Australian Haiku Society

Illawong Haiku Group Spring Meeting 2023

Tuesday 5th September

First there was the ‘good’ news that the weather was favourable for our planned ginko walk at a local park – the first since December last year. Then there was the ‘bad’ news that two of our members, Ros Pitt and Patricia Meredith would be unable to attend. They are both dealing with health issues at present so we wish them well and hope they will be able to join us again soon. Rita was obligated to stay close to home, so invited us to relocate and have a ginko in her garden. Naturally her invitation was accepted, which allowed the rest of us to meet – Margaret Mahony, Rita Potente, Alison Miller and Carol Reynolds.

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.

Paperbark Winter Ginko, Boorloo Perth

25 August 2023

It was a perfect day for a winter ginko in Boorloo Perth: sunny and cloudless, a balmy 24 degrees. How lucky we are to have such glorious winter days! Some of us gathered at the ferry terminal on Elizabeth Quay at ten o’clock to catch the ferry across the Derbal Yirrigan Swan River to South Perth, where others were waiting. We totalled seven, which made us very pleased, as we have been promoting ginko. Our usual event advertising via Facebook has now been augmented with an email list for those who don’t use this social media platform.

outback road
cars ignore
another bloated roo

Glenys Ferguson

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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.

Call for Submissions Echidna Tracks Issue 12: Open Theme

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.

mass for the dead –
beautiful fingers
of a young monk

Takanori Hayakawa

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