Competitions and Opportunities – Page 2

Haiku Poetry Workshop Opportunity, Central Coast, NSW, 23/08/2025

Vanessa Proctor will be facilitating a Haiku Poetry Workshop for Wyong Writers Group this coming Saturday, 23rd August.

Time: 1:15 for 1:30pm start
Duration: 2 hours
Venue: Woodbury Park off Woodbury Park Drive, Mardi, NSW 2259
Cost Members $10.00 Visitors $12.00 prepaid before 18/08/2025
Includes afternoon tea/coffee
Please bring writing paper and pen
For more details and to confirm attendance (limited spaces) email glenndc@ozemail.com.au

For more information about the club visit www.wyongwriters.org

Applications closing soon for Sydney Introduction to Ginko workshop

There are still some places available for the Introduction to Ginko for Writing Haiku, being held in Sydney on 6th August. This workshop is designed for novice haiku poets. It includes some pre-work to help prepare for the ginko and ensuing discussion. Participation is free, but you must apply by 5pm AEST Monday 28th July, using the application form in the original post.

Catchment – Poetry of Place : fourth edition

4th edition online and an essay on Cynthia Rowe

Readers have been enjoying the fourth issue of Catchment – Poetry of Place!
It is available via Latest Edition on the Baw Baw Arts Alliance website.

confluence journal: call for Fellowship Submissions

Submissions are open through August 20, 2025. To learn more about the journal and to submit, please visit the website

Eucalypt: a tanka journal

July 2025 eNews and Submissions open for issue 39

The July 2025 Eucalypt: a tanka journal eNews is now online, featuring The Bird Tanka by contributing poets. Read it online.

Submissions open for Issue 39 of Eucalypt 1st September, and close 30th September 2025.

Warm wishes
Julie Thorndyke
Editor

On The Edge: Haiku Society of America virtual conference

Proposal submissions welcomed by August 15th 2025

The Haiku Society of America is accepting proposals for the 2025 HSA Conference to be held November 21st to 23rd, 2025 on Zoom.

Theme: On the Edge

See full submission guidelines online at HSA.

Haiku Northwest’s 22nd annual Porad Award

Haiku Northwest’s 22nd annual Porad Award opens for haiku submissions on July 14.

The contest is named for Francine Porad, founder of Haiku Northwest, former president of the Haiku Society of America, and editor of Brussels Sprout. The annual award is open to all, members and non-member alike.

Introduction to Ginko for Writing Haiku – Sydney, 6th August 2025

Red Room Poetry designates August as Poetry Month. On 6th August join the President of the Australian Haiku Society and Gadigal Ginko Convenor, Leanne Mumford, for an introduction to haiku writing by undertaking a ginko – a walk for composing haiku. This workshop event in Sydney is designed for novice haiku poets. It will include some pre-work to help prepare for the ginko and ensuing discussion. In joining this event, you’ll discover that there’s more to contemporary English language haiku than counting syllables.