Pamela A. Babusci is starting a new print tanka journal called the art of tanka, beginning in the fall of 2023. Submissions are open from September 1st to November 1st. If you are interested in submitting and/or subscribing, please email Pamela at: moongate44@gmail.com for details.
There have been a few international competition results come out recently in which Australians have fared well. Lyn Reeves was one of the winners of this year’s Haiku Calendar Competition, and Mark Miller, together with Lyn, was among the runners-up. Mark Miller took out second prize in the 26th Mainichi Haiku Contest, in which Rob Scott also received an honorable mention. Well done Lyn, Mark and Rob!
Australian haiku poets also did well in the recently announced Haiku section results of the New Zealand Poetry Society International Competition. Gavin Austin and Owen Bullock each received ‘Highly commended’, while five poets were ‘Commended’ for their entries: Jan Dobb, Simon Hanson, Ron Moss, Lyn Reeves, Cynthia Rowe. Congratulations to all these fine poets!
Editor Steliana Voicu has just released the third issue of this new online journal. Submissions for issue four are open from 1st to 15th September, while issue five submissions will be open in November. See the Submissions calendar page for more details, including the theme for upcoming issues.
You can now subscribe by email to Enchanted Garden Haiku via a Subscribe feature in the left side panel of the Enchanted Garden website.
Catchment – Poetry of Place offers a new opportunity for poets resident in Australia, both in tanka and longer verse forms. Catchment is a literary journal within the website for the Bawbaw Arts Alliance, based in West Gippsland, Victoria.
Continue reading “News for Australian tanka poets”With half of our group holidaying up north to escape the Victorian winter, our gathering was rather small this time round. Four of us donned jackets and scarves and enjoyed a beach walk close to home before gathering around a table in a cafe for coffee, chat and later, lunch.
Continue reading “Portarlington Haiku Society Winter Gathering”The second Gadigal Ginko took place on a sunny and breezy autumn afternoon. Ten poets met at Barangaroo Reserve on Sydney harbour. Five had joined the first Gadigal Ginko and five were new participants.
Continue reading “Gadigal Ginko 20th May 2023”DATE: Tuesday 23 May 2023 (autumn)
PLACE: Pop Denison Park, Ballina NSW
It was a perfect autumn day for the Cloudcatchers’ sixty-ninth ginko. The venue was Pop Denison Park, recently revamped, at Shaw’s Bay, Ballina. The new amenities include numerous structures for kiddies’ exploration, and there were many little ones there, with their adults, enjoying the thrill of adventure, while their minders revelled in the warmth of autumn sun. Not a cloud in the sky, as we explored pathways through the littoral forest.
Continue reading “Cloudcatchers Ginko No. 69”We had a bit of a hiccough to start the autumn ginko at Elizabeth quay in the Boorloo (Perth CBD) on the banks of the Derbal Yirrigan (Swan River), as the café we intended to meet in was not open until 11.30am, but our meeting time was 10am. Fortunately, Barry Sanbrook had scouted around and found a second café. Our wonky start did not blight our meeting, as we had ten attendees, including two new members, who found their way to us after a workshop they had been intending to attend was cancelled. We had one of the best meetings in terms of attendance and are thrilled to welcome newcomers.
Continue reading “Autumn Ginko Paperbark (WA)”
Australian Haiku Society 