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.
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Submissions for Catchment 4 due by 21st May
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.
Submissions for Echidna Tracks 15 will close at the end of April
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 We invite your best and previously unpublished haiku/senryu on any topic that stirs your imagination.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.
AHS 2025 Autumn Equinox Kukai – update
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
Call for submissions for Echidna Tracks Issue 15 Winter/Spring 2025
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.
AHS 2025 Autumn Equinox Kukai
Welcome to the Australian Haiku Society 2025 Autumn Equinox Kukai. This is a new participation-based event open to haiku poets. It will open on the Autumn Equinox, 20th March 2025, and results will be announced to coincide with International Haiku Poetry Day on 17th April 2025. The window for entries has now closed. Thanks to all participants. Check below for what happens next!
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Submissions welcome for Catchment 4.
Thanks to all AHS members who have offered contributions to the first three issues of Catchment – Poetry of Place.
The next submission period will span between 21 st March and 21st May 2025, with the fourth edition due to go live online on 21st June, via the Baw Baw Arts Alliance website
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Eucalypt: a tanka journal eNews February 2025 is now online, including the distinctive Scribble Award winners from issue 37.
Read Eucalypt eNews February 2025 online
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