The Australian Haiku Society will be holding a Haiku String during the day of the Southern Hemisphere Winter Solstice, which occurs in Sydney NSW on Wednesday, 21 June 2017 at 2:24 pm AEST. We will keep the string open for contributions until Friday, 23 June at 2.24 pm AEST to accommodate international poets who may wish to take part. Continue reading “Prior Notification of AHS Winter Solstice Haiku String on ‘Place’.”
Category: Competitions and Opportunities
reVirals 88
Nathan Sidney and Garry Eaton both have interesting and highly recommended commentaries on a haiku by Michelle Tennison on this week’s re:Virals 88 hosted by The Haiku Foundation. As this week’s winner Garry Eaton selected one of Lorin Ford’s haiku for reflection and comment in next week’s upcoming re:Virals.
fish story
the cormorant spreads its wings
wider
Lorin Ford (Stylus Poetry Journal, April 2006)
7th Setouchi Matsuyama Photo-Haiku Contest
Poets are invited to enter this year’s Setouchi Matsuyama International Photo-Haiku Contest with an original photo-haiku on the theme of the sea. Applications are free and open until November 30th 2017. Further contest information and a link to the online entry form can be found here.
Nourish-poetry & haiku Publishing Opportunity
A new US based journal, Nourish-poetry & haiku is seeking submissions of previously unpublished work for publication. The current submission window is open until June 30, 2017. For further details follow the link.
https://nourish.submittable.com/submit/78820/haiku
Thanks to Gavin Austin for alerting us to this opportunity.
The 9th Yamadera Bashō Haiku Contest
Entries are invited for the 9th Yamadera Bashō Memorial Museum Haiku Contest. The entry period will commence from April 3rd and close on June 3rd, 2017. Poets may submit either one or two haiku, previously unpublished. Click here for submission details.
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New website for Haiku NewZ & NZPS
Message from Sandra Simpson:
Haiku NewZ, and its parent the New Zealand Poetry Society, have moved to a new website which has a fresh look.
Find Haiku Happenings here: https://poetrysociety.org.nz/affiliates/haiku-nz/haiku-happenings/
To access and navigate the rest of the pages, hover your mouse over Affiliates in the top menu. A drop-down tab will appear that says Haiku New Zealand. Point your mouse at this tab and a drop-down menu with all the page names appears to the right.
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Announcement: Summer Solstice Haiku String
The Australian Haiku Society will be holding its first Haiku String during the day of the Summer Solstice, 21st December.
We invite haiku poets around the world to respond to the featured poem or any poem posted in the comment box.
You may enter as many times as you like.
Haiku posted must be original work by the poster.
Please include your name as you wish it to appear, as author of each of the haiku you post.
Entries open – 18th HIA Haiku Contest
Entries are welcomed for the Haiku International Association’s 18th Haiku Contest. Entry is free. Up to four (4) haiku may be offered. The deadline is 26 September, 2016 (with results to be announced on 4 December, 2016). Further information – including an online entry form – is available through this link: www.haiku-hia.com/contest_en/form.html
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