Haiku Contests
Wales Haiku Journal Summer Competition
Cash prizes totalling £175, plus publication. Results announced September 1.
Closes: August 15.
Cost: Two payment levels.
Full details from the website.
Society of Classical Poets Haiku Contest
Limit 3 haiku in the 5-7-5 format. Poems must contain a seasonal word. One cash prize of $US200. Entry is in the Comments section of the website. Results August 28.
Closes: August 15.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
Haiku of the Week Contest
Limit 4 haiku with clear seasonal references. Winning haiku will be used in a 2026 Digital Weekly Planner. Judge is Shloka Shankar.
Closes: August 15.
Cost: First haiku free; additional haiku $US3.
Full details from the website.
Kusamakura Haiku Competition
Limit 2 haiku. To mark the 30th anniversary of the competition, the Grand Prize winner will be invited to Kumamoto and will be given the Reiju Fukuda Award. The invitation includes expenses of up to ￥500,000 (about $US3,450). Also other cash prizes. Winners informed by email at the end of October with an awards ceremony on November 15. Winning poems will appear on the website.
Closes: August 31.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
Porad Haiku Award
Cash prizes totalling $US175 and published on the Haiku Northwest website. Limit 5 haiku. Winners will be announced at the annual Seabeck Getaway, October 23-26. Judge is Jacquie Pearce.
Closes: August 31.
Cost: $US5/5 haiku.
Full details from the website.
Ama Pearls
Waka Contest
Limit 10 waka. An explanation of the waka form may be found on the website.
Closes: August 31
Cost: Membership of the Waka Society of America.
Full details from the website.
Morioka International Haiku Contest
Limit 2 haiku. Results announced November 16. Judges Michael Dylan Welch and Toru Kiuchi.
Closes: September 1.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
Yamadera Bashō Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest
Limit 2 entries. One grand prize and two distinguished work prizes in each division (Division 1b is for non-Japanese entrants). Winners announced end of October and posted to the website.
Closes: September 1.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
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.