Help Steer the Australian Haiku Society

Calling for Expressions of Interest to join the Executive Committee

The Australian Haiku Society is calling on Australian haiku poets to submit expressions of interest to serve in several positions on the Society’s Executive Committee. The Executive Committee is responsible for the administration of the Society so that it can fulfill its mission. The Society exists to promote and support English-language haiku in Australia and encourage the enjoyment of this poetic form in the Australian community.

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New Year, New Opportunities

January 2024

1. We are calling for Expressions of Interest in joining the Australian Haiku Society Executive Committee. Look out for the details coming shortly in a separate post.
2. Hobart Launch: under the same moon: Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology. 16th February at Fullers Bookshop. Further details below.
3. Although it is several months away, we are encouraging you to start planning how you will celebrate International Haiku Poetry Day on 17 April. More details below.
4. Return of Haiku Down Under conference in August. See below for dates.
5. Sandra Simpson, our colleague over in New Zealand, maintains a fantastic international list of competition and publication opportunities at Haiku NewZ.
6. Congratulations to Lorraine Haig on the publication of her first haiku collection Curving into Light, available from Forty South. Congratulations to Gavin Austin, Rose van Son, Wanda Amos, Carol Reynolds and Julie Constable for their great results in the Summer Solstice Non-Seasonal and Seasonal Kukai contests. If you’re an Australian haiku poet who has recently won a prize or received an award for your haiku, haibun or haiga, if you’ve been published in a book or been invited to read your work, we’d like to know so we can share the good news. Please use the Contact Secretary form to tell us about your recent achievement.

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