2022 Touchstone Awards for Distinguished Books – Short List
The shortlist of the best books of haiku and related work published in 2021
In 2012 The Haiku Foundation created the Touchstone Awards — the highest awards in the field — to reward excellence and innovation in the genre. Award categories are best individual haiku/senryu, best individual haibun, and best haiku publications. Overview: THF Touchstone Awards | Host: Bruce Feingold.
These first-ever Touchstone Awards for Individual Haibun recognize excellence and innovation in English-language haibun published in juried public venues during each calendar year. In 2022, we received 212 distinct entries submitted from 28 journals by 73 individuals, who also nominated…