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Greetings!
This Bulletin offers information about a broad variety of activities and resources that are available not only to members of Haiku Society of America, but often the general public as well. Feel free to forward the Bulletin to anyone you know who might enjoy taking advantage of our opportunities or becoming members of the Society!
We had a GREAT time at the first quarterly meeting in Seattle, WA on February 12. We had a ginko, three featured speakers and dinner. Click Here to view some pictures of our meeting, taken by First Vice President, Michael Dylan Welch! |
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Frogpond Submission Window Now Open Through April 15
Submission Addresses:
E-mail: < Francine Banwarth Email Address Click Here> Post: Francine Banwarth
985 So Grandview
Dubuque, Iowa 52003 Guidelines - Submissions from both members and non-members of HSA are welcome.
- All submissions must be original, unpublished work that is not under consideration by a print or web-based journal. While posts on Internet sites such as Facebook or Twitter are eligible, posts on blogs are not.
- Submission by e-mail is preferred:
(a) in the body of the e-mail (no attachments)
(b) with subject line: Frogpond Submission
(c) with place of residence noted in the body of the e-mail - A submission by post will receive a reply only if included are either:
(a) a self-addressed stamped envelope (with a Canadian stamp)
(b) a self-addressed envelope with one International Reply Coupon (IRC) for up to 30 grams; two IRCs for over 30 grams and up to 50 grams. - Only one submission per issue will be considered.
- The Submission May Include Any or All of the Following:
1. Up to ten (10) haiku
2. Up to three (3) haibun
3. Up to three (3) rengay or other short sequences
4. One (1) renku or other long sequence
5. One (1) essay
6. One (1) book review - Submission Periods:
1. February 15 to April 15 (Spring/Summer Issue)
2. June 01 to August 01 (Fall Issue)
3. September 15 to November 15 (Winter Issue)
Acceptances will be sent shortly after the end of each period. - Note to Publishers: Books for review can be sent at any time.
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 The 2012 Kids Count for Earthday Haiku Webfest is in association with The Haiku Society of America; With Words, (UK); Sketchbook Haiku Journal (USA); and Planetpals (Worldwide). Partnering together with the planet to bring positive messages about your world.
The Webfest is designed to combine the love of Earth with the sheer simple fun of writing Japanese haiku in English!
We call it the The 2012 "Kids Count for Earthday" Haiku Webfest because we want you to help all of us to learn how to keep the planet clean and healthy!
Theme:
The Webfest theme is "What Earthday means to you".
Who Can Enter:
Children and young people aged from 7 years old right up to 20 years from the USA, UK and English Speaking Countries (including Alaska, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii; as well as Japan; Africa; India; Pakistan; Bangladesh; China; Middle East; and Australia; New Zealand and all other countries). If English is not your first language please do add an English language version of your haiku entry as well.
More information
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Yuki Teikei Haiku Society
Kiyoshi & Kiyoko Tokutomi
Memorial Haiku Contest
In-hand Deadline: May 31, 2012
Prizes: $100 $50 $25
Contest Rules:- Haiku in English of 17 syllables in a 5-7-5 pattern
- Each haiku must use one kigo, and only one kigo, taken from the contest list
- Haiku with more than one recognized kigo will be disqualified
2012 Contest Kigo List:
New Year: first reading, year of the dragon
Spring: swallows return, lengthening days
Summer: ants, summer's end
Autumn: harvest moon, autumn sea
Winter: frost, bean soup
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Deadlines This Month:
Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku AwardCompetition for 2012
Modern Haiku is pleased to announce the Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Award Competition for 2012. The purpose of this competition is to honor the life and work of Bob Spiess, editor of Modern Haiku from 1978 to his death on March 13, 2002. Deadline is March 13, 2012.
Full Rules and Contest Guidelines
The Robert Frost Poetry and Haiku Contest
The Studios of Key West was honored to take over the prestigious literary tradition founded by the Heritage House Museum over 18 years ago, and continues a long tradition of the contest, which honors Robert Frost and encourages the creation of new poetry and haiku. TSKW will begin accepting contest entries by email and mail between January 1 and March 15, 2012.
HaikuNow! Contests
The Haiku Foundation created the HaikuNow!
international contests to expand opportunities for writers of English-language haiku. Deadline in hand: March 31, 2012.
More information
The Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku Competition for Grades 7-12
Founded by the Sacred Heart Church in Camden, NJ, and sponsored by the Nick Virgilio Haiku Association in memory of Nicholas A. Virgilio, a charter member of the Haiku Society of America, who died in 1989. The Haiku Society of America cosponsors the contest, provides judges, and publishes the results in Frogpond and on the HSA Web site. Deadline: March 25, 2012. Mildred Kanterman Memorial Merit Book Awards for Excellence in Published Haiku, Translation, and Criticism This award is made possible by Leroy Kanterman, cofounder of the Haiku Society of America, in memory of his wife Mildred Kanterman. See the archives of Merit Book Awards. Deadline: In hand by March 31, 2012 |
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Next month:
May the wind be at your back, Katharine Hawkinson HSA Bulletin Editor
Haiku Society of America | |
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| Meet Frogpond Editor
Francine Banwarth lives in Dubuque, Iowa, and began studying and writing haiku in 1988. She has been a member of the HSA since 1989 and served as HSA second vice president from 2008-2011. Read more and see her fabulous photo...
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HSA 2011
Member Anthology
Did you get your copy of the HSA Member Anthology, in pine shade that you purchased? No? Please contact Paul Miller with questions or concerns. (pauldmiller@fullchannel.net)
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Membership in the Haiku Society of America includes a year's subscription to the society's journal, Frogpond (three issues yearly). In addition, members receive the newsletter, Ripples (three issues yearly), the annual information sheet, and an annual address/email list of HSA members.
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A reminder to everyone to please visit the new HSA Facebook page. Click the "like" button there and share news, poems and discussion!
Why? Because the old HSA page will be going away.
By creating a new HSA page (instead of the old group), we believe we can better serve the needs of members and others interested in haiku.
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Do you need help with your haiku? Do you want to correspond with others to have your haiku read and critiqued? Please contact your Regional Coordinator! Your RC can put you in contact with people in your region who are interested in helping you out! | |
National Cherry Blossom Festival Volunteer Opportunity
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