Matching Funds Drive a Success
We are grateful to all of you who participated in the Matching Funds Drive to close the books on 2010, and especially to our Anonymous Donor, whose idea it was in the first place. THF is pleased to announce that…
Help Us Close Out the Year with a Bang: A Matching Grant Donation
Deadline: midnight December 31, 2010 An anonymous donor, in the spirit of the giving season, has stepped forward with a matching grant challenge. For every dollar donated to The Haiku Foundation between now and the end of the calendar year…
Update on The Haiku Foundation Forum
Over 200 people have registered with The Haiku Foundation forum since we launched it two weeks ago. The discussions are going well, and many people are having their say about haiku. Here are some highlights from this week: Mentoring —You'll…
Haiku Registry Updated
Here is an update regarding additions to the Haiku Registry since last report. Each poet’s page is accessible by last name: simply click on that initial in the search index on the opening page. To submit your own information, click the…
New Forum Board: Religio
Today we launch Religio, David Grayson's new board on our forum. David writes: "Religio is devoted to the intersection of haiku and religious tradition. It will focus on multiple religious traditions, and present a different topic each month for discussion.…
Periplum Has Moved to the Forum
Our regular readers will be familiar with Periplum, a series of blog posts by David Lanoue that explore twenty-first -century haiku from around the planet. David says of the series: "My aim is to present recent haiku from different places,…
New Forum Boards: New to Haiku
Today, we are launching four new boards on our forum, all under the category of New to Haiku. Here is how the lead moderator, Laura Sherman, describes these boards: "New to Haiku is a set of boards designed to encourage…
Introducing The Haiku Foundation Forum
As those of you who have spent any time on the THF website know, the Foundation blog, troutswirl, has been the primary means of connecting with presenters and fellow poets. While this has made the site dynamic, it has also…
Update on the Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards
The following update on the Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards is provided by Mark Harris, chair of the Haiku Foundation Awards committee. Nominations for the book awards closed October 15. * The Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards received 83 nominations for its…
Call for Submissions
The Haiku Foundation announces the Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems 2010. The Touchstone Awards are designed to recognize and reward excellence in the field of haiku. Please see the page for the Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems for details about…
Haiku Registry Updated
There have been several additions to the Haiku Registry since last report. Each poet’s page is accessible by last name: simply click on that initial in the search index on the opening page. To submit your own information, click the appropriate…
Events Calendars Updated
Our Event Calendars have been updated (as time allows, calendars are also updated between announcements). These calendars are intended as tools to help haiku poets keep track of journal submission and contest entries. They are available in pdf and html. The…
Events Calendars Updated
Our Event Calendars have been updated with several new items—and some deadlines have recently been extended. These calendars are intended as tools to help haiku poets keep track of journal submission and contest entry deadlines, They are available in either pdf…
4th POSITION
the blogspot for The Haiku Foundation's academic journal Juxtapositions: A Journal of Haiku Poetics & Culture (JUXTA) 4th POSITION ..................................................................................................................................................................................... ENCOUNTERS will be a section of JUXTAPOSITIONS that features the dialogue between contemporary poetry and haiku. We encourage you to…
Peggy Willis Lyles
Peggy Willis Lyles September 17, 1939 - September 3, 2010 It is with great sadness to report that on Friday, September 3, 2010, Peggy Willis Lyles passed away. She was a former Woodrow Wilson Fellow and English teacher, and contributed…
Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards for 2010
Call for Submissions to the Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards for 2010 The Award The Haiku Foundation announces the creation of the Touchstone Awards Series, beginning with the Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards for 2010. The Touchstone Awards Series is a family…
Haiku Registry Updated
Here is an update regarding additions to the Haiku Registry since last report. Each poet’s page is accessible by last name: simply click on that initial in the search index on the opening page. To submit your own information, click the…
Events Calendars Updated
Our Event Calendars have been updated—and some deadlines are fast approaching. These calendars are designed to help haiku poets keep track of journal submission and contest entry deadlines, They are available in either pdf or html versions. The main document has…
Haiku Registry Update
Here is an update regarding additions to the Haiku Registry since last report. Each poet’s page is accessible by last name: simply click on that initial in the search index on the opening page. To submit your own information, click the…
Events Calendars Updated
Our Event Calendars have been updated—and some deadlines are fast approaching. These calendars are designed to help haiku poets keep track of journal submission and contest entry deadlines, They are available in either pdf or html versions. The main document has…