Editor Steliana Voicu is currently calling for submissions for Issue 6 of Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, with the theme of ‘Urban Blossoms’ – city in spring. Submissions close on 20th January, with a planned publication date of 14th February. Please see the current submission page for all the details.
The calendar for themes, submission periods and publication dates for 2024 is now available on the calendar page – scroll down to Issue 6 for the start of the 2024 calendar.
During January you are invited to submit your haiku to the 2024 “aha” (Annual Hortensia Anderson) Haiku Contest.
Continue reading “Entries now open for the Annual Hortensia Anderson Haiku Contest”Convenor Leanne Mumford invites Sydney haiku poets of all levels of experience to participate in the next Gadigal Ginko from 10am on Saturday 3rd February 2024 in Centennial Park. Visit Leanne’s Gadigal Ginko webpage for further details, including the registration form. If you’d like to join in this summer ginko, please register by 12pm Thursday 1st February to receive details of the exact meeting point and alternative arrangements in case of unsuitable weather.
The Baw Baw Arts Alliance – in West Gippsland, Victoria – is proud to announce the online release of the first edition of Catchment – Poetry of Place, accessible through this link:
https://bawbawartsalliance.org.au/Catchment
Readers will find tanka from just under two dozen Australian poets, as well as a range of longer pieces. Submissions have come from all over Australia, with a sense of place also showing through in work inspired by international locations. Catchment proudly presents poetry from Japanese and Western cultural traditions in parallel, while likewise offering work by emerging writers, alongside contributions from established poets.
Rodney Williams
Editor
Lilly Sievers is collecting more haiku for her ongoing column in the Urasenke Sydney magazine. She would like to express her gratitude to the Australian Haiku Society members for their previous contributions and would be delighted to feature more Australian haiku in the Urasenke magazine.
Continue reading “Urasenke Sydney Haiku Collaboration “There were six of us present: our convener Carol Reynolds, Ros Pitt, Rita Potente, Alison Miller, Patricia Meredith and Margaret Mahony, for the meeting held in Carol’s home.
Continue reading “Illawong Haiku Group Meeting”Performance artist and Fellow of the State Library of Victoria, Leisa Shelton, is working on a project for an exhibition ‘(In)visible Libraries’ that includes small hand-made books of haiku from Under the Same Moon alongside their translation into Braille. The first of these features urban haiku. Poets whose work has been selected are Olivia Ark, Gavin Austin, Dawn Bruce, Jane Gibian, Louise Hopewell, Jayashri Maniyil, Maurice Nevile and Lyn Reeves. There is a readers’ corner where people can access these books. If you are in Melbourne you may like to drop in and enjoy the poetry. For more information please visit the link below:
https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/whats-on/invisible-libraries
For more background to the project, see the ABC news story from last year.
DATE: Thursday 9 November
PLACE: Bicentennial Park, Ballina
TIME: 10 am
The weatherman had a lot of trouble deciding what our day would bring, but all was well. There were blue skies, not too hot, and a new venue to be explored at the Bicentennial Park in Ballina, with picnic facilities along with some first-growth coastal forest.
Continue reading “Cloudcatchers’ Spring Ginko (No. 71)”
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