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The IHS International Haiku Competition offers prizes of Euro 150, Euro 50 and Euro 30 for unpublished haiku/senryu in English.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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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.

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The Annual Harold G. Henderson Awards for best unpublished haiku
These awards were originally made possible by Mrs.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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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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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.

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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

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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

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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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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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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

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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).

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Details of the 1st Video haiku Competition are now online at: http://www.videohaiku.eu/

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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.

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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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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.

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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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