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Category: Competitions and Opportunities
Windfall: Australian Haiku Submissions
A reminder to Australian haiku poets that submissions to Windfall: Australian Haiku Issue 8 will be open throughout July 2019. Please send up to six haiku relevant to the experience of urban and rural life in Australia. Observations that celebrate landform, seasons, and our unique flora and fauna, are welcome.
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New Zealand Poetry Society Competition
A reminder that entries for the New Zealand Poetry Society International Haiku Competition 2019 need to be received by 31st of May. The competition has a number of sections for adults and juniors of primary and secondary school age as well as school group entries, so please read the guidelines carefully. All details can be found here.
An Introduction to Haiku: Workshop by Julia Wakefield
Bindii Japanese Genre Poetry Group Presents
An introduction to Haiku
haiku
what are they
why we write them
Saturday 6 April, from 12.30 – 2.30 pm
Box Factory
59 Regent St,
Adelaide
Cost: $8
The haiku is an ancient Japanese poetry form, but it is as relevant today as it has always been. Western poets have adopted and adapted the form to suit contemporary tastes, and the fact that the form continues to evolve in Japan is, paradoxically, entirely in keeping with tradition.
Bindii member Julia Wakefield will give a brief introduction to the combined complexity and simplicity of the haiku form. After a short break, there will be a series of group exercises that focus on composing haiku.
Refreshments provided.
To book, contact Julia at Julia.wakefield@gmail.com or call 0433975590
Word file: info for haiku workshop 2019 (003)
PDF file: info for haiku workshop 2019
Echidna Tracks Submission Reminder
Submissions to Issue 2 of Echidna Tracks on the theme of Landscapes remain open for the duration of October.
For this issue we invite (original, previously unpublished) haiku that respond to aspects of the rich and various landscapes of the Australian continent — from its coastal environments to its desert interior, its many kinds of forests, wetlands, rivers, bushland and landforms. We look forward to receiving haiku that share your moments of heightened awareness and deep connection with these natural places.
Please follow the guidelines on the submissions page.
Echidna Tracks Submissions
A reminder that Echidna Tracks will be accepting submissions for its second issue throughout October.
The theme for Issue 2 will be Landscapes
For this issue we invite (original, previously unpublished) haiku that respond to aspects of the rich and various landscapes of the Australian continent — from its coastal environments to its desert interior, its many kinds of forests, wetlands, rivers, bushland and landforms. We look forward to receiving haiku that share your moments of heightened awareness and deep connection with these natural places.
Haiku submissions for Echidna Tracks Issue 2 may be made via the form that will appear on the Submissions page throughout the month of October.
Please follow the guidelines on the submissions page. We look forward to reading your work.
Lynette Arden, Lyn Reeves & Simon Hanson
Echidna Tracks: Australian Haiku
After months of preparation of the site and selection of content, the editors of Echidna Tracks – Simon Hanson, Lynette Arden and myself (Lyn Reeves) – are pleased to announce the launch of our first issue.
Go here to enjoy the wide-ranging voices and observations of Places we Live: cities, suburbs, towns. Haiku will be posted one a day until the issue is complete. If you would like to receive a daily haiku in your inbox, sign up to follow by email. Continue reading “Echidna Tracks: Australian Haiku”
Echidna Tracks: Call For Submissions For New On-Line Australian Haiku Collection
Call for Submissions: Echidna Tracks Issue 1: Places We Live: Cities, Suburbs, Towns
Share with us your haiku aha moments that give life to your observations, feelings and thoughts of times spent in Australian cities, towns or suburbs.
Whether you have lived in such places or come and gone as a visitor we’d love an insight into your experience. Does your doorway open onto a cottage garden, a gnome cluttered lawn or the hallway of a high-rise flat?
Tell us some of the goings-on in your street or neighbourhood. Our topic is open to every aspect of urban culture and landscape.
Most importantly it is your experience of life in the cities, towns or suburbs we want, authentic and real.
