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Cthulhu Haiku Contest
Cash prizes totalling $C30, plus magazines and books for each of the three prizewinners. Prizes mailed after October 31. Limit 3 haiku and poems must contain an element of "Cthulhu mythos/lovecraft".
Closes: September 3.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
Kusamakura Haiku Competition
Limit 2 haiku. First prize receives airticket to Kumamoto and accommodation, as well as ¥50,000 ($648). Other prizes totalling ¥60,000. Winners announced in mid-November and prizes awarded on November 27. A magazine containing all entries will be sent at the end of February 2011 and winning haiku will be posted to the website.
Closes: September 13.
Cost: Free.
For full details see the website.
Haiku International Association Contest
Limit 2 haiku. Winners announced November 26. The results will appear in the HI journal and on the HIA website.
Closes: September 15.
Cost: Free.
For full details see the website.
Triparshva Renku Contest
The winning poem will be published, together with a detailed critique, in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Renga & Renku. All entries will be considered as content for inclusion in the journal. A book will be awarded to the sabaki of the winning poem. Solo triparhsva poems also welcome.
Closes: October 1.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
Single Island Press Haiku Contest
Cash prizes totalling $US450. Winners announced on December 1 and published on the haikumuse blog. Limit 3 haiku.
Closes: In hand by October 15.
Cost: $US5/entry.
Full details from the website.
Kokako Tanka Competition
Cash prizes totalling $NZ300 and winners published in Kokako (April 2011). Judge is Richard von Sturmer. Unlimited entries; unpublished tanka only may be entered.
Closes: October 31.
Cost: $NZ2/tanka or $NZ5/3 tanka; or $US1/tanka or $US3/4 tanka. Make NZ cheques payable to "Kokako".
Send 2 copies of each poem with name, address and other contact details on one copy only to: Patricia Prime, 42 Flanshaw Rd, Te Atatu South, Auckland 8, New Zealand.
For further information email Patricia Prime or see the September issue of Kokako (subscription details in Publications).
Irish Haiku Society Competition
Cash prizes totalling €230, plus 7 highly commended awards for haiku/senryu of fewer than 17 syllables. Winners announced in early November. Judge is Anthony Anatoly Kudryavitsky.
Closes: October 31.
Cost: €3/£2.50/$US4 per haiku; €20/£15/$US25 per 7 haiku.
Full details from the website.
Haiku Presence Award
Cash prizes totalling £200. Winners published in Haiku Presence. Judge is Martin Lucas.
Closes: October 31.
Cost: £5/$US10/€10 for up to 5 haiku; additional entries £1/$US2/€2 per haiku. Payment may be made through the website using PayPal.
Full details from the website.
Haiku Poets of Northern California
Haiku, senryu and tanka. Cash prizes totalling $US175 in the haiku contest; $US100 in the other categories. Results announced in January and winning poems published in the HPNC journal, Mariposa.
Closes: In hand October 31.
Cost: $US1/poem.
Full details from the website.
With Words International Online Haiku Competition
Cash prizes totalling £250. Half the profits go to supporting literacy in the developing world. 3-line haiku only; winners published on the website by Christmas. Judge is Alan Summers.
Closes: November 21.
Cost: £2/haiku, £5/3 haiku or £10/10 haiku. Payment may made through the website using PayPal.
For full details see the website.
HPNC Rengay Contest
First prize of $US100. Winner announced in January and winning poem published in Mariposa, the HPNC membership journal.
Closes: In hand November 30.
Cost: $US5/poem.
Full details from the website.
Moonbathing Tanka Contest
For women only. Limit 1 unpublished tanka on the subject of "moonbathing", whatever that means to you. The winner will feature in issue 3 of Moonbathing and receive two issues of the journal as the prize. If you send your entry with a submission, please label it "Moonbathing contest".
Closes: In-hand December 15.
Cost: Free.
For full details see this website.
