The Australian Haiku Society http://www.haikuoz.org/ en Copyright 2013 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:59:54 +1000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational On the theme of cherry blossoms, limit 2 haiku. Winners announced in the northern autumn and winning poems featured during the 2014 festival. Judge is Terry Ann Carter.
Closes: June 3.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
http://www.vcbf.ca/haiku/haiku-invitational-2013

]]> http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/05/vancouver_cherry_blossom_festi_5.html http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/05/vancouver_cherry_blossom_festi_5.html Current Events Mon, 20 May 2013 22:59:54 +1000 Cloudcatchers' Ginko No. 29 Ginko No. 29 (autumn)

Lake Ainsworth, Lennox Head, NSW
Date: Thursday 9 May 2013

After so many ginko full of rain, sun beamed on the Autumn gathering of the Cloudcatchers on 9 May – until the last half hour.

]]> http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/05/cloudcatchers_ginko_no_29.html http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/05/cloudcatchers_ginko_no_29.html Current Events Fri, 17 May 2013 15:02:54 +1000 Danish Haiku Today 2012: A Review Hanne Hansen, Chairman of the Haiku Group of the Danish Authors’ Society, recently provided the Australian Haiku Society with a copy of Danish Haiku Today 2012. Below is a short review of the anthology, written by Greg Piko.

]]> http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/05/danish_haiku_today_2012_a_revi.html http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/05/danish_haiku_today_2012_a_revi.html Current Events Fri, 17 May 2013 14:53:48 +1000 May Haiku Workshop The 4 May 2013 meeting of Bindii group was held at the Box Factory in Adelaide. from 12:00 to 3:00 Eleven participated, including both experienced and new haiku poets. There were also nine apologies for the meeting. The workshop was organized by Lee Bentley and Lynette Arden.

]]> http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/05/may_haiku_workshop.html http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/05/may_haiku_workshop.html Current Events Sun, 12 May 2013 12:30:26 +1000 Review: A bird-loving man: haiku and tanka A review by Cynthia Rowe of Rodney Williams’ A bird-loving man: haiku and tanka is now available on the New Zealand Haiku site hosted by NZPS

http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/birdlovingman

]]> http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/05/review_a_birdloving_man_haiku.html http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/05/review_a_birdloving_man_haiku.html Publications Thu, 02 May 2013 20:17:05 +1000 ABC Radio National: Haiku Competition ABC Radio National is running a competition calling for people to submit their own haiku on the topics of food or flowers. Your haiku could be read live on air and win a prize. Entries close 1700 AEST on Thursday 9 May 2013. The entry form and other details are available at:

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/competitions/haikucompetition/4630450

]]> http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/05/abc_radio_national_haiku_compe.html http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/05/abc_radio_national_haiku_compe.html Current Events Wed, 01 May 2013 16:30:25 +1000 Genjuan Haibun Contest 2013: Results The results of this year's Genjuan Haibun Contest (Japan's only one!) have been announced here:

http://hailhaiku.wordpress.com/

and the three awarded pieces may be read via the page link (Genjuan '13 Winning Haibun) on the right hand side of the results page.

Stephen Gill

]]> http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/04/genjuan_haibun_contest_2013_re.html http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/04/genjuan_haibun_contest_2013_re.html Current Events Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:45:37 +1000 Member publication - A bird-loving man: haiku and tanka. Rodney Williams has just published a selection of his work in Japanese short forms, entitled A bird-loving man: haiku and tanka. Interspersed throughout the text are linocut illustrations by Gippsland artist Helen Timbury, who also designed the front cover. Available through the Ginninderra Press website, the book is priced at $22 RRP (plus postage and handling).

]]> http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/04/member_publication_a_birdlovin.html http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/04/member_publication_a_birdlovin.html Publications Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:47:34 +1000 FreeXpresSion Haiku Competition results Congratulations to Janet Howie, Victoria, for taking out First Prize in the Haiku Section of the FreeXpresSion 2013 Literary Competition with

mountain gorge
a passing cloud
loses its shadow

]]> http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/04/freexpression_haiku_competitio_3.html http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/04/freexpression_haiku_competitio_3.html Current Events Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:17:46 +1000 Myron Lysenko Ginko at Melbourne Botanic Gardens Ginko #16 is to be held at Melbourne Botanic Gardens, led by Myron Lysenko on Sunday 28th April 2013 from 11am – 3pm. Meet at Tea Rooms by the lake just before 11am. Bring notebook and pen. Costs: $20 full/$12 concession. Enquiries: myronpoet@hotmail.com

]]> http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/04/myron_lysenko_ginko_at_melbour.html http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/04/myron_lysenko_ginko_at_melbour.html Current Events Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:46:26 +1000 Final Issue of Famous Reporter Famous Reporter, the long running and much respected journal edited by Ralph Wessman and Lyn Reeves, has ceased publication. The final issue, #44, was produced in December 2012.

]]> http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/04/final_issue_of_famous_reporter.html http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/04/final_issue_of_famous_reporter.html Haiku Journals - Australia Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:24:58 +1000 John Knight Memorial Poetry Manuscript Prize 2013 Entries for the inaugural John Knight Memorial Poetry Manuscript Prize may be submitted until 17 May 2013. The prize is for an unpublished poetry manuscript of 40 pages by an Australian (citizen or permanent resident) author. Haiku collections are eligible for the Prize.

The winning entry will be published as a book with Fence Post Press in August. Guidelines can be viewed at http://www.eruditescribe.com/john-knight-memorial-poetry-manuscript-prize/

This Manuscript Prize is separate from the planned Paper Wasp haiku prize for Australian and New Zealand haiku poets which will also honour John Knight. Details of the Paper Wasp prize will be announced later in the year.

]]> http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/03/john_knight_memorial_poetry_ma.html http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/03/john_knight_memorial_poetry_ma.html Current Events Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:52:37 +1000 New South Wales tanka programme with Mariko: March 2013 In March 2013, Tokyo poet, Mariko Kitakubo, will revisit Australia, performing her tanka poetry bilingually with Beverley George, editor of the journal Eucalypt and President of the Australian Haiku Society 2006-10.

Tanka, meaning short songs, is a 1300 year old poetic genre from Japan, relevant to the way we think and feel today. Mariko and Beverley have performed together in Tokyo, Sydney, Canberra, and Tamworth and on the Central Coast. In late March they will perform at two venues in Adelaide.

Below are details of three events to be held in New South Wales this month.

]]> http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/03/new_south_wales_tanka_programm.html http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/03/new_south_wales_tanka_programm.html Tanka - Australia Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:17:32 +1000 paper wasp haiku group The paperwasp haiku group now meets every two months at Brisbane Central Library at North Quay in Brisbane City. Email Duncan Richardson for dates, times and meeting room details: dunc.rich@uqconnect.net

]]> http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/03/paper_wasp_haiku_group_1.html http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/03/paper_wasp_haiku_group_1.html Current Events Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:15:46 +1000 With Cherries on Top: Free Online Haiku Book Press Here is pleased to announce that With Cherries on Top: 31 Flavors from NaHaiWriMo is now available for free download. This anthology, edited by Michael Dylan Welch, features 190 haiku and senryu by 79 worldwide contributors to the National Haiku Writing Month (NaHaiWriMo) page on Facebook.

]]> http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/03/with_cherries_on_top_free_onli.html http://www.haikuoz.org/2013/03/with_cherries_on_top_free_onli.html Current Events Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:03:44 +1000