Haiku Contests
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 Unpublished and previously published work accepted.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 Extended to October 30.
Cost: $US10 (there is a discount for members of the TWA), plus early bird entry until August 31.
Full details at 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.
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: $US1/poem.
Full details from the website.
Polish International Haiku Competition
Details coming soon.
Matsuyama Inspires Photo Haiku Contest
Limit one haiku in each of the two categories: Haiku inspired by a provided photo; haiku inspired by a photo you’ve taken. Cash prizes. Judges are Masako Katutani and Kit Pancoast Nagamura. Results announced at the end of February.
Closes: December 12.
Cost: Free.
Full details here.
Rachel Sutcliffe Memorial Haiku-arts Contest
Judges are Bille Dee, Richard L. Matta and Edward Cody Huddleston. Results announced February 15 and winners published March 15. More details to follow.
Submit: December 1-15.
Cost: Free.
Full details available November 20 at the website.
Touchstone Poem Awards
For haiku/senryu published during 2025. A number of awards will be given for poems the panel believes represent a noteworthy addition to English-language haiku. Anyone who has had a haiku/senryu published during 2025 may nominate 2 poems, 1 of which may be their own. Results announced April 17, 2026.
Closes: December 31.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
Touchstone Haibun Awards
For haibun published during 2025. Two haibun may be nominated, one of which may be your own. A panel of judges will bestow a number of awards for poems they believe represent a noteworthy addition to English-language haibun. Results April 17, 2026.
Closes: December 31.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
Touchstone Book Awards
The award is open to books, both print and e-books, published in the calendar year 2025.
Closes: December 31 (postmark).
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
Irish Haiku Society Competition
Cash prizes totalling €300, plus 7 highly commended awards. Winners announced in January 2026. Judge is Anatoly Kudryavitsky.
Closes: December 31.
Cost: €3/£2.50/$US3 per haiku; or €20/£17/$US20 per 7 haiku.
Full details from the website.
BHS Awards
Haiku: Cash prizes totalling £350, judges are Jim Kacian and Lakshmi Iyer. Tanka: Cash prizes totalling £350, judges are Alan Peat and Michael Dylan Welch. Haibun: Cash prizes totalling £175, judge is Diana Webb. Winning work published in the BHS journal Blithe Spirit in May and posted to the website.
Closes: In-hand January 31.
Cost: From £5.50 for 3 haiku / tanka / haibun on a rising scale.
Full details from the website.
San Francisco International Rengay Contest
First prize of $US100. The winning linked-verse poem will be published in Mariposa, the HPNC membership journal.
Closes: In hand January 31.
Cost: $US5/poem.
Full details from the website.
Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar Contest
Twelve haiku will be picked as monthly winners sharing a cash prize of £400/$US600; 40 others as runners-up. All will be published. Haiku should include a seasonal word or activity. Results announced on March 31.
Closes: January 31.
Cost: £10/$US15 for up to 4 haiku; £20/$US30 up to 12 haiku.
Full details (including advice on seasonal words; how to assign months) from the website.