Welcome, haiku poets worldwide, to the Australian Haiku Society Spring Equinox Haiga Kukai 2024 Non-Seasonal. The competition starts today, 22 September, in Australia. It will be open for eight days, including today, to allow haiku poets in Australia and abroad to contribute their haiku.
Continue reading “AHS Spring Equinox Haiga Kukai 2024: Non-Seasonal”The Australian Haiku Society will hold a Haiga Kukai on 22nd September to mark the Spring Equinox, which occurs this year in Australia. Poets from Australia and internationally are invited to participate.
Melbourne artist, Olivia Ark, has generously provided two images (Seasonal and Non-seasonal), which will be displayed on the AHS website starting on 22nd September. The competition will be open for eight days, to allow haiku poets in Australia and abroad to contribute their haiku.
Please enter your haiku well before the opportunity finishes to avoid missing out.
For each competition, poets will be invited to submit one previously unpublished haiku inspired by the image. Someone will then select the winning haiku, which will be displayed on the AHS website.
Continue reading “Prior Announcement: AHS Spring Haiga Kukai 2024”A reminder that submissions for Echidna Tracks Issue 14 Summer/Autumn 2025 will close at the end of September 2024.
The editors look forward to receiving your best haiku to include in the journal.
Simon Hanson and Marilyn Humbert will be the haiku editors for this issue. We invite your best and previously unpublished haiku/senryu on any topic that stirs your imagination. If you choose a seasonal reference, it should be compatible with the publication’s Summer/Autumn time frame.
Continue reading “Call for Submissions for Echidna Tracks Issue 14”Julia Wakefield, Maeve Archibald, Steve Wigg, Stella Damarjati, Kirsten Johnston, and Lynette Arden met on Saturday, July 27, at 3pm, using Zoom. Apologies were received from Maureen Sexton, Ewan Rourke and Subha Goonaratne. Maureen and Ewan sent their haiku for critique, but we sent them individual feedback afterwards.
Continue reading “Report on the Bindii Meeting August 31 2024”The Australian Haiku Society is pleased to announce the launch of our AHS Facebook Page. This will supplement our website and the existing AHS Facebook Group, which is ably administered by Maureen Sexton and Wanda Amos. If you are a Facebook user, please follow our Facebook Page to stay up-to-date with announcements.
Julia Wakefield, Maureen Sexton, Maeve Archibald, Ewan Rourke, Subha Goonaratne, Kirsten Johnston and Lynette Arden met on Saturday July 27 at 3pm, using Google Meet. Apologies were received from Steve Wigg and Stella Damarjati.
Continue reading “Report on the Bindii Meeting July 27 2024”Submissions are open for Echidna Tracks Issue 14
Simon Hanson and Marilyn Humbert will be the haiku editors for this issue. We invite your best and previously unpublished haiku/senryu on any topic that stirs your imagination. If you choose a seasonal reference, it should be compatible with the publication’s Summer/Autumn time frame.
Continue reading “Submissions are Open for Echidna Tracks Issue 14”Julia Wakefield, Jake Dennis, Steve Wigg, Stella Damarjati, Maureen Sexton, Subha Goonaratne and Lynette Arden met on Saturday June 29 at 3pm, using Google Meet. Apologies were received from Ewan Rourke and Maeve Archibald.
We workshopped our haiku, some of which addressed the the topic for this meeting, which was ‘creepy crawlies’. We also commented on some of the winning and shortlisted entries for the Touchstone Awards,
Continue reading “Report on the Bindii Meeting June 29 2024”
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