mud
river birds song
the stillness between
each note
eels trail
silver ribbons on a near
empty dam
October 05, 2009
results: tenth jack stamm paer wasp haiku award 2008
First Prize
kitchen window
sunlight pools in
last night's dishes
Jan O'Loughlin
Second Prize
dry floodplain
a billabong holds
the last light
Jo McInerney
Third Prize
first love
wind mills turning
into dusk
Ernest J. Berry
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September 13, 2009
Haiku Society of America 2009 Mildred Kanterman Memorial Merit Book Awards
Congratulations to all the winning authors and editors, HSA 2009 Mildred Kanterman Memorial Merit Book Awards for Excellence in Published Haiku, Translation and Criticism - an'ya and Cherie Hunter Day, Judges.
The FIrst Place award is for Best First Book and is made possible by Leroy Kanterman, co-founder of the Haiku Society of America , in memory of his wife Mildred Kanterman.
First Place for Best First Book: “a wattle seedpod” – Lorin Ford
Post Pressed 207/50 Macquarie St , Teneriffe, Qld, 4005 Australia .
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August 26, 2009
Results of the 2nd With Words International Online Haiku Competition (2009)
On behalf of everyone at Haiku Oz, I would like to extend my congratulations to Ron Moss for his recent success in taking out first prize in the With Words International Online Haiku Competition with his haiku:
record heat
a soon-to-be mum
backs into a wave
A full judges report can be read here: http://www.withwords.org.uk/results.html
August 16, 2009
ukiaHaiku festival
Ukiah is a northern California town whose name, backwards, spells "Haiku." In 2010 the
City of Ukiah will hold its 7th annual haiku contest and festival.
The festival encourages local, national, and international submissions of Contemporary
Haiku.
Website Address: www.ukiahaiku.org
Fee: $5 for up to three haiku.
Limit: Maximum 3 haiku per person.
Eligibility: age 19 and over.
August 03, 2009
City of Perth Library Haiku Competition and Haiku Wall
Haiku Competition - 2009 Entry Conditions
Haiku and Senryu will be accepted.
Entries must be previously unpublished.
Adult entries are limited to 5 per entrant and must all be on one A4 paper.
Student entries are limited to 3 per entrant and must all be on one A4 paper.
The name of the poet must be included at the bottom of this page.
A separate sheet must have name and contact details.
The contact sheet must also list the first line of each poem.
Font size to be at least 22pt. Any style is acceptable.
Entries will be judged purely on the text.
Any pictures or decorations must fit on the page with the Haiku.
Entries close Thurs 13 August, 5 pm.
Winners listed Mon 31 August.
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July 16, 2009
2009 Genkissu! Spirits Up! World Wide Hekinan Haiku Contest Results
I would like to extend our congratulations to Beverley George, who recently won the 2009 Genkissu! Spirits Up! World Wide Hekinan Haiku Contest with her haiku:
from a lifted oar
a shimmer connects the sky
and sunlit river
Australia, Beverley George
for full contest results visit:
http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/KANKOKYOKAI/haiku/genkissu/haikutaikai_kekka.htm
July 04, 2009
Haiga Art Prize
The City of Salisbury in conjunction with its Salisbury Writers' Festival is holding a Haiga Art Prize. Entry is free and the first prize is $500. For more information visit the City of Salisbury website: www.salisbury.sa.gov.au and click on the Salisbury Writers' Festival link.
For those of you who might be in Adelaide for the Festival, Tom Keneally is the keynote speaker.
IHS International Haiku Competition 2009
The Irish Haiku Society International Haiku Competition offers prizes of Euro 150, Euro 50 and Euro 30 for unpublished haiku/senryu in English. In addition there will be up to seven Highly Commended haiku/senryu.
All the entries shall be postmarked by 31th October 2009. No e-mail submissions, please! Details here: http://irishhaiku.webs.com/haikucompetition.htm
June 10, 2009
The Saigyo Awards for Tanka 2009
Deadline: In hand August 1, 2009
Prizes: $100; $50; $25. Honorable Mentions. Winners living outside the US will receive subscriptions to tanka journals in place of cash prizes.
Eligibility: Open to everyone.
Entry Fee: None.
Rules: All tanka must be the entrant's original, unpublished work, and not under consideration by any publication or other contest.
Submissions: Up to 10 tanka in English, typed (or printed legibly) on one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper. Submit 2 copies. Provide name, address and pen name, if you use one, in upper left corner of one copy only.
Correspondence: Send #10 (4 1/8 x 9 1/2) SASE (outside US, SAE and 1 IRC) for notification of results. No entries will be returned.
Mail entries to: Carolyn Thomas, 7866 Hogan Circle, Hemet, CA 92545 USA.
June 06, 2009
Ginyu Prize for Haiku Collections/Anthologies
To promote haiku writing as world literature, Ginyu Press holds its annual Ginyu Haiku prize. Results are announced in the (northern) autumn edition of Ginyu magazine. To see winners from previous years and for other details visit the site: http://www.geocities.jp/ginyu_haiku/ginyu.haiku.prize.htm
Ginyu editor Ban'ya Natsuishi is the judge.
Closes: September 10.
Cost: Free.
Send entries to Ginyu Press, 3-16-11 Tsurusenishi, Fujimi, Saitama 354-0026, Japan. Tel & fax: 81-49-252-9823 or email haikubanya@mub.biglobe.ne.jp (also use this address for any further information).
2009 PENUMBRA POETRY & HAIKU CONTEST
ALL ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY OCT. 1, 2009
Categories: No limit on entries in either or both categories. All skill levels welcome.
Poetry up to 50 lines, any style or subject; line length may be edited to fit chapbook publication format
3-line haiku (need not conform to strict syllable count)
Contest does not accept simultaneous submissions or work previously published or having received awards in other competitions.
Prizes: Poetry $200, $60, $40; haiku, $100, $40, $20.
Top four winners in each category are published in the annual contest chapbook and mailed a complimentary copy. Selected finalists may also be published.
May 26, 2009
2010 Haiku Chapbook Competition - Turtle Light Press
Turtle Light Press, a publisher of fine art, books and notecards, invites submissions to its second bi-annual Haiku Chapbook Competition. The winning manuscript will be announced in February 2010. The author will be awarded 10 free copies plus a contract for 10 percent royalties on the sale of other copies of the chapbook.
In general, we are open to both traditional and modern-style haiku but have a particular fondness for haiku that deal with both people and nature. The competition is open to published and unpublished writers. Rick Black, the founder of the press and an award-winning haiku poet, will be the primary judge of the contest in consultation with other poets.
Once a winner is announced, the winner will work with our production team on various aspects of the chapbook design and the use of images to complement the poems. An introduction or preface might be possible depending on the page length of the winning manuscript, layout and paper choice. TLP reserves the right to make all final decisions with regard to titling the manuscript, page length, design and layout, and the use of images.
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April 30, 2009
13th Annual Mainichi Haiku Contest
The Mainichi Newspapers is inviting participation in the 13th annual Mainichi Haiku Contest. We look forward to receiving original Japanese, English or French entries that will help add a touch of inspiration to the world of haiku.
Judges for the contest are haiku experts Akito Arima, Kiyoko Uda, Akira Ogushi, Akira Omine, Keisyu Ogawa, Yuko Kagiwada, Tota Kaneko, Kobun Kurata, Momoko Kuroda, Toru Haga, Kai Hasegawa, Naoto Hirose. Toru Haga, an internationally renowned expert on comparative literature, will judge international section entries.
The Mainichi Haiku Contest consists of three Sections:
1. General Section (for haiku in Japanese)
2. Children's Section (for haiku composed by those of junior high school age and under)
3. International Section (for haiku composed in English or French)
Applications are easy and can be posted or made over the Internet through the online form provided below. For the blind, applications can also be submitted in Braille.
April 18, 2009
Friendly Street Poets Inc. Japanese Poetry Competition 2009 -Tanka & Tanka Sequence
Closing Date: Friday 1st. May 2009
Categories: Prizes: 1st 2nd
A - Tanka $100 $50
page of 2 Tanka = 1 entry
B - Tanka Sequence $100 $50
3 - 8 tanka, 1 sequence = 1 entry
Entry Fee: AUS $5.00 per entry
Cheque or money order payable to “Friendly Street Poets”.
Send entries to:
Friendly Street Poets Inc, PO Box 3697, Norwood, 5067.
Please note: entries will only be accepted via this post box.
April 06, 2009
The 5th Kokako Haiku and Senryu Competition
Closing date: October 31
First Prize
NZ$200
2 Runners-up prizes NZ$50 each
Judge:
Karen Peterson-Butterworth
Send entries to:
The Kokako Haiku Competition
Patricia Prime, co-editor
42 Flanshaw Road
Te Atatu South
Auckland 8
New Zealand
Please make cheques out to Kokako
Overseas entrants may send cash at their own risk
Conditions of entry:
1.Haiku must be previously unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere.
2.Entry fee is NZ$5 for every 3 haiku; for overseas entries, US$1 per haiku.
3.Send two copies of each haiku, or group of haiku, with your name and address on one copy only.
4.Winning haiku and commended entries will be published in Kokako12 (April 2010).
5.Winners will be notified by mail.
6.Any theme is acceptable.
Any queries, email: pprime@ihug.co.nz
===== The Haiku Dreaming Australia Awards =====
Deadline. 1^st July, 2009
Background. Writing haiku that are relevant to, and understood by everybody, everywhere, can lead us from the ‘here and now’ into a Haikuland where we forgo connection to our real world. Haiku Dreaming Australia was formed to encourage Australian poets to locate their haiku where they live, and this competition is part of that effort. [See [3]Homogenous Haiku for amplification.]
The Haiku Dreaming Australia Awards is an international competition for haiku which are relevant in and to Australia.
We are not necessarily looking for haiku about kangaroos, wattle or other things exclusive to Australia. On the other hand please remember we are looking for poems to publish in the Dreaming Collection. Thus those that resonate with Australians might be received more sympathetically than those dealing with moose,
Dolls Festival, The Thames, and snow at Christmas. Haiku already published in [4]The Dreaming Collection are a good guide to what judges will consider relevant.
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March 09, 2009
CASCINA MACONDO ANNOUNCES THE 7th INTERNATIONAL HAIKU POETRY CONTEST IN ITALIAN LANGUAGE
Participants: authors of any nationality and age
Admission: FREE
Sections: individual: single authors - collective: schools and handicap area
Quantity: up to three UNPUBLISHED traditional haikus in Italian (5-7-5 syllables)
Submission: only by filling in the form on line www.cascinamacondo.com
(by registration)
Expiry: 31st May 2009
March 06, 2009
Shamrock Haiku Journal
The new issue of Shamrock Haiku Journal, the online magazine of the
Irish Haiku Society, is now available at
www.shamrockhaiku.webs.com/currentissue.htm
"This issue focuses on Polish haiku, and, as usual, has a big international haiku section, as
well as a haibun and a book review. Don't miss the results of the
Shamrock Haiku Journal Readers' Choice Award 2008 just announced in
this issue: we have an Irish runner-up this year! And an Australian
winner!"
Congratulations to Graham Nunn, secretary of HaikuOz, who is the Australian winner.
February 21, 2009
Kaji Aso Studio - 21st Annual Haiku Contest
Deadline: April 15, 2009
First Prize: $250 Second Prize: $150 Third Prize: $50
Best Senryu: $50 Elizabeth Searle Lamb Award: $50
The entry fee is $2 per haiku or senryu. There is no limit on the number of
haiku or senryu. Please pay by check payable to Kaji Aso Studio.
Please type, computer print, or neatly write your submissions and mail them to the address below. Don't forget to include your name, address, and if you have one, an email address. Be sure to mark any senryu submissions as such. We're looking into the possibilities of email submissions and paypal payments--more information if and when this becomes available.
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January 27, 2009
The 2nd Kokako International Tanka Competition
Results:
First Place
stopped
by a magpie’s
ochre eye
noticing everything
this first day of spring
Carolyn Eldridge-Alfonzetti (Aus)
Runners Up
your horse up
when mine is down
on our carousel –
puppets of a tired tune
we circle without touching
Beverley George (Aus)
pohutukawa filaments
in the folds of our map –
crimson needles
pointing to
the magnetic north
Richard von Sturmer (NZ)
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January 20, 2009
8th International Haiku Contest - Haiku Calendar Ludbreg 2009
RESULTS OF THE 8th INTERNATIONAL HAIKU CONTEST
HAIKU CALENDAR LUDBREG 2009
REZULTATI 8. MEĐUNARODNOG NATJEČAJA
ZA HAIKU-KALENDAR LUDBREG 2009
The number of 310 haikus written by 106 authors from 21 countries (Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Trinidad & Tobago and United States of America) were received for competition to the 8th international haiku contest Haiku Calendar Ludbreg 2008. Here are the results.
First Prize ($ 100)
Prva nagrada (100 američkih dolara)
1. Enes Kišević, Zagreb; Croatia/Hrvatska ****
woman in the dark
tears lit up her weeping face
for a while
Second Prize ($ 50)
Druga nagrada (50 američkih dolara)
2. Marc Bonetto, France/Francuska ***
snow over snow
silence
after silence
Third Prize (3 x $20)
Treća nagrada (20 američkih dolara)
3. Silva Trstenjak, Štrigova; Croatia/Hrvatska **
one after another
morning sun lights
candles of ice
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December 21, 2008
Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Competition - Deadline Extended
The deadline of this competition has been extended to January 7, 2009.
Please visit www.vcbf.ca for full submission details.
'moonset CONTEST GUIDELINES: CONTEST V - SPRING/SUMMER 2009
DEADLINE: in hand by 1 FEBRUARY, 2009
FEES: $2.00 US per entry, no limit on entry number
CATEGORIES: A = Haiku, B = Senryu, C = Tanka, D = Haibun, E = Haiga
RULES: open style, no theme, but must be unpublished and original work.
ADJUDICATION/BLIND:
Haiku/Haiga = an'ya, Tanka = Amelia, Haibun = Hortensia, Senryu =Tony.
NOTIFICATIONS: ONLY winners will be notified by MARCH 1 , the results will be published in the Spring/Summer 2009 issue of "moonset LITERARY NEWSPAPER"
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December 01, 2008
Tenth Annual Paper Wasp Jack Stamm Haiku Award
paper wasp invites haiku poets to enter its tenth annual haiku contest. An anthology of the best haiku submitted will be published from the contest. One copy will be provided free to authors of entries selected for publication. Fist Prize is $A100.00, Second Prize is $A50.00 and Third Prize is $A25.00. The contest is open to haiku poets worldwide, has no set theme, welcomes both the modern and traditional forms but it is restricted to the English language and unpublished haiku (including the Internet). Judges are paper wasp editors Jacqui Murray, John Knight and Ross Clark.
An entry fee of A$10.00 (from within Australia), A$12.00 (from New Zealand if paid in banknotes or cheques drawn on an Australian bank in Australia) or US$10.00 in cash (international entries) applies to each sheet of three haiku.
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November 24, 2008
The Irish Haiku Society Haiku Competition 2008 Results
The Irish Haiku Society is proud to announce the results of the first ever IHS International Haiku Competition. 177 haiku by poets from twelve countries (Ireland, UK, Northern Ireland, USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Austria, Germany, Portugal, Romania and Serbia) were submitted to this year’s competition. Half of the submitted poems were from the island of Ireland. This year’s competition was adjudicated by Anthony Anatoly Kudryavitsky, and it was judged blindly. It had been previously announced that an entrant may win more than one prize, which, actually, happened. The following is the list of prize-winning and highly commended haiku.
1st Prize
John Barlow (UK) receives the first prize of Euro 150 for the following haiku:
mountain stillness
an empty chrysalis
fills with sunlight
2nd Prize
The 2nd Prize of Euro 50 also goes to John Barlow (UK) for the following haiku:
summer morning
every other post
has its crow
3rd Prize
Ernest J Berry (New Zealand) receives the third prize of Euro 30 for the following haiku:
early frost
the fragrance of pine
on fire
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November 04, 2008
'Calico Cat' haiku contest
Note this a blitz contest If you miss out on this one be sure to check back from time to time.
8th Calico Cat bilingual international haiku contest has started November 2, 2008. The Contest is founded, organized, conducted, sponsored, judged, and translated by Origa twice a year. in autumn and spring. Prizes are Origa’s original sumi-e paintings. This is the only international haiku contest in two languages, with valuable prizes yet free for the participants, held entirely by one person. Anyone may participate in this contest by sending up to three haiku on the theme of the new sumi painting "Little squirrel and a Pomegranate". Submit your haiku no later than Tuesday, November 5, before midnight EST. All haiku will be translated in English and Russian both ways, so that everyone can read every haiku! Our previous First prize winners were: Beverley George, Australia; Carlos Fleitas, Uruguay; Shanna Moore, Hawaii; Kirsty Karkow, USA; Valeria Simonova, Italy; Kilmeny Niland, Australia and Petar Tchouhov, Bulgaria (tied); Robert Bauer, USA. Please see all the details, and submit haiku, here: http://origa.livejournal.com/148277.html
November 03, 2008
Results of the Capoliveri International Haiku Competition
The results of the Capoliveri International Haiku Competition (Tuscany, Italy) for 2008 have just been published here: http://www.giorgioweiss.it/node/249
We are proud to announce that Sharon Burrell (Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin), a member of the Irish Haiku Society, was this year's English-language winner and a co-winner of Premio Internazionale, the main prize. The prize is awarded annually for a selection of five haiku.
October 28, 2008
White Lotus Haiku Competition
An annual haiku contest held and conducted by Shadow Poetry.
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/contests/whitelotushaikucompetition.html
Deadline: December 31, 2008 (postmarked)
Eligibility: Open to all, age 13 and over.
Entry Form: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/contests/mailform4.html
RESULTS OF THE 5th INTERNATIONAL KLOSTAR IVANIC CONTEST FOR HAIKU IN ENGLISH
This year, our International haiku contest in English received 306 haiku written by 97 authors from 25 countries: Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Macedonia, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Trinidad and Tobaggo, and The United States of America. Members of the jury were prof. Ruzica Mokos and prof. Vida Pust Skrgulja.
1st Prize
solemn quietness
in a full moon's night -
ticking of a clock
Ivan Ivkovic, Veliko Laole, Serbia
2nd Prize
bouncing merrily
in the playground –
hailstones
Robert Naczas, Poland
3rd Prize
waterfall –
all I want is
to pass water
Ernest J. Berry, Pincton, New Zealand
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VANCOUVER CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL 2009
We are proud to announce that Vancouver, Canada, will celebrate its fourth annual Cherry Blossom Festival during March and April 2009.
We invite poets from British Columbia and around the world to submit one unpublished haiku about the cherry blossom in the spirit of international friendship.
Selected haiku will become part of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Musically Speaking concert on March 28th, 2009, and be displayed on Vancouver TransLink city buses and SkyTrain cars during March and April. Other works of merit will be featured on the VCBF web site and at celebrity readings at the festival.
Please visit www.vcbf.ca for full submission details.
Submissions must be received by December 19th, 2008.
We look forward to receiving your haiku.
Respectfully,
Linda Poole
VCBF Director
Edward Zuk
Haiku Coordinator
October 11, 2008
ukiaHaiku festival - haiku competition
ukiaHaiku festival
haiku wing their way
from distant lands
spring migration
Ukiah is a northern California town whose name, backwards, spells “Haiku.” In 2009 the City of Ukiah will hold its 7th annual haiku contest and festival. The festival encourages local, national, and international submissions of Contemporary Haiku. The website will soon be updated for the 2009 festival.
Website Address: www.ukiahaiku.org
Fee: $3 for 1 haiku, $5 for 3.
Limit: Maximum 3 haiku per person.
Eligibility: age 19 and over.
Submission Guidelines:
EMAIL: ukiahaikufest09@yahoo.com
Follow instructions on website, or:
1) Send a separate email for each haiku to ukiahaiku09@yahoo.com. Send no more than three haiku. In body of email include: a) author's name; b) email address; c) the category
(Contemporary); d) the poem; e) alternate/additional contact information;
2) Send the fee by snail mail to ukiaHaiku festival, POB 865, Ukiah, CA 95482.
SNAIL MAIL:
Go to www.ukiahaiku.org and download the form. Follow instructions on the form.
Deadline: March 13, 2009 (postmark or email date).
Judging: Internationally famous haiku poet Jane Reichhold will judge the Contemporary
Haiku category.
Awards: $100 first place, $50 second place, $25 third place, plus a small booklet of
winning poems and publication in that booklet.
Festival and Awards Ceremony: Sunday April 26, 2009, 2 p.m. Winners are strongly
encouraged to attend the festival to read their poems. (Out-of-towners might consider
visiting the Mendocino Coast before or after the festival. Mendocino is a world-class
tourist destination 1-1/2 hours from Ukiah by car).
September 24, 2008
Kikakuza Haibun Competition
Kikakuza is a group of haikai (linked-verse) poets founded in 2005 in honour of Kikaku (1661~1707), Basho's celebrated disciple. We wish to help revive the tradition of haibun which gradually went out of favour after the Meiji Restoration. For this purpose, we have created a Haibun Contest and invite foreign writers to enter. The contest will
be judged by Nobuyuki Yuasa and Stephen Henry Gill. The results of the contest will be announced in the Kikakuza Bulletin and on its homepage, and awards will be sent directly to the winners. All entries must meet the following conditions.
September 02, 2008
6th Annual White Lotus Haiku Competition
The 6th Annual White Lotus Haiku Competition (formerly known as the Zen Garden Haiku Contest) is now open for entry! This haiku contest is open to all poets and haijin over the age of 13 and from around the world. Haiku submissions must be unpublished, not under consideration elsewhere, written in the three-line traditional or contemporary form, and be the original work of the poet. Entries are unlimited. Please see the Official Rules for more in depth information.
A new contest will run once per year. Entries must be postmarked by December 31, 2008 to qualify. Winners will be announced on February 1, 2009.
Prizes: 1st Place: $100.00, 2nd Place: $50.00, 3rd Place: $25.00
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August 01, 2008
Bashō Prize
Single Island Press First Annual Bashō Prize for a book-length manuscript of haibun.
Prize $1000 plus publication by Single Island Press, Portsmouth NH.
For the purposes of this contest, a haibun consists of two parts: creative non-fiction prose and at least one haiku. The total word count for the book of haibun is 14,000. Again, for our purposes here, a book of haibun is a travelogue, a story of a real journey to a real place (see next paragraph for further suggestions and qualifications).
A definition of the type of prose we are looking for is given in the “Introduction” to Bashō’s Narrow Road: Spring and Autumn Passages (Stone Bridge Press, 1996), by Hiroaki Sato. This edition is invaluable for the student of this important text. The reader of this edition will quickly see that Bashō’s “reality” was a combination of experiences, including those of literary and other traditions. In addition to Bashō’s use of tradition, there’s his broader understanding of humanity insofar as we can retrieve it; here Chuang Tzu plays a major role (see various pages on this website).
July 30, 2008
INTERNATIONAL HAIKU CONTEST - "ONE THOUSAND CRANES", ROMANIA 2008
The International Art Partnership (IAP) is an international project which promotes the Japanese art of paper folding known as origami.
At the initiative of its founders, Aleksandr and Larisa Levashov from Russia, the International Festival "Origami Peace Tree" (OPT, http://www.peacetree.info/main.php) has taken place in different countries since 2000. Romania will be the host of this autumn edition. On this occasion, the organizers ("Miron Costin" Highschool, Iasi, Romania) have also decided to launch an international haiku contest.
Entitled "One Thousand Cranes", this competition wants to be a bridge between haiku and origami. The title of the contest reminds both of the famous legend of the Japanese people (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_origami_cranes) and of the moving story of the Japanese girl Sadako Sasaki
(http://www.sadako.org/sadakostory.htm). Her trust and endeavour as well as "the origami tree" are an urge to respect life in all its circumstances. That is why, we considered that such a contest could contribute to the amplification of the impact of OPT festival also by means of poetry.
We invite you to participate both in the haiku contest and, with origami models, in the OPT Festival Romania 2008
(http://www.peacetree.info/romania2008.php).
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July 29, 2008
HAIKU COMPETITION FOR UNDER 18s
The annual Melbourne Poets Union International Poetry Competition, 2008 is now open. This year, we have two awards for those in the under 18 age group: one for free format poems on the theme of ‘Diversity’ and one for haiku. Each award has a prize of $100.
We encourage parents, teachers and community members to alert young people to this opportunity. The entry fee is three 50 cent Australian postal stamps, or the equivalent of AU$1.50 for overseas entries. Further information and printable entry form via this link to the MPU website: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mpuinc/MPU/Competitions.html
Lorin Ford will be judging the haiku competition. Whilst haiku written in the 5-7-5 syllable pattern are acceptable, this pattern is no longer the contemporary norm. She’ll be looking for ‘unpadded’ haiku which employ fresh imagery, ‘showing, not telling’ and rhythmical flow.
Lorin’s recently released haiku book, ‘a wattle seedpod’, is available through publisher, Post Pressed, http://www.postpressed.com.au/ or contact Lorin at lorinmford@bigpond.com
July 03, 2008
City of Perth Haiku Competition Guidelines:
Haiku and Senryu will be accepted.
• Entries must be previously unpublished, nor entered in our
previous Haiku competitions.
• Entries are limited to 5 per entrant and must all be on one A4
paper. The name of the poet must be included at the bottom of
this page.
• A separate sheet must have name and contact details.
• The contact sheet must also list the first line of each poem.
• Font size to be at least 22pt.
• Any font style is acceptable.
• Entries will be judged purely on the text.
• Any pictures or decorations must fit on the page with the Haiku.
Entries OPEN on Monday 21 July , and CLOSE at 6pm Thursday
7 August.
Entries will not be accepted outside these dates.
Submit entries marked “ HAIKU 2008 ” :
Deliver… to the City of Perth Library, 573 Hay St Perth
Post … GPO Box C120 Perth 6839
Email … library.perth@cityofperth.wa.gov.au
Emailed poems must be sent as a word document attachment
Prizes : 1st - $ 75, 2nd - $ 50, 3rd - $40
Winners will be listed in the Library on Monday 1 September andon Library’s web page .
Entries will be displayed on the Poetry Wall in the Library Monday 1 September - Saturday 13 September 2008
Haiku will not be returned unless accompanied with a stamped, self - addressed envelope
June 16, 2008
Mainichi Daily News Haiku Contest
Mainichi Daily News Haiku Contest
Deadline: August 31, 2008.
Limit of 2 haiku in the international section. Books, etc as prizes.
section. Please note the copyright restrictions. Winners announced
Cost: Free.
Submissions via the website.
Info: http://books.mainichi.co.jp/HaikuContest/english.html
Katikati Haiku Contest
Katikati Haiku Contest
Deadline: In hand August 30, 2008.
Cash prizes totalling $NZ80 in the senior section; $NZ55 in the junior. Proceeds to the Katikati Haiku Pathway project. Send 2 copies of each poem with 1 copy only including your name & contact details (if entering in the junior section also includeyour age). For results send ssae or include e-mail address. Results will be announced during Katikati's Mural Festival (September 29-October 4) and published in Bravado literary journal.
Cost: 18 & over: $NZ5 for 3 haiku or $NZ2 perhaiku; or $US5 for 3 haiku or $US2 perhaiku. 17 & under: $NZ1 for up to 2 haiku or $US1 for up to 2 haiku.
Send entries to: Katikati Haiku Contest, PO Box 183, Katikati. No e-mail entries.
June 07, 2008
Ludbreg 2009 International Haiku Contest
HAIKU CALENDAR LUDBREG 2009
Deadline
September 17, 2008
Regulations
- The contest is open to the public
- Entries (up to 3 haikus in english) must be original, unpublished and not currently submitted elsewhere
- Send only one copy and print your name, age, occupation and address
- No entries will be returned, so keep a copy
Entry fee
No entry fee this year!
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June 01, 2008
Haiku Competition Results
FreeXpresSion 2008
2008 is the first year that the writing magazine, FreeXpresSion, now fifteen years old, has included a Haiku Section in its annual competition. Nathalie Buckland judged the entries anonymously.
The winner was Dawn Bruce,
the last page
of a loved book …
autumn rain
Dawn Bruce NSW
May 05, 2008
The Irish Haiku Society International Haiku Competition 2008
The Competition Prizes
The IHS International Haiku Competition offers prizes of Euro 150, Euro 50 and Euro 30 for unpublished haiku/senryu in English.
In addition there will be up to seven Highly Commended haiku/senryu.
Entrants may win more than one prize.
Deadline:
All the entries shall be postmarked by September 30th 2008. Overseas (non-EU) entries mailed in the month up to and including this closing date must be sent by airmail.
Address for entries:
Administrator,
The IHS International Haiku Competition 2008
75 Willow Park Grove
Glasnevin
Dublin 11
Ireland
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May 03, 2008
9th Annual Paper Wasp Jack Stamm Haiku Award - Results
First prize was awarded to Jan O'Loughlin for her haiku:
hawk in flight
recycling the wind
into himself
Second prize was awarded to Sharon Dean for her haiku:
coastal cafe
she suckles in the shade
of mum's cowboy hat
Third prize was awarded to Helen Davison for her haiku:
spring again
birth-marks
on the snow gums
Haiku selected for the anthology will be announced soon.
April 25, 2008
Harold G. Henderson Awards
The Annual Harold G. Henderson Awards for best unpublished haiku
These awards were originally made possible by Mrs. Harold G. Henderson in memory of Harold G. Henderson, cofounder the Haiku Society of America.
Deadline: Inhand by July 31, 2008. Entries received after that date will not be accepted.
Eligibility: The contest is open to the public. HSA officers who are members of the executive committee are not eligible, but regional coordinators may enter.
April 09, 2008
True Vine Press - Chapbook Competition
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS-HAIKU MINI CHAPBOOK
Theme: Autumn kigo haiku
Amount: Must be 8 poems. Any submissions with more or less poems will be discarded.
How: Submit 2 copies on typed or Word document (8/1/2 x 11) paper. One copy with manuscript title, author's name, address, and email address in upper right corner; one copy with the poems only. No SASE needed. Please try to include all information on one sheet! If poems have been previously published, please include the proper publication credits.
Deadline: July 4th, 2008
Entry Fee: None.
March 29, 2008
Friendly Street Poets Inc. Japanese Poetry Competition
Friendly Street Poets Inc are running a Japanese Poetry Contest. The haiku section is restricted to residents of South Australia, but the haibun and haiku sequence sections are open to all. Closing date is May 6th 2008. For further details and an entry form visit http://friendlystreetpoets.org.au
February 08, 2008
The Kokako Tanka Competition
The Kokako Tanka Competition is open to all!
Closing date: December 31st, 2008
First Prize - NZ$250
2 Runners-up prizes of NZ$100 each
Judge:
Tony Beyer
Send entries to:
The Kokako Tanka Competition,
Patricia Prime, co-editor
42 Flanshaw Road
Te Atatu South
Auckland 8
New Zealand
January 16, 2008
The Betty Drevniok Award 2008
Haiku Canada established this competition in memory of Betty Drevniok, Past President of the society. With the exception of members of the executive of Haiku Canada, the contest is open to everyone, including Regional Coordinators of HC.
• Haiku must be unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere.
• A flat fee of $5 Cdn (in Canada) or $5 US (for entries outside Canada) for up to 3 haiku is payable to “Haiku Canada”. Note: 3 haiku, not more.
• Submit each haiku in duplicate, typed or neatly printed on 3X5 cards; for each haiku, one card must include the author’s name, address and telephone number in the upper corner, while the other one must contain no identifying marks.
• Postmark Deadline: February 14, 2008. Note this change.
New Zealand Poetry Society's 2008 International Verse and Haiku Competition
This year the haiku section of the New Zealand Poetry Society's International Poetry Competition is being judged by Sandra Simpson, the only southern hemisphere writer of haiku to be featured in A New Resonance 5 (Red Moon Press). More information and entry forms are available on our website at www.poetrysociety.org.nz
January 13, 2008
Kaji Aso Studio 20th Annual Haiku Contest
Kaji Aso Studio
20th Annual Haiku Contest
Deadline: April 15, 2008
First Prize: $250 Second Prize: $150 Third Prize: $50
Best Senryu: $50 Elizabeth Searle Lamb Award: $50
The entry fee is $2 per haiku or senryu. There is no limit on the number of haiku or senryu. Please pay by check payable to Kaji Aso Studio.
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December 31, 2007
moonset CONTEST ll
http://moonsetnewspaper.blogspot.com/2007/11/moonset-competition-contest-ll.html
DEADLINE: in hand by March 1, 2008
FEES: $2.00 US per entry, no limit on entry number
CATEGORIES: A = Haiku, B = Senryu, C = Tanka, D = Renku, E = Haibun, F =
Haiga
RULES: open style, no theme, but must be unpublished and original work.
ADJUDICATION/BLIND:
Haiku/Tanka/Haiga = an'ya, Haibun = Hortensia, Senryu =Ernest, Renku = John.
Wisteria Haiku Contest
The 3rd Annual Haiku Contest Sponsored by Wisteria: A Journal of Haiku, Senryu & Tanka.
Deadline: From November 1, 2007 to February 14, 2008.
Winners will be published in the April 2008 issue.
Full details at: http://pinewoodhaiku.blogspot.com
November 01, 2007
Pinewood Annual Haiku Contest
2008 Pinewood Haiku Contest
1ST PLACE-- $ 100.00 CASH
2ND PLACE-- $ 50.00 CASH
3RD PLACE-- $ 25.00 CASH
Winners will be published in the April 2008 issue of Wisteria.
ENTRY FEE: $ 2.00-- PER POEM / OR 3 POEMS FOR $5.00
October 21, 2007
The 2008 Anita Sadler Weiss Memorial Haiku Awards
The 2008 Anita Sadler Weiss Memorial Haiku Awards, sponsored by the Haiku Poets of Central Maryland, will mark the fourth annual competition dedicated to the memory of Baltimore-based haiku poet and teacher Anita Sadler Weiss.
Deadline: IN-HAND by JANUARY 31, 2008.
Sponsor: The Haiku Poets of Central Maryland.
Eligibility: Open to the public, aged 14 and up. (Only the contest coordinators are prohibited from entering.)
Awards: Total of $300.00 in prize money: First Place, $175.00; Second Place, $75.00; Third Place, $50.00. Five ranked Honorable Mentions will also be awarded.
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September 23, 2007
Results of 4th Klostar Ivanic Haiku Contest in English - 2007
This year, in our International haiku contest in English, in Klostar Ivanic, Croatia, we received 459 haiku written by 147 authors from 30 countries. Thank you for your contributions, join us again. Closing date on our next contest is June 30, 2008. Judges: prof. Ruzica Mokos and prof. Vida Pust Skrgulja.
1st Prize
waking up
the view from my window
still the same
Mateusz Sionkowski, Torun, Poland (16)
2nd Prize
between steel bars
of the unfinished building
a spider's web
Santiago M. Pacquing Jr., Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines (40)
3rd Prize
in a Japanese book
from far far far away
a long black hair
David Cobb, Shalford, England (8o)
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September 14, 2007
Robert Frost Haiku Contest
2008 English-Language Haiku Contest
Sponsor: The 14th Key West Robert Frost Poetry Festival (annual event)
Deadline: Postmark on or before March 24, 2008.
Prizes: 1st Place $100, 2nd Place $50, 3rd Place $25, and Honorable Mentions.
Judge: Editors from Modern Haiku Press.
Submissions: Previously unpublished, must contain a seasonal or nature image, 3-line format of up to 17 or fewer syllables. Two copies, typed or neatly written, with your name, address, phone and/or email on one copy only. For further information, visit robertfrostpoetryfestival.org
Entry fee: $10 for each 3 haiku. Make checks payable to “Robert Frost Poetry Festival.”
Send entries to: Robert Frost Haiku Contest, Heritage House, 410 Caroline Street, Key West, FL 33040 USA
June 07, 2007
Matsuo Basho Poetry Offerings
English Haiku wanted
The Deadline: Tuesday July 31st, 2007
What we are looking for:
We are looking for Haiku written in English that are original submissions or are unpublished work for our Haiku competition to be held during the Basho festival on October 12th.
(Double submissions or work previously published under a different name may not be used in the competition).
May 06, 2007
Video Haiku
Details of the 1st Video haiku Competition are now online at: http://www.videohaiku.eu/
Eighth International Jack Stamm Haiku Award - Results
The results of the Eighth Jack Stamm competition up on the Paper Wasp site, at:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/paperwasp/selections.html
You can also get to a list of selected haiku from 2006 (and earlier) issues of Paper Wasp from this same page.
April 16, 2007
RESULTS FROM 2007 ANITA SADLER WEISS MEMORIAL HAIKU AWARDS
2007 ANITA SADLER WEISS MEMORIAL HAIKU AWARDS
Sponsored by the Haiku Poets of Central Maryland
Judge: Billie Wilson, Juneau, Alaska
FIRST PLACE
summer dawn
the bones of the bonfire
charred black
~Kate Bosek-Sill, Rochester, NY
A new day is dawning, and the remains of this fire remind us that yesterday is gone forever—as fully consumed as the wood (the “bones”) of that bonfire. There is a nice edge of wondering why the fire was built. The use of “bones” is not only intriguing within the haiku, but within the context of etymology, since “bonfire” comes from the medieval “bone-fire.” This is an excellent poem to be read aloud. The inner play of the long “o” sound of “bones” with the short “o” in “bonfire—the near-rhyme of “dawn” and bonfire”—and the alliteration of “b” words in the second and third lines—add layers of pleasing sound.
SECOND PLACE
whaling station—
the weight of rust
on the snowline
~Ron Moss, Tasmania, Australia
An unusual topic. The freshness of the material is appealing, and the juxtaposition is compelling. Even in abandonment, the very existence of this station “weighs” heavily against human history. The damage done is powerfully captured in understatement: that feather-light rust is like blood against the snow.
THIRD PLACE
in my pocket
a small stone
from the top of the mountain
~Karen Sohne, Toronto, ON, Canada
The use of a pivot line showcases the tiny stone that symbolizes the conquering of a mountain. And within that symbol is a gift of encouragement regarding any mountain that might seem to be blocking our path.
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November 19, 2006
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2007
VANCOUVER CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL 2007
We are delighted to announce that the second annual Cherry Blossom Festival will take place in Vancouver, Canada, during March and April 2007.
We invite poets from around the world to submit one unpublished haiku inspired by the beauty of the cherry tree. Submissions must be received by January 11, 2007.
Top selected haiku will become part of a permanent stone Haiku Memorial at Burrard SkyTrain Station in downtown Vancouver under the cherry tree planted in 2006 to commemorate the inaugural festival. The Haiku Memorial will be unveiled at the festival's opening mid March and selected haiku will also be displayed on TransLink city buses and SkyTrain cars for a period of two months.
In addition, top selected haiku will win free copies of "Haiku Journey," a new computer game from Hot Lava Games that features 540 English-language haiku by 45 poets around the world, selected by Michael Dylan Welch.
Other works of merit will be published on the VCBF Website and featured at readings throughout the festival.
You may find submission details at http://www.vcbf.ca/ by following the link to haiku.
November 15, 2006
The 8th Annual Suruga Baika Literary Festival - Call for Haiku
Three haiku from each writer. Additional haiku may be submitted but must be sent separately with required information and entry fee (if required). Prizes will be awarded as follows-
Prize of Excellence- Baika Literary Prize
Senior Division (college age and up):
Two winners will receive the Baika Literary Prize Certificate,commemorative goods and copy of the published book containing all winning haiku.
Junior Division:
Two prizes- same as above.
In addition, Awards of Merit will be given to ten people in each category. Each person will receive a certificate of merit as well as memorial goods.
HOW TO SUBMIT
Send all previously unpublished Haiku to Daichuji Temple. (Limit 3 Haiku per person)
We will accept entries only through Internet till December 15.
（Entry from only foreign countries）
Send by e-mail to:
E-Mail ： baika@daichuji.com
URL ： http://www.daichuji.com/
Send by fax to:
International entries-81-55-925-8778
Domestic entries- 055-925-8778
By mail to:
Daichuji Temple Baika Office
457 Naka-Sawada Numazu-shi, Shizuoka-ken
JAPAN 410-0006
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Pinewood Annual Haiku Contest
2007 Pinewood Haiku Contest
1ST PLACE-- $ 100.00 CASH
2ND PLACE-- $ 50.00 CASH
3RD PLACE-- $ 25.00 CASH
Winners will be published in the April 2007 issue of Wisteria.
ENTRY FEE: $ 2.00-- PER POEM / OR 3 POEMS FOR $5.00
MAXIMUM OF 3 POEMS
CASH OR MONEY ORDER ONLY
NO CHECKS ACCEPTED!
Money Orders should be made payable to: T.A. Thompson
TOPIC: Any
FORM: Contemporary English-language haiku
with no rules as to syllable or line count.
DEADLINE: February 14th, 2007-- received.
Accepting entries from November 1st to February 14th
Robert Spiess Memorial 2007 Haiku Award Competition
Modern Haiku is pleased to announce the Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Award Competition for 2007. This is the fifth annual competition to honor the life and work of Bob Spiess.
Theme: Haiku are to be written in the spirit of the following "Speculation" (Robert Spiess, A Year’s Speculations on Haiku, Modern Haiku Press, 1995):
If a haiku is to have life it must have rhythm or flow — for whatever life is, there is rhythm. Needless to say, this rhythm will seldom be a regular meter, but will be a rhythm or flow that is natural to the entities of the haiku and their particular relation. When the rhythm is proper to the haiku it simply will be felt in an aesthetic mode of "rightness."
Deadline: In hand no later than March 13, 2007.
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October 29, 2006
Eighth Annual Paper Wasp Jack Stamm Haiku Award
paper wasp invites haiku poets to enter its eighth annual haiku contest. An anthology of the best haiku submitted will be published from the contest. One copy will be provided free to authors of entries selected for publication. First Prize is $A100.00, Second Prize is $A50.00 and Third Prize is $A25.00. The contest is open to haiku poets worldwide, has no set theme, welcomes both the modern and traditional forms but it is restricted to the English language and unpublished haiku (including the Internet). Judges are paper wasp editors Jacqui Murray, Janice M. Bostok, John Knight and Ross Clark.
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September 16, 2006
2006 James W Hackett International Haiku Award
Entry procedure for the 2006 James W Hackett International Haiku Award
Haiku must be original, in English, not previously published nor under consideration for publication or entered in any other competition.
Deadline: in hand by 30 November 2006.
Award: Two winning haiku will be chosen, each by a separate adjudicator (see below).
The winning authors will each receive a prize of £70 and …
One year’s free subscription to The British Haiku Society.
Winning and commended haiku will be published in Volume 17 no. 2 of Blithe Spirit
and here on the BHS website
Apart from publication connected with competition results, copyright is retained by the authors.
Each haiku must be printed or typed onto three separate 5 x 3 in (125 x 75 mm) sheets or cards. Entrant's name and address to be on the back of only one sheet/card in each set of three.
Submissions to be sent by post to Hackett Award, Newton House, Holt Rd, North Elmham, Norfolk NR20 5JQ, UK.
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September 07, 2006
2007 ROBERT FROST POETRY FESTIVAL and CONTESTS
2007 ROBERT FROST POETRY FESTIVAL and CONTESTS
The 13th Annual Robert Frost Poetry Festival will be held April 11 - 15th, 2007. The festival, set in the Heritage House Garden, Robert Frost Cottage, and at other select venues in Key West, again will feature poetry and haiku workshops, poetry and haiku readings, an art, poetry & film event, poetry on the water, and international Poetry and Haiku Contests. Featured poets are Dr. Michael Wyndham Thomas, Birmingham, England, Barry George, Charles Trumbull, Editor of Modern Haiku, and Key West novelist and poet Rosalind Brackenbury. For information, registration, and contest details, write to The RFPF, 410 Caroline Street, Key West, Florida 33040, USA, or visit robertfrostpoetryfestival.org or www.heritagehousemuseum.org.
2007 English-Language Haiku Contest
Sponsor: The 13th Robert Frost Poetry Festival (annual event), Key West, FL
Deadline: Postmark on or before March 20, 2007.
Prizes: 1st Place $75, 2nd Place $50, 3rd Place $25, and Honorable Mentions.
Judge: Charles Trumbull, Editor of Modern Haiku.
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August 06, 2006
Yelow Moon haiku - Seed Pearls Competition
Yellow Moon Seed Pearls 20 2006
Closing August 31 2006
Categories : Prize Money
A - Prose: a haiku journey (haibun) max 600 words $100 $45
B – Haiku: (page of 3 = 1 entry) $100 $45
C – Tanka: (page of 2 = 1 entry) $100 $45
D – Tanka Sequence: 5 tanka on a related theme $100 $45 NEW
E – Poem: to 28 lines free verse or rhymed.Theme:Nature $100 $45
AUS $5 each entry. Or $10 for three entries. Overseas entrants may send equiv in US dollars at own risk. No foreign cheques. Or send 3 IRCs per entry or 6 IRCs for three entries (plus 1 IRC with SAE for results) Seed Pearls is the only Yellow Moon comp open internationally – now open all categories.
1st and second placed poets each receive a complimentary copy of Yellow Moon 20 magazine in addition to their monetary prize.
Winning and commended poets receive certificates and publication in Yellow Moon 20 magazine.
Download entry forms from www.yellowmoon.info or write with long SSAE to:
Beverley George – Yellow Moon PO Box 37 Pearl Beach NSW 2256
June 18, 2006
Kokako Tanka Competition
The Kokako Tanka Competition
Open to all!
Closing date: 31st December, 2006
First Prize
NZ$250
2 Runners-up prizes of NZ$100 each
Judge:
Owen Bullock
Send entries to:
The Kokako Tanka Competition,
Patricia Prime, co-editor
42 Flanshaw Road
Te Atatu South
Auckland 8
New Zealand
Please make cheques out to Kokako
Overseas entrants may send cash at their own risk
Conditions of entry
1. Tanka must be previously unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere.
2. Entry fee is NZ$2 per tanka or 3 for NZ$5; for overseas entries, US$1 per tanka, or 4 for US$3
3. Send two copies of each tanka, or group of tanka, with your name and address on one copy only.
4. Winning tanka and commended entries will be published in Kokako 6 (April, 2007).
5. Winners will be notified by mail.
6. Any theme is acceptable.
Any queries, email: pprime@ihug.co.nz
June 12, 2006
The 3rd International Haiku Contest Klostar Ivanic 2006
The Third International Haiku Contest
Klostar Ivanic 2006, Croatiaorganized by Tourist Community of Klostar Ivanic
and 'Three Rivers' , Haiku Association, Ivanic Grad
Haiku in English only.
Deadline: In hand – June 30, 2006
Free of charge.
Open to all – contestants must be 12 years of age or older.
Send only unpublished haiku.
Theme: any theme is welcome, but remember Nature and man as a part of it
Haiku may be sent by e-mail or by post.
Please send five haiku with your name, address, telephone number, profession, age.
Results will be on the Internet in October, 2006.
Judges: Vladimir Devidé, Ruzica Mokos and Vida Pust Skrgulja
Prizes:
First Prize:USD 80,00
Second Prize: USD 60,00
Third Prize:USD 50,00
and Commendments
Postal address:
Turisticka zajednica Kloštar Ivanic
FOR THE HAIKU CONTEST
Trg Sv. Ivana 1
10312 Kloštar Ivanic, Croatia
e-mail: djurdjica.vukelic-rozic@zg.t-com.hr
with 'for the contest' in the subject line
May 18, 2006
10th Annual Mainichi Contest
Deadline August 30 2006
Two haiku maximum, original, unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere.
No entry fee.
Use online form http://mainichi-shuppan.com/taisyou/index-e.html
April 30, 2006
Yellow Moon Seed Pearls 20 2006
Closing August 31 2006 Yellow Moon Seed Pearls 20
Categories : Prize Money
A - Prose: a haiku journey (haibun) max 600 words $100 $45
B – Haiku: (page of 3 = 1 entry) $100 $45
C – Tanka: (page of 2 = 1 entry) $100 $45
D – Tanka Sequence: 5 tanka on a related theme $100 $45 NEW
E – Poem: to 28 lines free verse or rhymed.Theme:Nature $100 $45
AUS $5 each entry. Or $10 for three entries. Overseas entrants may send equiv in US dollars at own risk. No foreign cheques. Or send 3 IRCs per entry or 6 IRCs for three entries (plus 1 IRC with SAE for results) Seed Pearls is the only Yellow Moon comp open internationally – now open all categories.
1st and second placed poets each receive a complimentary copy of Yellow Moon 20 magazine in addition to their monetary prize.
Winning and commended poets receive certificates and publication in Yellow Moon 20 magazine.
Download entry forms from www.yellowmoon.info or write with long SSAE to:
Beverley George – Yellow Moon PO Box 37 Pearl Beach NSW 2256