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		<title>Event Calendars Updated November 11, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billie Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Event Calendars have been updated as of November 11, 2011.  These tools are designed to help haiku poets keep track of journal and other submission dates, haiku gatherings, and contest entry deadlines,  They are available in either pdf or html versions.  The main document has publications, gatherings, contests, and other matters of interest to haiku poets; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Submissions to the Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards for 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Award The Haiku Foundation’s Touchstone Awards Series enters its second year. and includes the Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards for 2011. The Touchstone Awards Series is a family of awards designed to recognize and reward excellence in the field of haiku. The Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards will be bestowed annually on published collections of poems, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HaikuNow! Winners for 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Haiku Foundation created the HaikuNow! contest in order to encourage writers to explore English-language haiku. This year’s contest drew participants from over 50 countries. We had 240 entries in the Innovative category, 303 entries in the Contemporary category and 315 in Traditional. We are pleased to announce the winners for the 2011 HaikuNow! contests: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HaikuNow! Contest for 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2011/01/06/haikunow-contest-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 05:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce the start of our second annual HaikuNow! contest today! Prizes will be awarded for English-language haiku in three categories: traditional, contemporary and innovative. Anyone is free to enter one unpublished haiku per category. Please see the main HaikuNow! page for deadlines and other requirements. The winning poems from last year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Events Calendars Updated</title>
		<link>http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2010/10/06/5504/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billie Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Event Calendars have been updated with several new items—and some deadlines have recently been extended. These calendars are intended as tools to help haiku poets keep track of journal submission and contest entry deadlines, They are available in either pdf or html versions. The main document has publications and contests; the other is a contests-only [...]]]></description>
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