Reminder for Sydney-based poets: if you’d like to join the first Gadigal Ginko at St Peters on Thursday 23rd March, please register by 5pm Tuesday 21st March. Once you have registered with your contact information I will email you the meeting place details.
Leanne Mumford, convenor
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Gadigal Ginko in Sydney
Next ginko: Thursday 23rd March 2023, 10am
The aim of Gadigal Ginko is for haiku poets to meet on an occasional, casual basis, in an outdoor setting that encourages haiku composition. Poets will spend time walking around the location individually, paying attention to their senses, and drafting, or making notes for, haiku. This will be followed by optional group discussion and sharing.
Continue reading “Gadigal Ginko in Sydney”John Bird Dreaming Award Closes 1st March
Reminder: submissions for the 2nd running of the John Bird Dreaming Award for Haiku close on the 1st March 2023. For full details, including how to submit, please see the original post.
Members’ News December 2022
Greetings from the President
Dear Members,
It has been another prosperous year for Australian haiku and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all poets for their poetry, company, comradeship and countless other contributions throughout the year. Australian haiku continues to grow thanks to your efforts both here and in the globalised haiku arena. It has been a joy to read your poems here, there and everywhere.
2022 Haiku Society of America Renku Award – still open
The Annual HSA Renku Award for 2022 in memorial of Bernard Lionel Einbond is still open until October 31.
Continue reading “2022 Haiku Society of America Renku Award – still open”The San Francisco International Haiku/Senryu/Tanka Contest 2022
Submissions close on October 31 (USA time) for the 2022 San Francisco Haiku/Senryu/Tanka contest sponsored by Haiku Poets of Northern California (HPNC). The full Submission Guidelines are available on their website.
Continue reading “The San Francisco International Haiku/Senryu/Tanka Contest 2022”Members’ News, October 2022
Dear members,
October will be a busy month for haiku happenings in Australia.
- Submissions have opened for the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, to be edited by Lyn Reeves, Beverley George and Rob Scott.
- Registrations close on 5th October for Haiku Down Under 2022, which takes place on the weekend of October 7-9.
- Echidna Tracks is calling for submissions for Issue 10 throughout October.
- Entries for the John Bird Dreaming Award 2023 will open shortly, so stay tuned for details.
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