October 15, 2012
Haiku Society of America
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!

Contest Winners Announced

The judges, Susan Antolin and Susan Constatble, have announced their selections for the 2012 Gerald Brady Memorial Senryu Contest. From the 356 entries they have awarded first place to Julie Warther, second place to Michele L. Harvey, third place and an unranked honorable mention to Terri L. French, and honorable mentions to Tom Painting and Jim Kacian. The text of the poems and the judges' comments will appear in a future edition of Frogpond.

The judge for the second annual H.S.A. Haibun Contest was Roberta Beary. She has selected prizes from the 58 entries as follows: first prize to Tom Painting for "Phases," second prize to Michele Root-Bernstein for "Say Summer," third prize to Terri L. French for "Dragons Live Forever," and an honorable mention to Mark Smith for "Pining Ground." The full texts and judge's comments will be published in a future edition of Frogpond.


Winter Light: A Carolina Haiku Gathering Dec 14-16

Tired of haiku about cats, zombies and computer error messages?

 

You are not alone.

 

Come see what else haiku can do at Winter Light: A Carolina Haiku Gathering. We'll have workshops, readings, and performances by North Carolina poets Lenard D. Moore, Curtis Dunlap, and others. Plus, out of town guests including Ce Rosenow, President of the Haiku Society of America.

 

Sponsored by the North Carolina Haiku Society and  Piedmont S.L.A.M.

 

Click here for a link to their gorgeous poster.


LeRoy Gorman Appointed as New Honorary Curator of the American Haiku Archives

The advisory board of the American Haiku Archives, which houses the Haiku Society of America archives, is pleased to announce the appointment of LeRoy Gorman as the 2012-2013 honorary curator of the American Haiku Archives at the California State Library in Sacramento (www.americanhaikuarchives.org). 

 

This honor is in recognition of his devotion to and enthusiasm for haiku development and exploration in Canada, with exemplary influence upon all English-language haiku across North America and abroad through his publications and editing, and his decades-long support of haiku through the Haiku Canada organization. His poetry consistently shows admirable creativity, courage, and range, embracing both traditional and visual/minimalist approaches to haiku and related genres of poetry. Gorman succeeds Jerry Ball, who was the honorary curator for the previous year. We are pleased to bestow this honor from the American Haiku Archives, which seeks to preserve and promote haiku and related poetry throughout the North American continent.

 
For more information about LeRoy Gorman as the archives' 16th honorary curator, including sample poems, a biography, photo, and additional web links, please visit this link.
 
-Michael Dylan Welch, American Haiku Archives Advisory Board Member

 

Phyllis Walsh, Hummingbird Editor, 1928-2012
The Haiku Society of America is saddened to report the passing of longtime editor and poet Phyllis Anne Walsh. Her widely respected short-poetry journal, Hummingbird, was always professional, gracious, and classy, with earlier issues produced in letterpress editions. The magazine began in 1991 and was published quarterly until 2007, and then appeared twice yearly starting in 2008. It celebrated haiku, senryu, and tanka among other genres of short poetry. Novelist and poet Norbert Blei once described Hummingbird as "one of the world's finest publications dedicated to the small poem. It breathes clarity, lifts light on every humming page." Phyllis's own books included Center Stillness (Scythe Press, 1989), River: A Haiku Sequence (Hummingbird Press, 1993), and To Find a Rainbow (Hummingbird Press, 1997). She also published a book about another fine Wisconsin poet devoted to short poetry: Lorine Niedecker: Solitary Plover (Juniper Press, 1992). Phyllis Walsh was born on November 4, 1928, in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, and passed away on September 3, 2012, at the age of 83, in Greendale, Wisconsin. She is survived by two children and grandchildren.
-Michael Dylan Welch
2012
Seabeck Haiku Getaway Group Photo 2012
photo by Michael Dylan Welch
Seabeck Haiku Getaway Celebrated Five Years

 

Tanya McDonald and Michael Dylan Welch put together another wonderfully inspiring weekend on the Hood Canal of Washington at Seabeck.  The special guest was Paul Miller, current treasurer for the Haiku Society of America, and incoming editor for Modern Haiku magazine.  The dates for next year's event will be October 10-13, 2013.

 

There were 51 individual attendees, but not all there for the entire Thursday afternoon-Sunday afternoon event.  For information about the events and to see photos, visit the Haiku Northwest website or follow Haiku Northwest on Facebook.  Twitter users can follow discussion topics and see photos using the hashtag #SeabeckHaiku.

 

The winners of the Francine Porad haiku competition were announced at the retreat.  The contest was judged by Deborah P. Kolodji and coordinated by Nancy Dahlberg.  First place went to Dejah Leger of Shoreline, WA.  Second place was Carole MacRury of Point Roberts, WA and Third went to Timothy Russell of Toronto, OH.  Honorable Mentions went to Mark Smith of Keyser, WV, Cara Homan of Portland, OR, Barbara Snow of Eugene, OR and paul m. of Bristol, RI.


Katharine Hawkinson 
HSA Bulletin Editor
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Garden State Reading

 

Haiku Poets of the Garden State will hold a reading on Sunday, November 11, 2012 at the Library of the Chathams, 214 Main St., Chatham, NJ 07928 from 2:30-4:30 P.M. 

 

The library's phone number is 973-635-0603.

Thank you.

Diane Lynch  

 

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