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Harold G Henderson Award
Cash prizes totalling $US300 and winning haiku published in Frogpond and on the HSA website. Limit of 10 haiku.
Closes: In hand July 31.
Cost: $US1/ haiku.
Full details from the website.
Gerald Brady Memorial Award for Senryu
Cash prizes totalling $US225 with winning poems published in Frogpond and on the HSA website. Limit of 10 senryu.
Closes: In hand July 31.
Cost: $US1/ senryu.
Full details from the website.
League of Minnesota Poets Haiku Award
Cash prizes totalling $US45. Limit 1 haiku.
Closes: July 31 (postmarked).
Cost: $US1/poem.
For full details see the website (haiku is category 17; rules at the end of the page).
Basho Festival
Limit of 10 haiku. Results are announced on October 12 to mark the death anniversary of Basho. Please note the entry condition that copyright will remain with the sponsors.
Closes: July 31.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
Saigyo Tanka Award
Cash prizes totalling $US175 (prizewinners outside the US will receive subscriptions to tanka journals). Limit 10 tanka.
Deadline: In hand August 1.
Cost: Free.
For full details see this website.
Moonset Competition
For haiku, senryu, tanka, renku, haibun and haiga. Winners notified September 1 and results published in the (northern) autumn/winter issue of moonset. Prizes are subscriptions and copies of moonset.
Deadline: In hand August 1.
Cost: $US2/ entry, no limit on entry number.
For full details see the website, scroll towards bottom.
Tomato Haiku Competition
For 5-7-5 haiku only. Cash prizes totalling $US300. Haiku must celebrate the tomato as part of the East Nashville Tomato Art Festival. The top 10 poems will be posted on the festival website and read during the festival.
Deadline: August 4.
Cost: Free.
For full details see the website.
City of Perth Haiku Contest
Cash prizes totalling $A165. Limit of 5 haiku/senryu; send all on 1 A4 page with your name on the bottom. A separate sheet should contain your contact details. Winners will be listed in the library and on the library's website on September 1; and displayed in the library from September 1-13.
Closes: August 7.
Cost: Free.
Send by e-mail to library.perth@cityofperth.wa.gov.au with "haiku 2008" in the subject line. For full details, and they are quite explicit, see this website.
Katikati Haiku Contest
Cash prizes totalling $NZ80 in the senior section; $NZ55 in the junior. Proceeds to the Katikati Haiku Pathway project. Send 2 copies of each poem with 1 copy only including your name & contact details (if entering in the junior section also include your age). For results send ssae or include e-mail address. Results will be announced during Katikati's Mural Festival (September 29-October 4) and winning poems published in Bravado literary journal. Send unpublished poems only (broadcast or appearance on the internet is deemed to constitute publication).
Deadline: In hand August 30.
Cost: 18 & over: $NZ5/3 haiku or $NZ2/haiku; or $US5/3 haiku or $US2/haiku. 17 & under: $NZ1 for up to 2 haiku or $US1/2 haiku.
Send entries to: Katikati Haiku Contest, PO Box 183, Katikati, New Zealand. No e-mail entries.
Mainichi Daily News Haiku Contest
Limit of 2 haiku in the international section. Books, etc as prizes. Also a children's section. Please note the copyright restrictions. Winners announced in January 2009.
Deadline: August 31.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
Jerry Kilbride Memorial Haibun Contest
Named in honour of a well-known American haijin. Cash prizes of $US150. Winners will be posted on the Central Valley Haiku Club website.
Closes: September 1.
Cost: $US5/haibun.
Full details from the website.
Kusamakura Haiku Competition
Limit of 2 haiku. First prize receives airticket to Kumamoto and accommodation, as well as ¥50,000 ($648). Other prizes totalling ¥60,000. Winners announced in November. A magazine containing all entries will be sent at the end of February 2009.
Closes: September 10.
Cost: Free.
For full details see the website.
Haiku International Association Contest
Limit 2 haiku, using the e-mail application form. Winners announced November 10. The results will appear in the HI journal and on the HIA website.
Closes: Postmarked September 10.
Cost: Free.
For full details see the website.
HSA Bernard Lionel Einbond Renku Competition
Cash prizes totalling $US150, publication in Frogpond and on the HSA website. A renku may consist of 36, 20, or 12 stanzas (kasen, nijûin, or junicho forms) written by two or more persons, each of whom contributes a substantial number of individually-authored stanzas. Any particular author may appear in no more than three different renku entered.
Deadline: In hand by September 15.
Cost: $US15/manuscript.
Full details from the website, including past winners.
One Thousand Cranes Haiku Competition
Forming part of the Origami Peace Tree Festival in Romania, this competition aims to be a bridge between haiku and origami. The contest title is a refernce to both of the Japanese legend and of the moving story of Sadako Sasaki.
Send 2 unpublished haiku - one on the theme of origami, the other open - in the "classical form" (ie, 5-7-5 with kigo, kireji, etc). Winners receive competition anthologies and results will be announced during the festival, November 3-9.
Closes: September 15.
Cost: Free.
Full details from this website (you may need to scroll down a little to find it).
Haiku Calendar Ludbreg 2009
Cash prizes totalling $US170, plus copies of the calendar. Limit 3 haiku. Send 1 copy of each poem, including your name, age, occupation and address. Winners announced by the end of December. Send an addressed envelope and 2 IRCs for results.
Closes: September 17.
Cost: Free.
Post entries to: Zdenko Oreč, Petra Zrinskoga 49, 42230 Ludbreg, Croatia. Or e-mail Mirko Varga or Boris Nazansky.
Irish Haiku Society Competition
Cash prizes totalling €230.
Closes: September 30.
Cost: €3/£2.50/$US4 per haiku; €20/£15/$US25 per 7 haiku.
Full details from the website.
Tanka Splendour Contest
Thirty-one tanka and three tanka sequences will be published in Tanka Splendor 2008 and each winning entry will also receive a $US20 book voucher for AHA Books. Submit either a group of up to 3 unpublished tanka or 1 tanka sequence of any length. Those entering by e-mail also do the judging.
Closes: Midnight, September 30.
Cost: Free.
Full details and entry form from the website.
