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; the other is a contests-only version. They can be used as checklists as well as reminders. Many thanks to everyone who sends information to help us keep the information current and correct. Please continue to send new information, updates, and corrections to calendar/at/thehaikufoundation.org (replacing /at/ with @).
Events
The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Bowl 2011, a game show modeled on the GE College Bowl television show of the 1950s, but featuring questions about haiku, was a smash hit at Haiku North America this past weekend in Seattle.
The show, moderated by THF President Jim Kacian and adjudicated by Charlie Trumbull, featured two panels of haiku poets, the Birds and the Frogs, testing their haiku knowledge before an engaged and enthusiastic audience. The contest, which ended in a tie, was a remarkable display of haiku erudition.
The Frogs, captained by Eve Luckring, featured David Lanoue, Fay Aoyagi and Michael Dylan Welch, while the Birds, led by Melissa Allen, included Richard Gilbert, Emiko Miyashita and Cor van den Heuvel. The amassed haiku knowledge of these two groups was staggering, as they answered more than 200 questions on varying aspects of haiku, its history, lore and practice, with hardly a misstep. The audience also displayed a high level of understanding of the many aspects of the genre, often anticipating answers, and certainly getting behind their teams with cheers, jeers and a great deal of encouragement.
“That was a hoot,” said Michael Dylan Welch, HNA board member, conference organizer, and committed Frog. ”I haven’t laughed so hard in years,” added Cor van den Heuvel, ardent Bird. ”The fix was in,” opined a member of the audience who wished to remain anonymous (though we understand Rupert Murdoch is looking into who it is and will report shortly).
Safe to say, it was an event no one will forget soon, and it wouldn’t be entirely surprising if it were to be reprised at the next HNA, scheduled for Los Angeles in 2013.
Our Event Calendars have been updated. These tools are designed 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 version. They can be used as checklists as well as reminders. Many thanks to those who have sent information to help us keep the information current and correct. Please continue to send new information, updates, and corrections to calendar/at/thehaikufoundation.org (replacing /at/ with @).
Our Event Calendars have been updated. As time allows, the calendars are also updated between these announcements; but be sure to also check out the Haiku News bulletin boards on the Forum for “breaking news” about haiku events.
The calendars are intended as tools to help haiku poets keep track of journal submission and contest entries. They are available in pdf and html formats. The main document has publications, contests, and haiku gatherings; the other is a contests-only version. They can be used as checklists as well as reminders.
Many thanks to those who send information to help us keep the information current and correct. Please continue to send new information, corrections, and updates, including links to contest results, to: calendar/at/thehaikufoundation.org (replacing /at/ with @). You are also invited to post your haiku news on one of the Haiku News bulletin boards on the Forum.
Our Event Calendars have been updated. As time allows, the calendars are also updated between these announcements; but be sure to also check out the Haiku News bulletin boards on the Forum for “breaking news” about haiku events.
The calendars are intended as tools to help haiku poets keep track of journal submission and contest entries. They are available in pdf and html formats. The main document has publications, contests, and haiku gatherings; the other is a contests-only version. They can be used as checklists as well as reminders.
Many thanks to those who send information to help us keep the information current and correct. Please continue to send new information, corrections, and updates, including links to contest results, to: calendar/at/thehaikufoundation.org (replacing /at/ with @). You are also invited to post your haiku news on one of the Haiku News bulletin boards on the Forum.
