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.
Continue reading “On The Edge: Haiku Society of America virtual conference”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.
Continue reading “Haiku Northwest’s 22nd annual Porad Award”
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.
A haiku workshop for youth and book fair will be held in western Sydney on Sunday 29th June 2025, 12.30 – 3.00 pm, at Dennis Johnson Library, Stanhope Gardens, NSW. Registration fee will be $5. A work book and pens will be provided to the attendees. The workshop is targeting high school students and anyone who is interested in learning haiku. This is hosted and co-facilitated by Sydney based haiku poet and former International Coordinator of Sri Lankan Haiku Society, Subhashini Jayatilake, together with Leanne Mumford, President of AHS.
Continue reading “Upcoming Haiku Workshop for Youth in Sydney”A big thank you goes out to all AHS members who have already offered contributions to the fourth edition of Catchment – Poetry of Place!
With submissions set to close on 21st May 2025, other Australian poets are encouraged to send in new work which shows a sense of location.
This is a reminder that submissions for Echidna Tracks Issue 15 will close at the end of April. We are seeking modern and excellent haiku and senryu that explore all areas of living in contemporary Australia.
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 We invite your best and previously unpublished haiku/senryu on any topic that stirs your imagination. Australia is a society that comprises many environments, cultures, and lifestyles. We welcome diversity in submissions. Please explore our categories for inspiration. If you choose a seasonal reference, it should be compatible with the publication’s Winter/Spring time frame.
The deadline for participants to vote in the AHS 2025 Autumn Equinox Kukai is 11.59pm Australian Central Standard Time on Wednesday 9th April. So far votes have been received from more than 2/3 of the 78 eligible participants.
Voting information was sent to eligible participants on 2nd April ACDT. If you submitted an eligible poem and haven’t received an email about voting, please check your Spam/Junk folder. To be fair to all participants, if you submitted an eligible poem, you are expected to vote. If you fail to vote, your poem will be excluded from the final results.
The winning five poems, together with their authors’ names, will be published on the AHS website on 17th April 2025, International Haiku Poetry Day.
All participants who submit votes will be sent the set of ranked results, but point tallies will only be provided for the winning five poems.
Leanne Mumford
Kukai Convenor
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 that stirs your imagination. Australia is a society that comprises many environments, cultures, and lifestyles. We welcome diversity in submissions. Please explore our categories for inspiration. If you choose a seasonal reference, it should be compatible with the publication’s Winter/Spring time frame.
Australian Haiku Society 