Haiku poets have etiquette questions too — what the right way to submit poems to a journal? what about a contest? how close is too close to another poet’s poem? The Haiku Maven answered these, and more, with brio and no little acerbity, and the column was more anxiously awaited than Dear Abby. Host: Roberta Beary.
Dear Haiku Maven, I caught a haiku celebrity, whom I consider a friend, cheating in public. He two-timed one of his old but still winsome haiku by sending it to a new contest, open only to unpublished work, where it…
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Dear Haiku Maven, I recently discovered that a small check I had received for winning second place in a haiku contest has bounced, incurring a larger fee from my account. The organization is legitimate, although apparently suffering from a severe…
Dear Haiku Maven, A friend who has written several haiku chapbooks helped me with one of my haiku at my request. He completely changed the last line and made it much stronger. I thanked him. I entered that same haiku, as…
Dear Haiku Maven, A poet I know took first prize in an international haiku contest in the English-haiku category. The submission guidelines stated that the contest haiku “must be original and not previously published.” I know that the winning haiku…
Dear Haiku Maven, One of my haiku has been republished in an essay. The author of the essay did not seek my permission to use it or even bother to notify me that they were planning on using it for…
Dear Haiku Maven, If a highly regarded haiku journal’s online sample issue has 15% of haiku written by women should I bother to submit to this journal? The editor is a man. Disheartenedana Haiku Maven suggests that before submitting any…
Dear Haiku Maven, Is it ever acceptable to promote one’s work at the expense of others? Two haiku poets I know use their work as examples whenever they give a presentation. They never use haiku by other poets. I think…
Dear Haiku Maven, Are there any MFA writing programs in the US where haiku is taught respectfully within the broad range of poetics? I would imagine it is offered as part of the curriculum at Naropa Institute where this is…
Dear Haiku Maven, My chapbooks usually sell out at haiku conferences. I don’t like attending these conferences because I’m not a conference-type person. I usually ask a good friend to bring my chapbooks to the haiku conferences he attends and…
Dear Haiku Maven, I was recently named haiku editor for a new online journal. A friend of mine sent me 10 haiku to ‘look over’ before submitting them to me. I don’t think this is fair to the other submitters…
Dear Haiku Maven, Is it just me, or do editors prefer poems about the dark side of life? When I submit a group of poems to a leading haiku journal, although maybe only two or three out of ten deal…
Dear Haiku Maven, I do not understand why some good haiku poets often make bad presentations at haiku conferences. By bad, I mean looking down and reading from a prepared text or paper in a monotone, and looking up only…
* Haiku Maven is taking a summer hiatus and will be returning on September 6. In the meantime please continue to submit your questions and concerns about matters haiku. Haiku Maven offers advice about awkward situations involving haiku poets. The…
* Haiku Maven is taking a summer hiatus and will be returning on September 6. In the meantime please continue to submit your questions and concerns about matters haiku. Haiku Maven offers advice about awkward situations involving haiku poets. The…
* Haiku Maven is taking a summer hiatus and will be returning on September 6. In the meantime please continue to submit your questions and concerns about matters haiku. Haiku Maven offers advice about awkward situations involving haiku poets. The…
Dear Haiku Maven, I know you have written on this subject before. But I believe my problem merits special attention. I am a well-known co-editor of a major online haiku journal. The other editor is a woman. We get many…
Dear Haiku Maven, I just got a blast email announcing the publication of a new book of haiku. This went to me and more than 50 other poets. The sender didn’t give any of us the courtesy of a blind…
Dear Haiku Maven, I recently received a blast email about a haiku contest “now open for submission of entries.” This contest is sponsored by a haiku association which appears to be made up of one person, who is also the…
Dear Haiku Maven, I’m fairly new to haiku and seek your wisdom about where I can find the real haiku rules. Experts contradict other experts and give examples of why their rules are better. I don’t always like their examples,…