Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal returns in 2024

Editor Steliana Voicu is currently calling for submissions for Issue 6 of Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, with the theme of ‘Urban Blossoms’ – city in spring. Submissions close on 20th January, with a planned publication date of 14th February. Please see the current submission page for all the details.

The calendar for themes, submission periods and publication dates for 2024 is now available on the calendar page – scroll down to Issue 6 for the start of the 2024 calendar.

Urasenke Sydney Haiku Collaboration 

Lilly Sievers is collecting more haiku for her ongoing column in the Urasenke Sydney magazine. She would like to express her gratitude to the Australian Haiku Society members for their previous contributions and would be delighted to feature more Australian haiku in the Urasenke magazine.

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Urasenke Sydney Haiku Opportunity

Australian Haiku Poets are invited to send your poems to Lilly Sievers, who is putting together a new, regular column for the Urasenke Sydney quarterly magazine. The magazine, which has the aim of fostering cultural exchange with Japan, is distributed to members and friends of the Urasenke Sydney school of chado – the way of tea, and is also deposited in the National Library of Australia.

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Haiku Down Under calls for proposals for 2024 conference

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.