The 6th Samurai Hasekura Haiku Contest for Japan—held in Spanish, Italian, French, and English—is open to participants in the following categories...

The nominations are open for the 2026 Touchstone Awards for Individual Haibun.
Please send us two of your favorite haibun...

The Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems are bestowed annually on poems that represent noteworthy additions to English-language haiku and senryu in the estimation of...

The Touchstone Distinguished Books Award, the preeminent award in the genre, is bestowed annually on published collections of...

As we consider 250 years of history and "belonging" in America, let's explore themes of rebellion in contemporary haiku. What are we doing...