Lynette Arden

Results of the AHS 2026 Winter Solstice Haiga Competition

On behalf of the Australian Haiku Society, I would like to thank you for your entries from Australia and other countries.

The image was originally processed to show a dark mood, and many dug deep and certainly captured this theme in their haiku. However, I was impressed by those who expressed a lighter mood.

Haiga: the image should support the haiku without the words being a direct description:

Words like silhouettes, shadows, darkness in colour/light, or mood are also on theme with the winter solstice, as are coolness and ice.

Thank you to all contributors.

Wanda Amos

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Report on the Bindii Meeting Thursday June 25, 2026

Julia Wakefield, Lynette Arden, Subha Goonaratne, Udara Dikkumbura, and Nicholas O’Connor met on Thursday, June 25, at 7pm, using Zoom.

AHS Winter Solstice Haiga Competition 2026

A note to poets entering this competition. Please include your name below your haiku. An email address will not be counted as a name. If you make a mistake when entering, please enter your work again, including a note.

Entries have now closed.

Welcome, haiku poets worldwide, to the Australian Haiku Society Winter Solstice Haiga Competition 2026. The competition starts today, 21 June, in Australia. It will be open for eight days, including today, to allow haiku poets in Australia and abroad to contribute their haiku. The competition will close at 1 am on 29 June ACST (Australian Central Standard Time). To avoid missing out, please ensure you have entered your haiku in good time, as the competition cannot be reopened once it closes automatically. Please read the guidelines carefully.

Report on the Bindii Meeting Sunday, April 12, 2026

Julia Wakefield, Lynette Arden and Maeve Archibald met on Sunday, April 12, at 3 pm, using Zoom. Apologies were received from Stella Damarjati, Radhika de Silva, Maureen Sexton, Subha Goonaratne and Ewan Rourke. The attendees brought some haiku for review, and Radhika and Ewan both sent haiku in spite of their absence.

International Haiku Poetry Day 17 April 2026– Haiku String

Today, 17th April 2026, we are celebrating International Haiku Poetry Day by holding a String on the theme of ‘Connections’. Connecting and sharing seem especially important these days, when peace often feels like a distant dream. By sharing our haiku, we can connect with each other, even in these days of international disruption, warfare and all the consequent turmoil that extends far beyond the zones of conflict. May harmony and peace reign internationally, and hatreds be displaced by cooperation and love. Entries to this haiku string have now closed. Please enjoy the haiku.

Call for Submissions Echidna Tracks: Issue 17 Winter/Spring 2026

Echidna Tracks will now become an international publication, and we welcome submissions from haiku poets worldwide.

We hope to publish a diversity of haiku and senryu. Gavin Austin and Marilyn Humbert will be the haiku editors for this issue. We invite your best and previously unpublished haiku/senryu on any topic.

Call for Submissions Echidna Tracks: Issue 17 Winter/Spring 2026

Report on the Bindii Meeting Sunday February 8, 2026

Julia Wakefield, Maureen Sexton, Ewan Rourke and Maeve Archibald met on Sunday September 28 at 4 pm, using Zoom. Apologies were received from Lynette Arden, Stella Damarjati and Radhika de Silva. The attendees brought some haiku for review and Radhika sent her haiku in spite of her absence.

Report on the Bindii Meeting Sunday November 30, 2025

Julia Wakefield, Lynette Arden, Ewan Rourke and Maeve Archibald met on Sunday, September 28, at 4 pm, using Zoom. Apologies were received from Maureen Sexton, Subha Goonaratne, Stella Damarjati and Radhika de Silva. The attendees brought some haiku for review, and Subha sent her haiku in spite of her absence.