On Sunday 17th April, the Australian Haiku Society marked International Haiku Poetry Day by hosting a national haiku reading for all haiku groups around the country.
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Category: Competitions and Opportunities
The HSA Nicholas Virgilio Memorial Award
The HSA Nicholas Virgilio
Memorial Award
DEADLINE EXTENDED to April 3rd (US date)
Teachers, parents, young poets: You still have time to enter the 33nd Annual Nicholas Virgilio Haiku and Senryu Competition for Grades 7-12.
Deadline: In hand online by April 3, 2022.
Eligibility: Any student in grades 7 through 12 enrolled in school as of September 2021 may enter.
Regulations: Submit up to three haiku/senryu per student.
For full details: check the HSA website:
Chuck Brickley
2nd Vice President
Haiku Society of America
HSA Nicholas Virgilio Memorial Award
Teachers, parents, young poets: You still have time to enter the 33nd Annual Nicholas Virgilio Haiku and Senryu Competition for Grades 7-12.
Deadline: In hand by March 21, 2022 (US Date) [apologies for late notice]
Entries received after that date will not be accepted.
Eligibility: Any student in grades 7 through 12 enrolled in school as of
September 2021 may enter.
Regulations: Submit up to three haiku/senryu per student.
For full details: check the HSA website:
Contest Results
A Little Iris Haiku Contest, Croatia 2021
Judged by Debbie Strange
Congratulations to Gregory Piko for an Honorable Mention with:
pastel sunrise
the soft cover
of this book
Gregory Piko
All selected haiku and commentary can be found here
Irish Haiku Society International Haiku Competition 2021
Congratulations to the following poets for Honourable Mentions with:
alpine meadow
the sky descends
into gentians
Marietta McGregor
thunder
the rattle of a coin
in the beggar’s cup
Mark Miller
brewing tea
night and day
become one
Greg Piko
All selected haiku can be found here
aha Haiku Awards 2021
The 2021 AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai
Calling haiku poets all over the world to participate in the 10th annual running of the AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai.
Windfall: Australian Haiku – Submission Reminder
Windfall: Australian Haiku is a small annual print publication with fine examples of contemporary Australian haiku. As advised by manager, Peter Macrow when mailing Issue 9, 2021 to subscribers, issue 10 will be the final issue
Submissions to Windfall: Australian Haiku issue 10, the final issue, are welcome during July 2021.
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Echidna Tracks Submission Reminder
A reminder that Echidna Tracks will be accepting submissions for Issue 7 on the theme of Light & Colour throughout the month of April. The editors for this issue invite your previously unpublished haiku and senryu on that theme. Please read the guidelines carefully.
Submissions may be made via the Submissions form throughout April 2021.
We look forward to your offerings, thank you.
Lynette Arden
Simon Hanson
Gavin Austin
Australian Haiku Society 