Category: Members

Patron of the Australian Haiku Society

I am delighted to announce that Dr Jacqui Murray: Founder, Paper Wasp and Founding Editor, paper wasp: a journal of haiku, has accepted the position of Patron of the Australian Haiku Society.

Given the leadership she has shown in supporting and championing haiku writing in Australia, not to mention the extraordinary work done in co-founding paper wasp – the longest running Australian haiku journal still in print – we believe that as Patron she will be able to keep alive the ideals in furthering the development of haiku in Australia.

Dr Jacqui Murray will be a wonderful asset to HaikuOz and we look forward to working with her.

Cynthia Rowe
President, Australian Haiku Society

Ron C. Moss wins Heron’s Nest Readers’ Choice Award 2014

Leading Australian haiku poet Ron C. Moss has won the prestigious Heron’s Nest Readers’ Choice Award for 2014 for the following haiku (included in the December issue):

old horses
endless days of rain
in their eyes

This haiku received 25 nominations, totalling 188 points.

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Launching Ron C. Moss’ The Bone Carver & Windfall 3

Ron C. Moss’ collection of prize-winning haiku The Bone Carver will be launched by Beverley George (former President of the Australian Haiku Society) on Friday, February 20.

To commence at 5.30 p.m., the launch will take place at Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts (Ground Floor, 91 Murray Street, Hobart).

RSVP to Ron C. Moss, ronmoss8@gmail.com

Signed copies of The Bone Carver are available by mail by contacting this address.

Following the launch of Ron’s book, Robyn Mathison will also launch Windfall: Australian Haiku, Issue 3, edited by Beverley George and published by Peter Macrow through Blue Giraffe Press.

Supporters of Australian haiku in a position to do so are strongly encouraged to attend

February 08, 2015

Result from Golden Triangle Haiku Contest

Australian haiku poet Simon Hanson has won second place in the Golden Triangle Haiku Contest in the United States with the following haiku:

midnight snow
whispers of light
in the darkness

The competition was winter-themed. Sixty poems were chosen for display in flower beds along the streets of Washington DC during the American winter.

Simon was also awarded an honourable mention and given runner-up for three other haiku in this contest.

IHS International Haiku Competition Results 2014

Winners of the 7th Irish Haiku Society International Competition 2014 include the following Australian haiku poets:

Cynthia Rowe (Third Prize), Jan Dobb and Jan O’Loughlin (both Highly Commended).

Please feel free to visit the IHS site through this link:

http://irishhaiku.webs.com/haikucompetition.htm

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8th European Quarterly Kukai Winter Edition 2014

The winner of the 8th European Quarterly Kukai Winter Edition 2014 is Cynthia Rowe, New South Wales, for this haiku:

neap tide
the old fisherman harvests
moon crystals

170 Poets from 40 countries participated in this kukai.

A complete posting of results may be viewed through accessing the following link:

http://europeankukai.blogspot.com/2014/12/results-of-european-quarterly-kukai-8_18.html