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Autumn Moon Haiku Journal - Submission Guidelines

Submissions or queries to: tanchopress@gmail.com

Rules for Submission:

Haiku submitted should be in accordance with the haiku spirit, sensibility and phrasing discussed in About Autumn Moon Haiku Journal. Please read this updated section prior to submitting.

Send up to TWO original unpublished haiku for each issue through email (Subject line: Autumn Moon Haiku Journal) in the body of the email, no attachments allowed, to: tanchopress@gmail.com.
Write each haiku in your original language, if not English, with an English translation, which might be smoothed out by the editors.

Each haiku should ideally be structured in three short/long/short horizontal lines, though one line horizontal haiku and other forms will be considered. If seasonal, the haiku submitted should be in accordance with the seasons of the issue for which it is submitted.

Please note that given the fact we only look at the haiku submitted, to be impartial, closer to the submission deadline, we cannot acknowledge receipt of submissions by email prior to that. You may hear a few days before the deadline if your haiku was accepted. You will NOT hear until after the deadline if your haiku was rejected.

Deadlines for submission: Autumn/Winter, November 1st & Spring/Summer, May 1st.
Publication: Spring/Summer appears in mid-May to June, Autumn/Winter appears in mid-November to December.

Disclaimer:

The journal is not responsible for plagiarized haiku, intentional or unintentional, though the haiku poet's sincerity in this matter is of course expected as you are expressing your own sensibility and insight.

Website:

https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/contact--submissions.html

https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/

https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/yZcsQiSxFIA0j?

Up to three haiku inspired by insects (or spiders or millipedes or other related arthropods).

Submissions for 2024 will be accepted  through to June 15, 2024 at 11:59pm EST.

Please submit your haiku using the form: https://forms.gle/BM5JyhsZzUUykM7z5

https://poetrypea.com/

A maximum of two verses will be selected per submission, per poet, one of which will be read on the podcast and all the accepted verses will be in the relevant PDF Journal.  Please go to  the submissions page and the drop down menu for 2024 which will give you the topics, emails and reading periods.

For more information visit https://poetrypea.com/submissions-2024/

https://femkumag.wixsite.com/home/contest

Marlene Mountain Memorial Contest
Open June 1-15, 2024
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This contest is for women, trans, and gender-expansive poets only and will be judged blindly by editors Rowan Beckett and Vandana Parashar.
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THEME: One-line haiku/senryu
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1. One or two unpublished one-line haiku/senryu using this form. If you need to send an attachment (concrete, aloud, unaloud haiku-- NOT haiga), please submit using the email mountaincontest@gmail.com
 
2. To prevent the judges from having seen your poem(s), please do not submit work that has been shared on social media.
 
3. Please make sure your poem(s) embrace the spirit of Marlene Mountain.
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Examples of Marlene Mountain's one-line haiku:
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pig and i spring rain
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fearing her and all women he rapes her and all women
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spring in america water unsafe food unsafe sex unsafe
 
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thrush song a few days before the thrush
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my son the age sons get killed
 
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Link to Marlene's website: http://www.marlenemountain.org/
 
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4. Submit using this form between June 1st and 15th.
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5. First, second, and third place winners will be notified as soon as judging is complete and will appear on the #FemkuMag site sometime in July. First, second and third place winners will also receive commentary on their winning poem. Honorable mentions will be selected at the judges' discretion. All winners will receive certificates.
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If you have any questions, please contact the editors.
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The 2024 Marlene Mountain Memorial Haiku Contest will be judged blindly by Rowan Beckett and Vandana Parashar.

https://www.tankasocietyofamerica.org/tsa-contest/2024-goldstein-contest-guidelines

Guidelines

The 25th Tanka Society of America Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest:
Call for Submissions

Learn more about Sanford Goldstein, for whom our contest is named.

Submission Window: April 1 through May 31, 2024 (in-hand deadline).

Eligibility: Open to all, members and nonmembers alike, except Tanka Society of America officers and judges.

Entry Fees: None. You may enter up to four tanka at no charge. Donations are welcome and encouraged, however. Please click the Donate button to help offset our expenses—thank you!


Submissions: Please use the online submission form. You may submit up to four tanka. If you enter more than four poems, only the first four will be considered. Please also submit your name, address, email, and phone number. Entries must be original, in English, unpublished, and not simultaneously submitted for publication or to any other contest. Poems posted on public Facebook pages, blogs, or other websites or social media are not eligible for submission. By submitting, you assert that your entries are previously unpublished and are solely your own original creations. If you submit using the online submission form (see below), please do NOT also email any submissions—use one submission method only.

Online Form Submissions (preferred): Please use our online submission form and enter your name, address, email, phone number, and up to four poems. Please do not number or title your poems. After you submit, the submission form will display a confirmation notice. You will also receive an email confirmation for your records.

Email Submissions: We strongly prefer that you submit using our online submission form, but if it does not work correctly for you, you may submit by email. When submitting by email, please type or paste up to four previously unpublished tanka in the body of the message (no attached files) and write "2024 Goldstein Tanka Contest Entries—[your name]" in the subject line. Include your name, address, email address, and phone number. If you are concerned about any special formatting characteristics, you may add a brief note after each applicable poem. Please do not number or title your poems. Send by May 31, 2024 to the contest coordinator, Susan Burch, at vicepresidenttsa@gmail.com.
Awards: $100 for first prize, $50 for second prize, and $25 for third prize, plus honorable mentions.

Bonus: Through a random drawing, one person who enters the TSA tanka contest will receive a free year of TSA membership. A winner will be announced after contest results are announced.

Announcements: Winners will be announced in August 2024. Winning tanka and judges' comments will be published on the TSA website (see past winners and commentary), the TSA Facebook page, the TSA Twitter and Tumblr accounts, and in our journal, Ribbons.

Adjudication: The judges for this year's contest are Reid Hepworth and Vandana Parashar (click to see bios and photos).
Rights: All rights revert to the authors after publication on this website, on social media, and in Ribbons.

We look forward to receiving your entries! If you have any questions, please contact the contest coordinator, Susan Burch, at vicepresidenttsa@gmail.com, or website administrator, Michael Dylan Welch, at WelchM@aol.com.

The 2024 Kiyoshi & Kiyoko Tokutomi
Memorial Haiku Contest
Sponsored by the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society

Enter the oldest USA-based international haiku contest honoring traditional Japanese haiku!

Prizes: $100 $50 $25 to the top three haiku

https://yths.org/2024-tokutomi-haiku-contest/

Contest Rules

In-hand deadline is May 31, 2024.
Haiku must be in English.
Haiku must each have 17 syllables in a 5-7-5 pattern. The contest standard for determining a syllable is The American Heritage Dictionary, 5th Edition.
Each haiku must use only one kigo, which must be from the contest list.
Haiku with more than one recognized kigo will be disqualified.
2024 Contest Kigo List

  New Year:   first sunrise
  Spring:   balloon, tulip, artichoke
  Summer:   billowing clouds/cloud peaks, summer concert, phlox
  Autumn:   autumn woods, cricket(s), long night/lengthening night
  Winter:   snowman/snowperson, winter bee, turnip
Email Entries Preferred

To:       Kathabela Wilson at poetsonsite@gmail.com

Email Subject Line: 2024 Tokutomi Contest Submission: Your Name

Please single space your haiku in the body of the email.

Fee:  $8.00 per 3 haiku. Either pay by check as detailed below, or go to: PayPal. At "Send money to" type in YukiTeikei@msn.com  At "Add a note" type: "Contest," your name, and the number of haiku.

 Paper Entries, only if email is not available; must be received by the May 31, 2024, deadline.

Mail haiku only to:

YTHS Tokutomi Contest
Kathabela Wilson, Contest Chair
439 S. Catalina Avenue #306
Pasadena, CA 91106
Place 3 poems per 8 ½ x 11 page and send one copy of each page with your name and address.

Fee: $8.00 per three haiku

By PayPal: Go to PayPal. At "Send money to" type in yukiteikei@msn.com. At "Add a note" type: "Contest," your name, and the number of haiku.

By Check: Make check out to Yuki Teikei Haiku Society. Send to:

Tokutomi Contest Chair
c/o Yuki Teikei Haiku Society
PO Box 412
Monterey, CA 93942
Please include a note indicating "Contest," your name, and number of haiku. Overseas entrants use International Postal Money Order in US currency only.

Entry Details

Entries must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere.
Previous winning haiku are not eligible.  No limit on number of entries.
Entries will not be returned and no refunds will be given.
The contest is open to anyone, except for the YTHS President and Contest Chair.
Final selection will be made by one or more distinguished haiku poets.
YTHS may print winning poems and commentary in its journal, website, annual anthology, and brochures. The judges and contest results will be announced at the 2024 YTHS Annual Haiku Retreat, November 7-10 at Asilomar. Soon afterward they will appear on the YTHS website: https://yths.org/
For a paper copy of the contest results send a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) marked "Contest Winners." Those abroad please enclose a self-addressed envelope (SAE) plus enough postage in international reply coupons for air mail return.
Previous Contest Winners

The year 2024 marks the 41st year of this esteemed contest, since there were no contests in five of the early years, around the passing of Kiyoshi Tokutomi. To honor the winners through the years, YTHS has created a document of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place haiku with the author's name for every year a contest was held. Contestants may wish to study these winning haiku. Here is the link. Many of the contests put out brochures with the haiku of both the winners and the honorable mentions, along with the comments of the judge(s) on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place haiku. Here is the link.

Contest Kigo Caution

In past Tokutomi contests, a significant number of submitted haiku have had to be removed from consideration. This was primarily because they failed to meet the last of the contest rules: "Haiku with more than one recognized kigo will be disqualified." Recognized kigo are the contest kigo, plus any of the kigo in all of the lists linked to from the Kigo-Summary page of this website.

The Tokutomi Contest Coordinator for the 2013 and 2014 contests, Joan Zimmerman, has written a thoughtful essay on this topic. Here is the link.  All poets considering entering the 2024 Tokutomi Haiku Contest are encouraged to read this essay and to adhere to one kigo from the list above for each submitted haiku.

http://www.hsa-haiku.org/hsa-contests.htm#brady

The Annual Haiku Society of America Rengay Award in Honor of Garry Gay

Submission Period: April 1 - May 31, 2024.

Entries received after May 31 will not be accepted.

Eligibility: The contest is open to the public. HSA officers who are members of the executive committee are not eligible, but regional coordinators may enter.

Regulations:

Submissions to the 2024 HSA Rengay Contest must be in either the two-person or three-person format. Solo rengay will not be considered.

Any particular author may appear in no more than three different rengay entered.

Entries must be in English.

Entries must not have been previously published, nor contain any haiku or links previously published, currently being considered for publication, or currently entered in any other contest. The appearance of poems in online discussion lists or personal websites is not considered publication. Judges will be asked to disqualify any work they have seen before.

Electronic Entry Fee & Submission Process:

Entry fee is $5 for HSA members or $7 for non-members for each rengay submitted. Remember, any particular author may appear in no more than three different rengay entered.

After making your payment via Paypal, you will receive an email receipt. Hit "forward" and add, along with the receipt:

•  Your rengay
•  Your full name
•  The name(s) of your collaborator(s)
•  Your postal address
•  The declaration of consent below.

Include your rengay in the body of the email. Do not attach any files to your email. Note the authors by name or initials underneath or next to each link.
 
Email your submission to <HSArengayaward@gmail.com>

Declaration of Consent

"I attest that the writers of this rengay have given their consent that it will be entered in the HSA Rengay Award Competition and that, should it win a prize, it may be published in Frogpond."

Payment by Postal Mail:

This option is available for HSA members only and only if you do not have access to email.

1. Write a check to "Haiku Society of America" with the entry payment of $5 for each rengay submitted.

2. Type up the following:

•  Your rengay, with the authors noted by name or initials
    underneath or next to each link
•  Your full name
•  The name(s) of your collaborator(s)
•  Your postal address
•  The declaration of consent above.

3. Send your check and entry to

Gary Hotham
10460 Stansfield Road
Scaggsville, MD 20723
USA

Adjudication: The names of judges will be announced along with the winning entries.

Awards: First Prize, $200; Second Prize, $150; Third Prize, $100. Winning rengay will be published in Frogpond and on the HSA website. All rights revert to authors on publication.

For an anthology of past winners, visit the Haiku Society of America Rengay Award Collection: HSA Rengay Competition Collection

Note to prospective rengay contestants: The following essays provide invaluable information and inspiration:

"The Rengay Verse Form" by Joan Zimmerman:
http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/rengay.htm

"Rengay: An Introduction" by Michael Dylan Welch:
https://www.rengay.com/rengay-essays/learning-rengay/rengay-an-introduction

"Give Rengay A Try" by Michael Dylan Welch:
https://www.rengay.com/rengay-essays/learning-rengay/give-rengay-a-try

Very interesting, Meg. Thank you for posting the link.

Interested in writing for the Wales Haiku Journal? We are looking for haiku commentators. Send an example of your haiku commentary to waleshaikujournal@gmail.com to register your interest with the email title "Haiku Commentary".
 
For all other submissions, we welcome haiku, haiga, haibun, haiku commentaries and book reviews throughout each submission window. Please see below for a guide on what we are looking for and how to submit.
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We publish 4 issues a year, with the following submission deadlines for haiku:
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Spring issue published in April (submission window: 1 March - 31 March)
Summer issue published July (submission deadline: 1 June - 30 June)
Autumn issue published in October (submission deadline: 1 September - 30 September)
Winter issue published in January (submission deadline: 1 December- 31 December)
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Submitted work should follow these guidelines:
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Work submitted may be on any theme or subject, but works that embody the nature tradition of haiku are particularly keenly sought.
Poems submitted should be unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere.
If submitting haiku, please submit 5-10 pieces at a time.
Please submit once only for each issue.
Poems should all be included in the body of your email, and not attached as a .doc or .pdf file.
Submissions of haiga/photo haiku should not contain any word/image credits in the works themselves.
We aim to respond to all submissions within a few weeks, but during busier reading periods responses may take 6-8 weeks. All poets will receive a notification if their work has been accepted or not.
Suggestions for essays and reviews are also welcome. Please direct any queries to the Editor at the email address below.
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Please send your work to: waleshaikujournal@gmail.com
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We wish you the best of luck with your submissions. We look forward to receiving them.

https://drifting-sands-haibun.org/

Submission Schedule

October 1-31, Richard Grahn (haibun) Tish Davis (Tanka prose) Theme: SHARING EARTH
December 1-15, Third Annual Rachel Sutcliffe Memorial Haiku-arts Contest

Guidelines

The poems must be original, previously unpublished and not under consideration by any other journal. Poems posted in social media such as Twitter, Facebook or personal blogs will be considered.

Please send your poem in the email's body. Do not send attachments, we will not open them!

What and Where to Send

Please send ONLY ONE UNPUBLISHED haibun or tanka prose to dsh.submissions@gmail.com

Format Your Submission as follows

Please send the following in the email's body (IN EXACTLY THIS ORDER). No attachments.

(Don't include labels like "Email, Name, Location, etc.. See example farther down the page.)

—Email Address

For poems:
—Your Poem Title (in bold)
— Your Name
— City, State/Province, Country

—Dedication (if any)
—Body of Your Poem
—Footnotes (if any)

Optional:
Biography
Photo for Biography

Note Regarding Biographies: We have re-envisioned how biographies are handled on Drifting Sands. Now, as your bio changes, it changes everywhere the new system uses it (all issues going forward). It's also not limited to a paragraph or two, or just one image. Each poet in the directory has a dedicated page that they can expound on. These pages are exactly like the pages offered on the Poet's Hub and will eventually fully replace that functionality, providing a landing page for every poet in our community. As such, these pages are like miniature websites that offer the ability to post images, text, links to a variety of resources, and even the ability to do things like embed a YouTube video if you have a poetry related project you want to share. Drifting Sands is all about the haibun and tanka prose communities. These pages represent the many faces that make up that community. We're very excited about this new approach in that it both streamlines our workload and provides better exposure for our poets. We hope you'll take full advantage of what this feature offers as you become familiar with it. You can look up your existing bio page here: DSH Contributors A-Z.

Example Email (See, no labels.)

cicero@roman-senate.org

De finibus bonorum et malorum
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Rome, Italy

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Ea officiis expedita est similique accusamus est commodi rerum et minus similique? In optio nostrum qui dolor eaque ab mollitia fuga aspernatur sapiente eos magni dolorem ex velit excepturi. Sit libero consectetur qui voluptas minima ad rerum unde qui sunt maxime et aliquid voluptates et blanditiis praesentium id magni nostrum? Ut soluta recusandae sit omnis quos ut adipisci minima.

nothing wrong
with filling up the page
with meaningful nonsense
just make sure
to check your spelling


Subject Line of Email

Consult the contest guidelines for an appropriate subject line for a particular contest.
The subject of your regular submission emails should be formatted EXACTLY as follows:

Sub, Your Name, Date (in the format: mm/dd/yyyy)
Example

Sub, Marcus Tullius Cicero, 01/01/23


The Basics

Haibun Graceguts
Tanka Prose Rays Web

Further Reading: Articles about Writing Haibun & Haiku An in-depth list of articles related to writing haibun, haiku, and tanka prose. Hosted on Contemporary Haibun Online.


In General
We tend to take a hands-on approach to editing here at Drifting Sands so please don't be offended by suggestions. You are free to accept or reject them as you prefer. They are just that, suggestions.

Please note that contest entries are judged as submitted.


Copy Editing
All work is subject to copy editing to conform to our house style. Editors will correct minor issues without notification. If you feel a copy edit fails to live up to your intentions, you may request a change.


Prohibited Content

We will not publish racist, sexist, homophobic, or other hateful speech. Don't send us poems that are pornographic or include gratuitous violence. We abhor censorship so feel free to express yourself but not at the expense of others.


Agreements

— You agree to adhere to the guidelines set forth on this page and that the submitted work is your own and you have the rights necessary to give Drifting Sands permission to publish it.

— You agree that Drifting Sands may publish your work on this website and in digital or in print format (including but not limited to social media, special collections, anthologies, etc.)

— You retain full copyright and any additional publication rights.

— Revisions, after an issue has been released for publication, are at the discretion of the editorial team.


Thank You for your participation in the Drifting Sands experience. If you don't hear from us in a couple of weeks after submitting, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Thanks for the info, Chen-ou.

Thanks for the info, Alan.

about

hedgerow is a quarterly short-poetry journal dedicated to publishing an eclectic mix of new & established voices across the spectrum of the short poem, with particular attention to the constantly evolving forms of haiku, senryu, tanka & haiga.

kindly,

Caroline Skanne,
founding editor

Rolling submission https://hedgerowhaiku.com/submissions/

Opening soon

https://africahaikunetwork.wordpress.com/submission-guides/

Submission Guides
The Mamba's Submission Guideline:

We are looking forward to Africa themed haiku i.e. haiku about African sights, sounds and settings.

We may also accept haiku which explore a universal theme but must delight and thrill us.

– Haiku must contain clear images, settings and juxtaposition.

– Haiku must be concise and as brief as possible. (Though 17 syllable haiku are welcome)

– We encourage experimentation with haiku; therefore one-liners will be considered.

– We have zero tolerance for plagiarism, profanity, use of vulgar words and politically biased verses.

– We encourage the use of African season words as opposed to the Japanese kigo.

– We accept haiga as long as enough copyright evidence is provided for the haiku and picture respectively.

– Please submit 10 haiku and/or  5 photo haiku or haiga at a time.

Submission window will be open: October 15th, closes January 15th for February Issue; re-opens May 15th to August 15th for September Issue respectively.

The Mamba Journal will be published twice a year: February 15th and September 15th each year.

All submissions must be sent to: africahaikunetwork@gmail.com with the subject line labelled "The Mamba Submission".

Submitters must include their full name/pen name, country and city of residence.