Haiku Contests
Vladimir Devidé
Haiku Award
Limit 1 haiku. The winner, runners up and those commended by the jury, will receive diplomas and their work will be published as a limited edition almanac. Results August 22. Judges Dr Drago Štambuk, Tomislav Maretić and Nikola Đuretić.
Closes: July 3.
Cost: Free.
Full details from this website.
Wales Haiku Journal
Summer Competition
Cash prizes totalling £275, plus publication. Results announced August 15.
Closes: July 31.
Cost: Two payment levels.
Full details from the website.
Snapshot Press eChapbook Awards
For unpublished short collections of short poems, including haiku, tanka and haibun. Winners will have their collections published online by Snapshot Press (UK). Winners announced on September 30.
Closes: July 31.
Cost: £15/$US20 per entry.
Full details from the website.
Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest
Limit 4 haiku. Results are announced on October 12 to mark the death anniversary of Basho. Please note the entry condition that copyright will remain with the sponsors.
Closes: July 31.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
Penumbra Haiku Contest
Cash prizes totalling $US200, plus publication of the top haiku in the Seven Hills Review. Finalists notified by November 30 with winners announced in December.
Closes: Enter by July 31 for an earlybird discount, otherwise October 15.
Cost: Earlybird $US10 ($US5 for TWA members).
Full details from the website.
Lines & Lyrics
Haiku Contest
For Bay of Plenty (NZ) residents only. Limit 5 haiku. Send entries as a Word document but with no identifying information. Put your name in the covering email only and write ‘submission’ in the subject line. Prizegiving August 28 (National Poetry Day) at Tauranga Library, along with readings.
Closes: August 1.
Cost: Free.
Enter by email.
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 22-25. Judge is Antoinette Cheung.
Open: July 13-August 30.
Cost: $US5/5 haiku.
Full details from the website.
Kusamakura
Haiku Competition
Limit 2 haiku. First prize receives ¥500,000 travel expenses to attend the awards ceremony on November 1. Other prizes also. Winners informed by email in the middle of October. Winning poems will appear on the website.
Closes: August 31.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
Morioka International
Haiku Contest
Limit 2 haiku. Results announced November 14. Judges Michael Dylan Welch and Toru Kiuchi.
Closes: August 31.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website.
Ama Pearls
Waka Contest
Limit 10 waka. An explanation of the waka form may be found on the website.
Submit: July 15-August 31.
Cost: $US1/waka (free for Waka Society of America members).
Full details from the website (scroll down).
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 at the end of October and posted to the website.
Closes: September 1.
Cost: Free.
Full details from the website. Scroll down for English.