Submissions are now CLOSED!
We will be open August 1-14 2024
for the next contest window
for haiku/senryu ONLY.
Buttons will go live when we reopen.
We will be open August 1-14 2024
for the next contest window
for haiku/senryu ONLY.
Buttons will go live when we reopen.
Submit:
Criteria:
Submissions are free and will be via Google form (button will be added below when submission window opens).
A note about selected poems: There will be no placements — no "bests" — in this contest. All winners will be on equal footing, each bringing something different to enrich, educate, and inspire.
Each selected poet will have a brief interview about their process, which will be published after the commentary written by our panelists.
References:
UFOs in Haiku by Jim Kacian
whiptail Lizard Lounge
See our social media and previous years’ winners for examples.
- Haiku/Senryu (This includes multi-ku/woven poems on a single theme but not sequences that link and shift.)
Criteria:
- Unpublished poems only.
- Up to two poems per person.
- Single author entries.
- Acceptable to submit as jpg or png in order to maintain special formatting of text only (including concrete but no images that include art).
- For each poem submitted, submit answers to the following questions (200 words or less for both questions combined):
- Share a bit about your process or inspiration for the poem.
- How do you think the poem helps to push the boundaries of or contributes to the genre?
Submissions are free and will be via Google form (button will be added below when submission window opens).
A note about selected poems: There will be no placements — no "bests" — in this contest. All winners will be on equal footing, each bringing something different to enrich, educate, and inspire.
Each selected poet will have a brief interview about their process, which will be published after the commentary written by our panelists.
References:
UFOs in Haiku by Jim Kacian
whiptail Lizard Lounge
See our social media and previous years’ winners for examples.