It’s time to start thinking about what you can contribute to Haiku Down Under 2024. The organising team is seeking proposals for online workshops, presentations and other activities aligned to our theme of A Sensory Journey. We encourage new and experienced presenters to submit proposals that will offer something fresh and vibrant to the trans-Tasman haiku community. Although we expect to have audience members from around the world, we want to offer new and established haiku writers in Australia and New Zealand a programme that focuses on their experiences, environments, languages and cultures.
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International Katherine Mansfield 100 Contest closing 15th September
The deadline for entries in the international haiku contest being held to celebrate the Centenary of New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) is midnight of 15 September 2023, NZ time. The contest is divided into two sections, one for adults aged 21 years and over, and the other for junior poets aged 20 years and younger. There is no submission fee. Prize winners will be invited to read their haiku at the International Katherine Mansfield 100 Festival, to be held online 17-19 November 2023. The judges are Alan Peat (UK) for Adult Division and Zoe Grant (NZ) for Junior Division. For detailed submission guidelines, please visit the contest webpage.
Submissions for Echidna Tracks Issue 12: Open Theme are now open
For Echidna Tracks, Issue 12, we invite your best and previously unpublished haiku and senryu on any topic that stirs your imagination.
The submission period for Echidna Tracks Issue 12: Open Theme will be open during the month of September 2023. Submissions will only be received via the submissions form and during the time the link is open.
Anybody can submit work that is relevant to Australia – but as this is a website for the collection of Australian haiku, the work we are looking for will come from an authentic experience of either living in or visiting Australia. Unfortunately, we cannot consider your submission when we cannot verify an Australian connection.
Entries open for the UHTS 2023 Samurai Haibun Contest
During September you are invited to submit your haibun to The United Haiku and Tanka Society (UHTS) 2023 Samurai Haibun Contest. This is a yearly contest celebrating the Autumn Festival traditional procession of Samurai at the Nikko Toshogu shrine every 17th October. Deadline: submissions open from 1 September to 30 September 2023 only.
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Editor Steliana Voicu has just released the third issue of this new online journal. Submissions for issue four are open from 1st to 15th September, while issue five submissions will be open in November. See the Submissions calendar page for more details, including the theme for upcoming issues.
You can now subscribe by email to Enchanted Garden Haiku via a Subscribe feature in the left side panel of the Enchanted Garden website.
Results of the 2022 John Bird Dreaming Award for Haiku
Dear Members,
I am delighted to be able to announce the winners of the 2022 John Bird Dreaming Award for Haiku. The response to the competition was fantastic once again, and I would like to extend a huge thanks to all poets for contributing their poems.
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2023 New Zealand Poetry Society International Poetry Competition
The 2023 New Zealand Poetry Society International Poetry Competition is open for four categories:
• Open Adult (18+ years)
• Open Haiku (18+ years)
• Open Junior (17 years and younger)
• Haiku Junior (17 years and younger)
The competition closes on May 31st, 2023, at midnight New Zealand time.
Australian Haiku Society 