The Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards for 2023 - CLOSED

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A Message From The Heron's Nest

This year's Peggy Willis Lyles Awards are now open for submissions. Here are the details about this

Maximum number of haiku allowed: five (5) haiku in English
 
Judging criteria: Selection will be blind to authorship and the sole criterion will be excellence

Judge: to be identified with the winners

Entry fee: none

Eligibility: all haiku poets other than the staff of The Heron's Nest and the contest judge

Awards: 
First Place - $200, and a miniature crystal turtle

Second Place - $100

Third Place - $50 

Honorable Mention (up to five recipients) - award certificates and recognition on our "Awards" page and in our annual print edition.

Note: Book prizes featuring the haiku of Peggy Willis Lyles will also be awarded to first, second and third prize winners, if available by July 31.

Note: Monetary awards to non-US winners will be made through PayPal, where possible, in order to avoid the high cost of bank processing fees.

Deadline for entries: June 1, 2023

How to enter: By email to John Stevenson at ithacan@earthlink.net (put "Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards" in the subject line; provide haiku in the body of the email only-attachments will not be opened. Include your name and your location as you would like to see each listed.) 

The submitted poems must not have been published; not accepted for publication; not under consideration by anyone other than us until we announce the contest results.
 
Announcement of results: July 31, 2023 on our web site