This page will be updated as regularly as time permits with current deadlines, reading periods, and other news pertaining to writing and publishing haiku. The publishers listed below generally focus on haiku, senryu, tanka, related forms, and other types of micropoetry.
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Market news
Current submission deadlines
Currently open - no posted deadline
- a fine lineº (NZPS)- Cuttlefish Books (for haiku collections)- dadakuku- Meditations: a Minimalist Poetry Anthology for Christians: closes when full (Hiraeth Publishing)- O2 Haiku- smols (thanks Alan Summers)- The Woodside Review (seeking haiku sequences & haibun) (thanks Joshua St. Claire)
Monthly/regular contests & reading periods
Upcoming contests & reading periods
Open year-round
- Creative Inspirations
On hiatus / closed for an extended time
- Better Than Starbucks: on hiatus; future plans undecided
Is Chrysanthemum still open? I haven't heard anything from Beate Conrad for some time now.
ReplyDeleteHi John, as far as I know it's still open. I haven't heard anything otherwise, and the website still says submissions are welcome. I reached out to the editor; I'll let you know what she says.
DeleteNo response from the editor... not sure what's going on with Chrysanthemum.
DeleteI'm surprised not to see Poetry Pea Podcast (and journal) which has themed submissions year round.
ReplyDeleteIt's included... that's not one to miss! It's under "Upcoming contests & reading periods" for now because it's not currently accepting submissions.
DeleteI received a return email for my submission from Beate of Chrysanthemum the other day.
ReplyDeleteChrysanthemum seems to be back on a regular schedule now. Next open reading period is in February.
DeleteSadly, I think Atlas Poetica is no more. :( Thanks for all your work on this.
ReplyDeleteThanks Julie. That's a shame. I'll update the listing.
DeleteHi Greg, I have just tried to get in touch with John who was going to publish 'Fastened to the Reins'. The email 'bounced back' - it is no longer in use. I suspect this might be a non-event unless someone knows better. Cheers, John H
ReplyDeleteThanks John! The website has been down for a while but I hadn't heard anything about. Appreciate the update... I'll remove it from the list.
DeleteLink to the Sciku Project: https://thescikuproject.com/
ReplyDeleteThanks John... have this one listed under "open year-round."
DeleteDear Mr. Schwartz,
ReplyDeleteI hope you are doing well. Best wishes for a peaceful and happy New Year!
I appreciate your efforts to provide haiku market news and deadlines. Thank you for the opportunity to share the following with you. I don't have your email. Please suggest if you prefer to receive this information via email.
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The City of Albuquerque is accepting submissions for a nature haiku contest through January 31, 2024 from poets in New Mexico.
https://www.krqe.com/always-on/city-of-albuquerque-holding-nature-haiku-contest/
and
https://www.cabq.gov/parksandrecreation/open-space/events/accepting-nature-haiku-submissions-now-through-january-31-2024?cid=
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Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Monica Kakkar (she/her/hers)
India and USA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicakakkar/
Hi Monica, happy new year! Thanks for mentioning this contest... I've added it to the list :)
DeleteDear Mr. Schwartz,
DeleteI appreciate your good wishes. Thank you for the opportunity to share the following contests.
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Sixth Annual Weybridge Haiku Contest:
Open to all Vermonters. The poem should be in the haiku form; there are no limits on the number of haikus a writer can submit. Participants of all ages are welcome. Submit haikus by Feb. 23, to George Bellerose, 80 Meetinghouse Lane, Weybridge, VT 05753; or email georgebellerose@gmavt.net https://www.rutlandherald.com/rhvm/reader-bulletins-jan-5-11-2024/article_0104a683-5c36-5e64-83b0-dd5dff40f55b.html
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Oklahoma Poem Contest: To celebrate National Poetry Month and Oklahoma, the Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry conducts an annual Oklahoma Poem Contest. Poems must honor or celebrate Oklahoma in some way. Only Oklahoma residents are eligible to enter.
https://rompoetry.com/oklahoma-poem-contest/
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Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Monica Kakkar (she/her/hers)
India and USA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicakakkar/
Thanks Monica! I've added the Vermont contest, but the Oklahoma contest is a general poetry contest. This page is mainly for haiku (& related forms - haibun, rengay, etc.) contests. There's no way I could keep up with all poetry contests, unfortunately :)
DeleteDear Mr. Schwartz,
DeleteI appreciate the clarity. Thank you for the opportunity to share haiku contests and news.
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Myong Cha Son Haiku Award
Open to undergraduate poets who are enrolled in a United States college or university. There is no fee to enter. Limit of three poems per category. Deadline: February 16, 2024. Questions can be directed to poetry@wcupa.edu. Please mark the subject line as, "WCU Poetry Awards." Submissions must be uploaded in the following format to: Haiku Poems at https://www.wcupa.edu/arts-humanities/poetry/contestAwards.aspx
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3rd Annual Arkansas Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Competition:
The Hot Springs Sister City Program has announced the 3rd Annual Arkansas Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Competition sponsored by The Springs Magazine. Top entries will be invited to read their winning haikus at the Arkansas Cherry Blossom Festival on March 3, will be published and displayed at the event, and will be published in the April publication of The Springs Magazine. https://thespringsmagazine.com/2024/01/30/february-20-is-the-deadline-for-haiku-competition-entries/
The event is open to Arkansas residents of all ages with two categories, Adult and 18 years of age and below. Entries are due by February 20, limited to two haiku per person, and should be submitted online on the Cherry Blossom Festival Page at https://hotspringssistercity.org/arkansas-cherry-blossom-festival-2/
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Haiku Corner by The Japan Society, UK, is no longer accepting entries.
https://www.japansociety.org.uk/haiku-corner
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Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Monica Kakkar (she/her/hers)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicakakkar/
Thanks Monica! I'll get those added.
DeleteDear Mr. Schwartz,
DeleteI appreciate your good wishes and your efforts. Happy Year of the Wood Dragon, and Happy National Haiku Writing Leap Month!
Thank you for the opportunity to share the following contests.
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Teen Ink Magazine: Poetry Contest - A Haiku by You!
Deadline: March 1, 2024. You must be a teen (aged 13-19) with a Teen Ink account to enter. Submit entries through our website. See our submission guidelines for more information.
https://www.teenink.com/Contests/Haiku/2024
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Writers in Kyoto Present the Ninth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition
Deadline: March 31, 2024 (23:59 JST) Theme: Kyoto. You do not need to be located in Kyoto to participate. We accept submissions from anywhere in the world. Genre: Short poems, character studies, essays, travel tips, whimsy, haiku sequence, haibun, wordplays, dialogue, experimental verse, etc. In short, anything that helps show the spirit of place in a fresh light. A clear connection to Kyoto is essential. https://www.writersinkyoto.com/2023/11/26/writing-competition/writers-in-kyoto-present-the-ninth-annual-kyoto-writing-competition/
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Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Monica Kakkar (she/her/hers)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicakakkar/
Thanks Monica! They've both been added :)
DeleteThanks Joshua! Appreciate the tips - I'll try to go through them this week and add what I can. I've been wondering about 50 Haikus... the same editor manages other mags that also appear to be dormant. Taj Mahal is one I've looked at but haven't added since it's more of a general lit mag than haiku/micropoetry-specific. I had the Small Wonders and IHS contests before... I must have removed them at some point. I'll add them back in.
ReplyDeleteHere is another one—but it is closing quickly—11/24. https://thedewdrop.submittable.com/submit The Dewdrop is collecting a haiku anthology.
DeleteThanks Joshua! Added to the list.
DeleteHi Greg,
ReplyDeleteDetails about The Pan Haiku Review submission Summer 2025 is up:
https://www.callofthepage.org/the-pan-haiku-review/
More haibun and tanka prose! Very tight submission window this time.
warm regards,
Alan
Alan Summers
founder, Pan Haiku Review
Thanks Alan! The PHR listing has been updated. Lots of advance notice, hope you get a lot of good submissions.
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ReplyDeletehttps://worldhaikureview.wordpress.com/about-whr-submission-guidelines/
Thanks! Updated.
DeleteDear Greg, I just submitted to Time Haiku, and got a quick note back that submission deadlines have changed and deadline passed March 15. Nothing I can find online has been updated to reflect the new information. Just thought you might wish to know, FYI. Sincerely, Ed Bremson (anonymous :) ) (submission window, per email, is now 6 weeks. Next submission window is Aug 1 -- Sept 15)
ReplyDeleteHi Ed - thanks, I appreciate the update! I've reached out to the editor for clarification. Appreciate you letting me know!
Deletemy pleasure, and thanks for all you do, Ed
DeleteGreg, thought you might like to see this for May, Ed Bremson
Deletehttps://www.facebook.com/hexagonhaikai/posts/pfbid037rJKC4R9cKnzquFBq3nHwzavbt4CmDZSdxEPqiph3E354isY9fuUX2aiyoR4AWLsl
Hi Ed - thanks! I wasn't aware of that one but it's added now.
DeleteGreg, you have the 2024 info link posted. Here's the 2025 (Ed Bremson)
Deletehttps://yths.org/2025-tokutomi-haiku-contest/
Thanks Ed! I had the 2025 link copied but apparently forgot to paste it. Updated now.
DeleteDoes anyone know if Haiku Canada Feb 2025 issue will be published? it hasnt come up on their site at all
ReplyDeleteLooks like it was published -- here's one haiku from it:
Deletehttps://x.com/haikuforlife/status/1902494780074160238
Joshua St. Claire here—Alison Williams, former tanka editor of Presence, is starting a new tanka-focuses journal Quail Eggs. https://quaileggstanka.blogspot.com/p/dec-2024.html?m=1
ReplyDeleteHi Joshua - I hadn't heard about that, thanks! Adding it now. Very cool name.
DeleteHere is one more…The Woodside Review has a call for haiku and haibun. https://thewoodsidereview.substack.com/p/submission-guidelines
DeleteThanks Joshua! Added.
DeleteOne more… Wales Haiku Journal Summer Contest… https://www.waleshaikujournal.com/summercompetition2025
DeleteThanks Joshua! Added to the list.
DeleteHi Greg, the closing date for submissions to confluence journal (call for Fellowship submissions) has changed to August 20, 2025. Hoping you might be able to put it back into the listings: https://confluencehaiku.com/submit/
ReplyDeleteHi David - thanks for reaching out. Confluence is already listed with the 8/20 deadline, under "Current submission deadlines" :)
DeleteIndeed. Thank you! Didn’t scroll far enough down. I was just looking at the top of the list where confluence was before, but that was predicated by the due date. Thanks again appreciated
ReplyDeleteFYI from Ed Bremson
ReplyDeletehttps://www.kcf.or.jp/basho/touku/
Thanks Ed! Updated.
DeleteCheck out these two new and wonderful online journals:
ReplyDelete"smols" is a new addition from Robin aka Roberta Beach Jacobson, an eclectic poetry journal featuring ultra-shorts, five words max. No themes. Submit up to five untitled pieces.
Email to fivefleasitchypoetry@gmail.com with "smols" as your subject.
https://smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com
and
Circle of Salt
Send up to 3 unpublished pieces of magickal poetry (including esoteriku), prose, personal essay, original art, reviews, recipes, tips, etc. to Kelly Sauvage Moyer at unfazedmoon@gmail.com
https://circleofsaltmag.blogspot.com
Thanks Alan! I hadn't heard about smols -- very cool, some great innovative poems there. I've added it to this list.
DeleteI have Circle of Salt on the other list, for speculative journal deadlines (https://haiku-and-horror.blogspot.com/p/speculative-fiction-and-poetry-market.html).
Thanks for the heads up!