Haiku market news, 5/23/22

UPDATE: The listings below are from May 2022. For current haiku market news, updated regularly, see this blog page: Haiku market news and deadlines.

Market news:

- Wales Haiku Journal: temporarily only accepting haiku

Current submission deadlines:

- 5/25: Failed Haiku

- 5/27: Take 5ive
- 5/31: kontinuum

- 5/31: Prune Juice

- 5/31: Presence

- 5/31: Noon: Journal of the Short Poem

- 5/31: tsuri-dōrō

- 5/31: contemporary haibun online

- 5/31: Rip-Roaring anthology

- 5/31: Kyoto Haiku Project

- 5/31: Dreamers Haiku Contest

- 5/31: Kiyoshi & Kiyoko Tokutomi Memorial Haiku Contest

- 5/31: Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest

- 5/31: Haiku Society of America Rengay Award in Honor of Garry Gay

- 5/31: New Zealand Poetry Society International Poetry Competition

- 5/31: Scarlet Dragonfly Journal
- 6/1: bottle rockets

- 6/1: Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational

- 6/1: Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards

- 6/7: Santoka international Haiku Contest
- 6/15: right hand pointing

- 6/15: White Enso

- 6/15: Sequestrum (haiku)

- 6/30: Yavanika Press (e-chapbooks)
- 6:30: Wales Haiku Journal

- 7/1: Kokako

- 7/15: bottle rockets press bird anthology

- 7/31: Basho's Haiku Journeys Haiku Contest
- 8/15: The Mamba
- 10/31: San Francisco International Competition for Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka
- 11/15: Under the Basho

Upcoming reading periods:

- #FemkuMag: June 1 to June 17
- Acorn: July 1 to Aug 31
- Akitsu Quarterly: July

- Bones: August
- cattails: July
- DailyHaiku: August
- Drifting Sands: June
- Echidna Tracks: October
- Fireflies' Light: August

- first frost: July

- Frameless Sky: Sept 15 to Oct 31
- Frogpond: July
- Kingfisher: August

- MacQueen's Quinterly: next reading period TBD
- Sonic Boom: Oct 1 to Oct 21

- Tandem: July
- Tanka Origins: June 15 to July 15

- The Bamboo Hut: Sept 1 to Sept 15

- The Cicada's Cry: Sept 1 to Sept 15

- the QuillS: Sept 1 to Oct 31
- Time Haiku: Aug 1 to Oct 31
- tinywords: August
- Trash Panda: Oct 1 to Oct 15
- Whiptail: July 1 to July 10 (themed: personal transitions)

Temporarily closed to submissions:

- American Tanka: on indefinite hiatus
- Pure Haiku: will reopen in June
- Skylark: taking a long hiatus
- World Haiku Review: currently closed

January haiku contest deadlines, other market news

Haiku poets have plenty of submission options this month. The following contests close in January:

Bloodroot Haiku Award: 1/12
     - $60 and $30 prizes
     - $5 entry fee for non-NCPS members
     - US postmark deadline: 1/6
     - Only 1 poem per category

Annual Betty Drevniok Award: 1/22
     - No cash prizes
     - No entry fee
     - Can read previous winning poems on the contest page
     - Up to 3 poems

UHTS “AHA” Haiku/Senryu Contest: 1/31
     - No cash prizes
     - No entry fee
     - Up to 10 poems

Snapshot Press 2020 Haiku Calendar Competition: 1/31
     - $600 in prize money divided among 12 winners
     - $15 entry fee for up to 4 haiku, or $30 for up to 12
     - Published poems OK

It has a deadline of February 1st, but the Utah State Poetry Society Contest has haiku and tanka categories. The haiku category is members-only, but the tanka category is open to anyone.

The Mamba Journal is reading submissions until January 15th. Skylark stops reading on February 1st.

For speculative writers, Space and Time closes to submissions tomorrow (January 2nd) and Freeze Frame Fiction closes on the 31st.

Haiku contest season

Haiku contest season is in full swing.  Eight haiku contests are currently accepting submissions, as well as a haibun contest and a renku contest.  There's a contest for speculative poets, too.  See the links on the right hand sidebar, under "Contest Deadlines," for links and dates.

Four current haiku contests

Four haiku contests with upcoming deadlines:

- Porad Haiku Award: deadline 9/20/18
- Johnny Baranski Memorial Haiku Contest: deadline 9/30/18
- IHS International Haiku Competition: deadline 11/30/18
- Autumn Moon Haiku Contest: deadline 10/31/18

For speculative poets, the SFPA Poetry Contest closes to submissions on 8/31/18.

Upcoming haiku contest deadlines

Plenty of haiku contests to submit to right now.  All of the contests below close within the next month and a half or so.

• 6/25/18  -  Sonic Boom Senryu Contest
• 6/30/18  -  7th Japan-Russia Haiku Contest
• 7/14/18  -  FSPA 2018 Poetry Contest (Category #15: LaVaughn Hess Memorial Award)
• 7/15/18  -  2018 Monostitch Haiku Competition
• 7/31/18  -  Harold G. Henderson Haiku Contest
• 7/31/18  -  Gerald Brady Senryu Contest
• 8/1/18  -  Better Than Starbucks 2018 Haiku Contest

Approaching haiku and tanka contest deadlines

Contests closing on 5/31/18:

- Tokutomi Haiku Contest
- Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest
- Scribophile Member-Sponsored Kigo is King Haiku Contest

Contests closing on 6/1/18:

- Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Award
- VCBF Haiku Invitational

Upcoming haiku contest deadlines

Some haiku contests with upcoming deadlines:

April deadlines:

• 4/15/18 - The Annual Hortensia Anderson Memorial Haiku/Senryu Contest
• 4/17/18 - Hooked on Haiku Contest

June deadlines:

• 6/1/18 - Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Award
• 6/1/18 - VCBF Haiku Invitational

Haiku market updates

Some haiku market news:

• Helen is no longer a paying market, as of the new year. 
• Acorn and tinywords both close to submissions at the end of February.

Some haiku contests with upcoming deadlines:

• Wild Plum Haiku Contest (2/28/18)
• IAFOR Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award (3/1/18)
• The Annual Hortensia Anderson Memorial Haiku/Senryu Contest (4/15/18)
• Hooked on Haiku Contest (4/17/18)

Upcoming haiku deadlines

Haiku contest season seems to be in full swing right now.  If you've got some money burning a hole in your pocket from a recent sale, here are some contests with reading fees that are currently open:

- Bloodroot Haiku Contest: .$8 per poem.  (No fee for NCPS members.)  Deadline: January 19th.

- Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar Competition:  $10 for up to three haiku or $20 for up to 10 haiku.  Deadline: January 31st.

- Hooked on Haiku Contest:  $10 for up to five haiku.  Deadline: April 17th.

For those who can't afford reading fees at the moment, don't despair.  All of the following contests are free to enter:

- Association Santoka International Haiku Contest: Deadline: January 21st.
- Golden Triangle's Golden Haiku Contest: Deadline: February 2nd.
- Wild Plum Haiku Contest: Deadline: February 28th.
- IAFOR Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award: Deadline: March 1st.
- The Annual Hortensia Anderson Memorial  Haiku/Senryu Contest: Deadline: April 15th.

The following journals stop reading submissions for their next issue on February 15th:

- cattails
- Prune Juice
- the Aurorean

Acorn closes shortly thereafter, on February 28th.

Writer's Digest Competitions

Writer's Digest sponsors several annual writing competitions, many of which are open to submissions right now.  These contests have a lot of upside -- large cash prizes, many prizes awarded, and additional prizes such as writing-related books -- but they also have steep entry fees. All of the contests listed below have a $20 entry fee, except for the poetry contest which costs $15 for the first entry and $10 for additional entries submitted together.

- Writer's Digest Poetry Awards: deadline Oct 1st
- Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Awards, Crime Writing Category: deadline Oct 15th
- Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Awards, Horror Writing Category: deadline Oct 15th
- Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Awards, Science Fiction/Fantasy Category: deadline Oct 15th
- Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Awards, Thriller Suspense Category: deadline Oct 15th
- Writer's Digest Short Short Story Competition: early bird deadline Nov 15th

Calls for submissions

Writers Weekly is currently seeking writers to sign up for the Fall 2013 24-Hour Short Story Contest.  The contest starts Sept. 21st at noon and there is a $5 entry fee.  There are three cash prizes of $300, $250, and $200, plus several other prizes as well.

Encircle Publications is open now for submissions to its Annual Chapbook Contest.  There is a $15 entry fee for each 22- to 26-page poetry manuscript, but the winner will receive $100, 50 copies of their chapbook, and royalties on other copies of the book that are sold.  Entry fees must be paid by Sept. 1st.

DailyHaiku is now open to submissions.  There is no payment for this one, but accepted poets will be part of a six-month contributor team, and if any of your poems are chosen for the annual DailyHaiku print anthology, you'll receive a copy.  The current reading period closes Aug. 31st.

Some August writing contests

Here are a few contests (and one anthology) with deadlines in August:

- Ligonier Valley Writers Flash Fiction Contest: There is no entry fee for this contest, but stories must be set in a cemetery or similar location, and the words "twenty-five," "anniversary," and "silver" must be used in the story. Entries should be emailed and must be 1003 words or less. The contest deadline is August 14th.

- Halloween Short Story Contest: This contest, put on by Water Forest Press Books, Skyline Publications, and Night Wind Publishing, is for unpublished horror or fantasy stories, any length. The winner will have a collection of his or her short stories published, and will receive 10 copies of the book. There is a $10 entry fee for each story. The deadline is August 15th.

- Uncle John's Flush Fiction anthology: The editors of this collection are looking for short stories (1000 words or less) that can be read in the bathroom. There is no genre requirement, and humor is welcome. Simultaneous submissions and reprints will both be considered. Payment for accepted stories will be $50 and two copies of the anthology. All entries must be postmarked by August 31st.

- The Annual Harold G. Henderson Awards for Best Unpublished Haiku: Sponsored by the Haiku Society of America, this contest is open to both members and non-members. Up to 10 haiku may be submitted on index cards. The entry fee is $1/haiku for HSA members, $2/haiku for non-members. Three prizes will be awarded -- $150, $100, and $50 -- and winning poems will be published in Frogpond. All poems must be submitted by August 31st.

The HSA also has two other contests with similar guidelines and the August 31st deadline: the Annual Gerald Brady Memorial Awards for Best Unpublished Senryu, and the HSA Contest for Best Unpublished Haibun. Guidelines for both contests can be viewed on the same page as the Harold G. Henderson contest guidelines.