Haiku Contests
Fujisan Tanka Contest
Limit 1 tanka on the theme of Mt Fuji. Winners announced in mid-December.
Closes: September 20.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
Haiku International Association Contest
Limit 2 haiku. Winners announced December 4. The results will appear in the HI journal and on the HIA website.
Closes: September 20.
Cost: tba.
Full details from the website.
Haiku Crush Anthology
Cash prizes totalling $US330. Unpublished and previously published work accepted. Winners announced in January. The online anthology will comprise 50 haiku selected from entries.
Closes: October 13.
Cost: $US9 for every 4 haiku.
Full details from the website.
Penumbra Haiku Contest
Limit 1 haiku. Cash prizes totalling $US225. Finalists notified by November 30 with winners announced in December.
Closes: October 15.
Cost: $US10 (there is a discount for members of the TWA), plus early bird entry until August 31.
Full details at the website.
San Francisco International Competition
Haiku, senryu and tanka. Cash prize of $US100 for the winner in each category. Results announced in January and winning poems published in the Haiku Poets of Northern California journal, Mariposa.
Closes: In hand October 31.
Cost: $US1/poem.
Full details from the website.
Basho-an International English Haiku Contest
Limit 10 haiku. Winners notified at the end of January 2026. Winning poems will be published on websites and in an anthology next October. Note the copyright restriction. Judges are Kai Hasegawa, Naoko Fujita and Dhugal J. Lindsay.
Closes: October 31.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.