Haiku Contests
HSA Merit Book Award
For excellence in published haiku, translation, and criticism. Cash prizes totalling $US600. A list of winners will be published in Frogpond and the HSA website. Books must have been published in 2025 and clearly must contain a printed 2025©. An author or publisher may submit more than one title. Three copies needed of each book.
Closes: February 15.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
Ito En Shinhaiku Contest
Limit 6 haiku. Winning haiku will appear on Oi Ocha product packaging and a contest anthology. Results announced in late October.
Closes: February 28.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
Betty Drevniok Award
Limit of 3 haiku per person. Winners announced in May and published on the Haiku Canada website.
Closes: February 28.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
Sharpening the Green Pencil Haiku Contest
Limit 1 haiku in the short-long-short pattern. Winners announced on April 17.
Closes: February 28.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
Maya Lyubenova International Haiku Contest
Limit 2 haiku, entries may be in English or Bulgarian. Winning haiku announced on April 17. Judges: Iliyana Stoyanova, Vanessa Proctor and Ben Gaa.
Closes: February 28.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
Sijo Writing Competition
Limit 1 sijo. Cash prizes totalling $US2,250. Winners announced by mid-May. Winning poems may be published.
Closes: February 28.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website, including information about the sijo form.
Irmo Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Contest
Limit 1 haiku on the theme of cherry blossom. Judge is Tim Mueller. Results announced March 7.
Open: February 14-March 1.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the FB page.
Robert Spiess Memorial Award
Cash prizes totalling $US175. Winning entries will be published in the (northern) summer issue of Modern Haiku and posted on the website.
Closes: In hand March 13.
Cost: $US1/haiku.
Full details from the website.
Haiku Magazine Contest
Limit of 6 haiku, 5-7-5 format. Results will be published in the (northern) spring/summer issue of Haiku magazine.
Closes: March 31.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website (scroll down to the third post for English rules).
High/Coo Chapbook Competition
Winning authors will receive $US100 and 10 copies of their collection. An entry comprises 30-50 haiku/senryu/tanka, poems may have been previously published.
Closes: April 1.
Cost: $US30 (annual subscription to the High/Coo Chapbook series = 3 issues a year).
Full details from the website.
Fish Haiku Prize
Ten haiku/senryu will be selected to appear in the Fish Anthology 2026, which will be launched in July at the West Cork Literary Festival. Judge is Mary-Jane Holmes. Results announced April 25.
Closes: April 5.
Cost: €5/haiku.
Full details from the website.
Kaji Aso Studio Haiku Contest
Cash prizes totalling $US525 for haiku and $US75 for senryu. Results by May 15.
Closes: April 6.
Cost: $US3/ poem.
Full details from the website.