List of English Haiku Contests

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Calendar 2009

January

January 07: Vancouver Cherry Blossom Haiku Invitational 2009 Submit one original, unpublished English-language haiku.

January 31:Kikakuza Haibun Contest English haibun, no fees, 30 lines maximum including at least one haiku, entry by mail only.

January 31: The Anita Sadler Weiss Memorial Haiku Awards (by The Haiku Poets of Central Maryland), submit up to 15 haikus by mail only, fees are $1US per haiku.

February

February 14: Betty Drevniok award (Haiku Canada), $5 Cdn (in Canada) or $5 US (outside Canada) for up to 3 haiku.

February 14: Pinewood Haiku Contest. Winners will be published in the April issue of Wisteria. Limit of 3. No e-mail entries. Cost: $US2/poem or 3 poems for $US5.

February 15: Haiku Canada Anthology 2009, members can send up to five haiku for consideration to claudiarosemary@yahoo.com

February 28: Ito En Oi Ocha New Haiku Contest. Cash prizes (in yen), green tea products and inclusion in an anthology. Winning haiku will appear on Oi Ocha product packaging from August; results in July. Entrants are encouraged to "express themselves freely". Limit of 6 haiku. Cost: free. E-mail via the website.

February 28: Free XpresSion Haiku Contest. Cash prize for best single haiku of $A100; 1 sheet of 4 haiku is deemed to be 1 entry. Winners published in Free XpresSion. Cost: $A5/ sheet of 4 haiku; $A25/ 6 sheets. For details write to PO Box 4, West Hoxton, NSW 2171, Australia.

February 28: American Tanka (for issue #18).

March

March 1: Jack Stamm Haiku Award. Cash prizes totalling $A175 with a competition anthology (1 copy free to each author selected). Results will be published in paper wasp in June, and the anthology in August. Haiku not to have been published on the internet. Cost: $A10 (from within Australia)/ $A12 (from NZ if paid in Australian currency)/ $US10 for each sheet of 3 haiku.

March 1 (received by): Robert Spiess Memorial Award. Cash prizes totalling $US175 and copies of Bob's books. Limit of 5 haiku on the theme of "speculation". Winning entries will be published in the (northern) summer issue of Modern Haiku and posted on the website. Cost: $US1/haiku.

March 17 (postmarked by): UkiaHaiku Festival An annual festival dedicated to haiku in Ukiah, California. 2 categories of interest to overseas entrants: Traditional Haiku (5-7-5), and Contemporary Haiku Adult (free form). Limit of 3 poems per entrant per category. Awards will be presented at the April 29 festival. Cost: Traditonal - free; Contemporary - $US5/haiku or $US10/2-3 haiku.

March 23:Robert Frost Poetry Festival Haiku Contest. Cash prizes totalling $US175. Limit of 3 poems, 3-line haiku only. Cost: $US10/3 haiku.

March 30: Early Registration for Haiku Canada Conference that will be held May 15-17 at University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC).

March 30: True Vine Summer Chapbook Contest. Cash prize of $US20, plus 20 copies of the chapbook. Send 8-12 haiku/senryu on the theme of summer (previously published poems acceptable). The chapbook will be available from June. No e-mail entries. Cost: Free.

March 31: Haiku Magazine Contest. Limit of 6 haiku. Results will be published in the (northern) spring/summer issue of Haiku magazine and winners and selected others in an anthology.

March 31 (received by): Mildred Kanterman Memorial Merit Book AwardsFor excellence in published haiku, translation, and criticism. Cash prizes totalling $US650. A list of winners will be published in Frogpond and the HSA website. Books must have been published in 2008 and clearly must contain a printed 2008 ©. An author or publisher may submit more than one title. Cost: Free.

March 31: Submission for DailyHaiku (Cycle 7), a print and daily online serial publication. Send ten unpublished haiku---no more, no less---contact information, and a 75 word bio to desk@dailyhaiku.org. Payment: One contributor copy of the print volume featuring your work.

April

April 15 (postmarked): Kaji Aso Studio Contest. For haiku, senryua, tanka, haiga and "concise" haibun. Cash prizes totalling $US450, plus the Elizabeth Searle Lamb Memorial Prize of $US50. The top 13 poems will be published in Dasoku.Cost: $US2/ 2 International Reply Coupons per poem. It is also possible to enter by text message.

April 30: Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar Contest. Cash prizes. Twelve haiku will be picked as monthly winners; 40 others will be runners-up. All will be published. Haiku should include a seasonal word or activity. Results announced on June 30. Entry fee$.

May

May 15-17: Haiku Canada Conference at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC)

May 29: "Genkissu! Spirits Up! Hekinan World Wide Haiku Contest" 2009 Send one haiku of 3 lines roughly following the 5-7-5 syllables style of haiku in English (unpublished, and not currently under consideration for publication or entered in any other competition. Theme: Sky, participation is free (use the web form)

May 31: Haiku Canada Newsletter (Summer issue).

May 31 (received by): New Zealand Poetry Society - Annual international poetry and haiku competition. Entry fee$.

June

June 12 (postmarked by): The first Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest, maximum of 2 unpublished three lined haiku with a season word on one sheet of letter size paper or a postcard including the name, age, sex, nationality, address, and phone number, along with the poem. If applicant is a junior or senior high school student, also include name of the school, Participation is free. Mail to: The Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum, 4223 Nanin Yamadera, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata-ken Japon 999-3301. Awards ceremonony to be held on July 12 2009 during 52nd National Yamadera Haiku Convention.

June 30: Francine Porad Award (haiku contest organized by the Washington Poets Association), online submission only. Entry fee$

June 30:The 6th International Tanka Festival in Tokyo 2009 Competition（ITF Tokyo Competition), free, submission period: between April 1-June 30, 1 tanka unpublished (no theme). Send two copies of each tanka with your name and address on one copy only to: ITF Tokyo Competition c/o Nihon Kajin Club, Shuei Bldg. 2F, 1-12-5, Higashi-gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-0022, Japan

July

July 1: Prune Juice: Journal of Senryu and Kyoka, submit up to ten senryu and/or ten kyoka at one time to rengagirl@yahoo.com

July 31: (received by): Haiku Society of America's Harold G. Henderson Awards for Best Unpublished Haiku, participation: $1 US

July 31: (received by): Haiku Society of America's Gerald Brady Memorial Awards for Best Unpublished Senryu participation $1 US

August

August 1: Haiku Contest Celebrating 150 Years of Nature and Community in Minden, Ontario, Canada. Open to all. No entry fee. Poetry Themes: Beautiful lakes, rivers, forests, and community. Send haiku, name, address, by e-mail to "150Anniversary" mcmurray@fka.att.ne.jp

August 1: Haiku anthology of flowers, Please send up to 20 haiku to bottlerockets_99@yahoo.com, read the submission criterias.

August 1: American Tanka accepts your submissions between April and August for issue #19.

August 5-9: Haiku North America Conference at the National Library of Canada (Ottawa). Theme: Crosscurrent.

August 10: Gusts: contemporary tanka. Members can send up to 3 tankas to uzawa@shaw.ca

August 10: (remember that Japan is a day ahead of North America): Asahi Weekly Haiku Column , edited by Emiko Miyashita with Michael Dylan Welch, is a bilingual newspaper with a circulation of 80,000 published in Tokyo by Asahi Shinbun. Submit one unpublished haiku with a current seasonal reference or kigo to aw1@asahi.com. Please include your name, mailing address, and telephone number. The deadline is the 10th of each month. Eight haiku are selected for each montly column, and Emiko Miyashita adds her comments in Japanese. Poets whose haiku are used will receive one free copy of the newspaper by airmail.

August 31: 13th Mainichi Haiku Contest. Free for International participants who can send up to 2 unpublished Enligh haiku via the online form . Results in January 2010.

August 31: Shamrock Haiku Journal, an international quarterly online journal that publishes quality haiku, senryu and haibun in English, is calling for submissions from local, national and international haiku poets for the September 2009. Please submit your work to the editor Anthony Anatoly Kudryavitsky at irishhaikusociety[at]hotmail.com See submissions guidelines.

August 31: Haiku Canada Newsletter (Fall issue)

September

September 10: International Kusamakura Haiku Competition. One person can send up to 2 unpublished haiku in English for free by mail or homepage. Please include: Name, current, address, gender, e-mail address, and phone number. Results announced in Nov. Prizes: one round trip airfaire to Kumamono, plus monetary prizes.

September 10: (remember that Japan is a day ahead of North America): Asahi Weekly Haiku Column , edited by Emiko Miyashita with Michael Dylan Welch, is a bilingual newspaper with a circulation of 80,000 published in Tokyo by Asahi Shinbun. Submit one unpublished haiku with a current seasonal reference or kigo to aw1@asahi.com. Please include your name, mailing address, and telephone number. The deadline is the 10th of each month. Eight haiku are selected for each montly column, and Emiko Miyashita adds her comments in Japanese. Poets whose haiku are used will receive one free copy of the newspaper by airmail.

September 15: (in hand by) Haiku Society of Americas' Bernard Lionel Einbond Renku Competition

September 20: Haiku International Association Haiku Contest, send up to 2 unpublished haiku, not under consideration anywhere, using the online application form or by mail at : The Haiku International Association（HIA）, 2-7 Azuma Bldg. 7F Ichigaya Tamachi, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-0843 Japan TEL:81-3-5228-9004 FAX:81-3-5228-9007. The judges will comment on the winning works in the Award Ceremony Nov 28. The winning works will also appear in the "HI" journal.

September 30: Daily Haiku, each issue features the work of 6 authors. Email submissions to: desk@dailyhaiku.org between Sept.1-30 only.

To confirm: Haiku International Association (Japan)

October

October 1: Canada Council for the Arts - Grants for Professional Writers. Eligibility: Canadian authors with at least 2 books published by a recognized publisher.

October 1: The British Haiku Society Annual Haibun Anthology

October 10: The 6th International Tanka Festival in Tokyo 2009

October 10 : (remember that Japan is a day ahead of North America): Asahi Weekly Haiku Column , edited by Emiko Miyashita with Michael Dylan Welch, is a bilingual newspaper with a circulation of 80,000 published in Tokyo by Asahi Shinbun. Submit one unpublished haiku with a current seasonal reference or kigo to aw1@asahi.com. Please include your name, mailing address, and telephone number. The deadline is the 10th of each month. Eight haiku are selected for each montly column, and Emiko Miyashita adds her comments in Japanese. Poets whose haiku are used will receive one free copy of the newspaper by airmail.

October 31 (received by):2009 San Francisco International Competition (Haiku, Senryu, Tanka) sponsored by: Haiku Poets of Northern California. Entry fee $1.00 per poem. Send haiku, senryu and tanka submissions, along with entry fee, to HPNC, c/o John Thompson, 4607 Burlington Place, Santa Rosa, CA 95405.

October 31 (postmarked by): Irish Haiku Society International Haiku Competition 2009 offers prizes in Euro for unpublished haiku/senryu in English. In addition there will be up to seven Highly Commended haiku/senryu. No e-mail submissions, please.

November

1er novembre: Moonbathing tanka contest (sponsored by the magazine Moonbathing) for female tanka writers only. Send one unpublished tanka on the subject of Moonbathing to Pamela A. Babusci at moongate44@gmail.com (if your last name begins with: A-M) or Cathy Drinkwater Better at cbetter@juno.com (if your last name begins with: N-Z) Label your entry "Moonbathing contest".

November 10: (remember that Japan is a day ahead of North America): Asahi Weekly Haiku Column , edited by Emiko Miyashita with Michael Dylan Welch, is a bilingual newspaper with a circulation of 80,000 published in Tokyo by Asahi Shinbun. Submit one unpublished haiku with a current seasonal reference or kigo to aw1@asahi.com. Please include your name, mailing address, and telephone number. The deadline is the 10th of each month. Eight haiku are selected for each montly column, and Emiko Miyashita adds her comments in Japanese. Poets whose haiku are used will receive one free copy of the newspaper by airmail.

November 20:The Haiku International Association of Tokyo "20th Anniversary Symposium" in Tokyo.

November 30 (received by): 2009 San Francisco International Competition (Rengay) sponsored by: Haiku Poets of Northern California. Entry fee is $5.00 per rengay. 2009 rengay judge will be Billie Wilson. Send rengay submissions to HPNC, c/o Fay Aoyagi, 930 Pine St. #105, San Francisco CA 94108

December

December 1 (postmarked by): Turtle Light Press Second bi-annual Haiku Chapbook Competition. Open to both traditional and modern-style haiku but have a particular fondness for haiku that deal with both people and nature. Please submit an original, unpublished collection or sequence of poems on a theme of your choice between 12 - 24 pages, two haiku per page maximum. Entry fee.

December 10: (remember that Japan is a day ahead of North America): Asahi Weekly Haiku Column , edited by Emiko Miyashita with Michael Dylan Welch, is a bilingual newspaper with a circulation of 80,000 published in Tokyo by Asahi Shinbun. Submit one unpublished haiku with a current seasonal reference or kigo to aw1@asahi.com. Please include your name, mailing address, and telephone number. The deadline is the 10th of each month. Eight haiku are selected for each montly column, and Emiko Miyashita adds her comments in Japanese. Poets whose haiku are used will receive one free copy of the newspaper by airmail.

December 31: "Haiku for Teens anthology". Haiku/senryu should seek to capture elements of the world of teens, including school, sports & entertainment (movies, music and books), relationships, technology, global issues and more. The emphasis will be on contemporary urban life, although nature is by no means excluded. Also accepted: one-line haiku and concrete haiku. Poems may be previously published and there is no limit on the quantity of haiku you may submit to Angela Leuck at acleuck@gmail.com.

December 31(?): "Haiku for Teens anthology - The Companion book" will include "how to's" and a "haiku and beyond" section. Please send no more than five tanka or haibun. B&W haiga is also of interest, hard copies can be mailed to Terry Ann Carter/63 Stinson Ave/Ottawa ON/K2H 6N5. Tanka, haibun, digital haiga may be sent to tacarter@rogers.com (Tan rengas/ sequential stanzas/linked verses also accepted.) If your work has been published elsewhere please include this information. Mark "Companion Book" in your subject line.

Calendar 2010

January

January 31 (in-hand by):The 2010 Anita Sadler Weiss Memorial Haiku Awards, sponsored by the Haiku Poets of Central Maryland, for age 14+, unpublished work only, $1.00 per poem (Poets may enter up to 15 haiku), check website for entry details.

January 31: Kikakuza International Haibun Contest 2010. No theme, original and unpublished work only, no more than 30 lines (each line not more than 80 spaces long), should include at least one haiku and a title, print on a sheet of A4 size paper with your coordinates at the bottom and mail to Ms Motoko Yoshioka, Regalia 907, 7-32-44 Fujimicho, Tachikawa City, Tokyo 190-0013, Japan. Fee: 1000 yen by international postal money order or use IRC coupons. For this fee, you may submit up to three haibun entries.

February

February 14: Betty Drevniok award (Haiku Canada), $5 Cdn (in Canada) or $5 US (outside Canada)payable to Haiku Canada for up to 3 haiku. Submit 2 copies on a 3X5 card, one card in each set must include author's name, address and telephone number in upper corner, while other card must contain no identifying mark. Winners announced at General Meeting in May 2010. Send to The Betty Drevniok Award, c/o Ann Goldring, PO Box 97, 5 Cooks Drive, Leaksdale, Ontario L0C 1C0

May 31, 2010 (Online submissions will start March 1, 2010): Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2010 Haiku Invitational. Winners announced in the fall 2010. Free.

GOOD LUCK!