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The Sora AwardExpect more about the following in the next Ripples, but until then I'd like everyone to know...
Sora was Basho's loyal traveling companion on his poetic journey to the north of Japan. As such, he is a fitting symbol for service to haiku. The Sora Award was established a little over twelve years ago, in June 2001. It's given for service to the Haiku Society of America, honoring a member who has made an outstanding contribution to our organization over time. On August 16 I had the distinct pleasure of announcing the next recipient of the society's highest service award in a brief ceremony that took place aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, at the Haiku North America conference. Three times Frogpond editor, twice second vice president, one-time president, one-time treasurer, active in the Northeast Metro Region--and on top of all this devoted and energetic service, a terrific haiku poet--the recipient of the certificate and glass frog was, most deservedly, John Stevenson.
Congratulations, John, and thank you once again for all that you have done and continue doing for the HSA!
Members' Anthologies
According to its editor, Carolyn Dancy--with production support generously provided by Mike Montreuil--the 2013 members' anthology is scheduled to be shipped to all members, on time, this October.
And we have not given up hope on the 2012 anthology! Last month, after I posted a message in this e-bulletin about possibly canceling it, the editor contacted me to promise the book would be finished by Labor Day. Meanwhile, several of you have written to kindly offer editorial help. I presented a similar offer last April, but the editor turned it down. If at any point she runs into difficulty and changes her mind, she is welcome to send what she has done so far. I will be happy to see that the book is finished by a volunteer co-editor.
HSA Elections
I have appointed the Nomination Committee for our elections this fall. I thank Jeannie Martin (chair), Aubrey Cox, Debbie Kolodji, and Peg McAulay Byrd for their service. We have set a deadline of October 15 for nominations. We are especially keen for volunteers to run for the positions of HSA Secretary (Angela Terry is stepping down) and Regional Coordinators for Oregon and for the Mountains & Plains. If you feel that you have the talents, temperament, and desire to run for any of the positions on the ballot, please do so. The HSA will be a stronger and more viable organization if more potential leaders would offer their services and their visions for our future. Win or lose, it's a healthy thing for HSA when new candidates offer fresh ideas and incumbents, in response, are required to update and fine-tune their own visions for the Society.
In past years the ballot went out along with the hard copy of Ripples. This year, now that Ripples is an online publication, a separate paper ballot would cost around $500 in printing and postage. Therefore, we are going to try something new to save money and trees. The online election service, Election Buddy, charges $99 to run a secure, online election for an organization of our size. This month we will be running a free test with them during which Executive Committee officers will fill out a mock ballot, assisted by HSA volunteer Jim Sullivan. If all looks good, we'll schedule our electronic election for the week of November 10-16. A secure link will be emailed to you, along with instructions, the ballot, and candidates' statements. Mark your calendars! Members without Internet access will receive paper ballots as usual.
And, just to squeeze as much good as possible
from our $99 investment in Election Buddy,
we plan to also use the ballot to solicit
your suggestions for improving the HSA.
David G. Lanoue, HSA President
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Charles Trumbull Appointed
as the 2013-2014
Honorary Curator of the
American Haiku Archives
 The American Haiku Archives advisory board is pleased to announce the appointment of Charles Trumbull as the 2013-2014 honorary curator of the American Haiku Archives at the California State Library in Sacramento. This honor is in recognition of his support for haiku organizations in many capacities, as a scholar writing about the genre, and as a poet. Charles has served as editor for Modern Haiku magazine, as president of the Haiku Society of America, as a director of the Haiku North America conference, and as publisher of Deep North Press, among many other contributions to English-language haiku. It is particularly fitting to appoint Charles as honorary curator of the American Haiku Archives because of Charlie's deep interest in preserving the history of haiku literature. His many papers and presentations on haiku at haiku meetings and conferences have frequently focused on historical aspects of haiku in English, and his two-part essay, "The American Haiku Movement," is the definitive history of haiku poetry in the United States. 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.
The American Haiku Archives, which includes the Haiku Society of America archives, is the largest public collection of haiku materials outside Japan. Each year since the archives were established on July 12, 1996, the AHA advisory board, currently chaired together by Garry Gay and Randy Brooks, appoints a new honorary curator (an idea suggested by the former California state librarian, Dr. Kevin Starr). Past curators, in order starting from the first year, have been Elizabeth Searle Lamb, Jerry Kilbride, Cor van den Heuvel, Robert Spiess, Lorraine Ellis Harr, Leroy Kanterman, William J. Higginson, Makoto Ueda, Francine Porad, Hiroaki Sato, H. F. Noyes, George Swede, Stephen Addiss, Gary Snyder, Jerry Ball, and LeRoy Gorman.
The AHA advisory board is delighted to pay tribute to Charles Trumbull as the seventeenth honorary curator of the American Haiku Archives. For more information, including a biography, listing of publications, web links, and sample poems, please visit http://americanhaikuarchives.org/curators/CharlesTrumbull.html.
Michael Dylan Welch
American Haiku Archives Advisory Board Member
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Reminder Submissions for the November 1, 2013 issues of Ripples are due by October 1, 2013. Please be sure to add in which section
of the newsletter you want your submission printed. The sections are as follows: HSA News, Print Publications Announcements, Contest Results, and Regional News. If your submission includes photos, please be sure they are in jpeg format. Lastly, please don't forget to include where the photo was taken, who took it, and the names of the people in it (from left to right). I'm looking forward to this next issue of Ripples. I hope you are too.
Until then,
Adrienne Christian, Ripples editor
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Contemporary Haiku:
Where Do We Go From Here?
The Midwest Region will host HSA's Annual National Meeting with an exciting symposium and cultural events in Metro Chicago, Friday through Sunday, Sept. 27-29.
The Symposium's theme will be: Contemporary Haiku: Where Do We Go From Here? The event will be held at the Holiday Inn in Evanston IL, along Chicago's North Shore.
The gathering is already drawing participants and speakers from 20 states, Japan, and Canada.
The Symposium will feature a keynote speech from Professor Toshio Kimura, Director of the Haiku International Association in Tokyo. He will speak on the new era of haiku and how the role of nature is being defined.
There will be a panel of editors addressing the future of American haiku. It will include: Stanford Forrester of bottle rockets, Francine Banwarth of Frogpond, George Swede, former Editor of Frogpond, Roberta Beary, Haibun Editor of Modern Haiku, and Dr. Randy Brooks, Editor of Mayfly. The panel will also field questions on what editors seek in haiku submissions.
Among other highlights will be a presentation by Roberta Beary on haibun, a prose piece that uses embedded haiku to enhance the composition's resonance and effect. During this presentation, haibun that has been submitted to the presenter ahead of time, will be anonymously critiqued during the session. There will also be a haiga presentation--haiku combined with art--by Lidia Rozmus, an artist-poet. Her work will be exhibited during the Symposium.
In addition, Dr. David G. Lanoue, HSA President will give a presentation, "Reading the New Haiku," that will explore postmodern haiku of the 21st century to arrive at authorial intention versus readers' invention in haiku.
Other highlights will include a guided meditation, a haiku book/journal display with signings by authors, a raffle of haiku journals and books, and readings by poets.
The event will also feature networking meals held at ethnic restaurants in the quaint town of Evanston, and cultural events including a guided architectural tour of the world-famous Baha'i House of Worship in nearby Wilmette. This will also include a nature walk (Ginko) through the Temple's gardens to inspire the writing of haiku. Further, a guided tour of Northwestern University's Block Museum, a major tourist attraction, will be included, among other cultural field trips.
A schedule of events, biographies of speakers, registration form, and instructions for hotel reservations, may be requested by email from Charlotte Digregorio, HSA Midwest Regional Coordinator, at c-books@hotmail.com.
Schedule
Friday, Sept. 27
6 p.m.
Dinner, Giordano's, 1527 Chicago Ave., Evanston. No Host.
Optional: After dinner, concert in the community.
Saturday, Sept. 28
8 to 9 a.m.
HSA Annual National Board Meeting. Nomination of officers and other business.
Open to the public.
9 to 9:30 a.m.
Check-in with registration materials given.
9:30 to 9:40 a.m.
Welcome by Charlotte Digregorio, HSA Midwest Regional Coordinator
9:40-10:30 a.m.
Keynote Speech by Professor Toshio Kimura, (Tokyo, Japan), followed by questions.
Title: New Era/Epoch of Haiku
Prof. Kimura will discuss modern/non-traditional haiku and how we define the role of nature in it.
10:40 to 11 a.m.
Guided Meditation, by William Shehan, (Illinois).
11 a.m. to Noon
Editor's Panel: What Is The Future of American Haiku?
Panel Moderator: Marsh Muirhead, (Minnesota)
Panelists:
Stanford Forrester, (Connecticut); George Swede, (Canada); Roberta Beary, (Maryland); Francine Banwarth, (Iowa); and Dr. Randy Brooks, (Illinois). Panel will share their perspectives on this theme, and also answer questions about what editors seek in haiku submissions.
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30--2:30 p.m.
Haibun-- Blood, Sweat and Tears
Subtitle: Anonymous Haibun Workshop, by Roberta Beary, (Maryland)
Do you have what it takes for your haibun to be accepted for publication? Haibun Editor Roberta Beary, along with the audience, will edit your haibun according to Modern Haiku submission guidelines:
(1) Each verse should be able to stand on it own as a haiku, without reference to the prose; (2) The prose should be composed in haikai style-that is, with an eye to brevity, objectivity, and non-intellectualization; (3) The haiku and the prose should stand in the same relationship to one another as do the two parts of the haiku-that is, one part should not repeat, explain, or continue the other, rather the juxtaposition of the two should lead the reader to experience added insight or resonance. Haibun are generally, but not necessarily, titled.
Important: Participants who wish to submit haibun must email no more than one haibun (without name appearing anywhere on the work) to Roberta Beary by Aug. 21: shortpoems@gmail.com
2:45-3:15 p.m
Haiga: A few words, a few brush strokes, by Lidia Rozmus, (Illinois)
The artist-poet will give an Introduction to haiga - tradition, aesthetics, and tools. It will be followed by questions and answers.
3:15-3:30 p.m.
Break: Viewing of Lidia Rozmus' Haiga
Haiku Book/Journal Display
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Workshop: Reading the New Haiku
by Dr. David G. Lanoue, HSA President, (Louisiana)
(1) An exploration of postmodern haiku of the 21st century to arrive at "a" meaning as opposed to "the" meaning;
(2) To consider authorial intention versus readers' invention in haiku: Are there limits? Are there rules for poets and readers? Should there be?
4:30-5 p.m.
Raffle of Haiku Journals/Books
Networking with Panelists/Speakers
Book Signing/Sales
Optional:
5:30 p.m.
Dinner, Celtic Knot Public House, 626 Church St., Evanston. No Host.
Following dinner, haiku reading at the Restaurant.
Sunday, Sept. 29
9:30 a.m.
Architectural Tour of world-famous Baha'i House of Worship, Wilmette, IL.
(Free Guided Group Tour). Afterwards, Ginko walk through its beautiful gardens.
11:30
Lunch at Whole Foods Deli, 1640 Chicago Ave., Evanston.
Afternoon
Free guided group tour of Northwestern University's Block Museum in Evanston.
Grosse Point Lighthouse in Evanston, walk on the beautiful beach of Lake Michigan, or trip to downtown Chicago.
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HSA Bulletin Editor
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