WA Poets Inc publishes the quarterly online poetry journal, Creatrix. WA Poets is the peak body for the development of poets and poetry in Western Australia. Each issue features haiku and longer forms of poetry, with haiku and poetry prize winners selected from the four issues published over the calendar year. In 2022, the Creatrix… Read More Creatrix Haiku Prize: 2022
In recent months, one of my haiku received an Honourable Mention in a Croatian haiku competition while another received an Honourable Mention in an Irish contest. With a number of countries now running competitions for haiku written in English, I thought it might be helpful to provide links to various of these competition websites. Please… Read More English-Language Haiku Competitions
Each year, the Polish Haiku Association conducts an international haiku competition. The 10th Polish International Haiku Competition was conducted in 2020 and attracted entries from 52 countries. You can read the awarded poems and see the judge’s comments here. I was fortunate to have the following haiku selected as one of the 10 Commended entries:… Read More Haiku in Poland
The results of the Irish Haiku Society’s 2020 international haiku competition are available here. First Prize was awarded to Canberra poet, Marietta McGregor, for her timeless nature poem: bracket fungusa fallen beech softensinto its future Marietta says the poem is the result of a visit to the Border Ranges National Park in New South Wales,… Read More 2020 Irish Haiku Competition
Each spring, the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival celebrates the Japanese tradition of flower viewing with a program of concerts, cultural events and The Big Picnic in Queen Elizabeth Park. Unfortunately, due to COVID, the 2020 program was curtailed with some events moving online and others being cancelled. Nevertheless, planning is underway for the 2021 Festival,… Read More 2020 Vancouver Haiku Invitational
Martin Lucas established and edited the haiku journal, Presence, from 1996 until his death in 2014. He held a PhD for his study of haiku in Britain and is well known for his essay, Haiku as poetic spell, which is available on the Presence website. Since 2015, the Presence journal has conducted the Martin Lucas… Read More 2019 Martin Lucas Haiku Award
Many organisations in Japan conduct haiku competitions and, given the world-wide popularity of the genre, several competitions invite haiku written in the English language (several links to these competitions are provided at the end of this post). I was fortunate to have two haiku recognised in recent Japanese contests: the Basho-an International English Haiku Competition… Read More Haiku Competitions in Japan
The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival is the city’s annual springtime event celebrating the Japanese tradition of flower viewing. Each April, Vancouver organises an extensive program of indoor and outdoor community events including concerts, cultural events and The Big Picnic in Queen Elizabeth Park. As part of the Festival, Vancouver runs a Haiku Invitational inviting poets… Read More 2019 Vancouver Haiku Invitational
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