Haiku Happenings

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News & Events

Congratulations

To Kirsten Cliff Elliot, who has been placed First in the Haiku for a Fossil Fuel Treaty (paperboats contest, Scotland) and a Highly Commended in the contest’s other category, Haiku for a Rewilding Nation. See all the winning poems here.

To Peter Free who has received an HM in the Tokutomi Memorial Haiku Contest (US). See the winners’ names here.

To Anne Curran, Peter Free and Owen Bullock who have all had work selected to appear in the online anthology from the Yamadera Basho Haiku Contest (Japan). Read the anthology here. Division 1b is the English-language section.

To Jenny Fraser who has been placed Second in the traditional section of the Jane Reichhold Memorial Haiga Contest (US). See all the winning entries and read the judges’ comments here.

NZPS Anthology sold out

Paint Me, the 2024 NZPS Anthology, has gone into a second – and final – print run, already sold out!