by Laura Sherman on April 21, 2011
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:
Indian summer
mother dyes her graying hair
the color of straw
—Tom Painting |
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the river freezes . . .
silence is also
an answer
—Francine Banwarth |
we turn turn our clocks ahead
—Christopher Patchel |
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Please see the HaikuNow! archive page for all the judges’ comments!
by Jim Kacian on April 3, 2011
April, as you all know, is National Poetry Month. During April The Haiku Foundation announces its HaikuNow! Contest Winners, ships its Touchstone Book and Poem Awards to its winners, and, beginning in 2012, will sponsor activities on National Haiku Poetry Day, April 17. It’s also the month that spring becomes apparent to most of us in the Norther Hemisphere, and so the renewal of the cycle is uplifting and encouraging to us as well.
What is also true is that April has been the most important month for donations for the Foundation, a tradition we would like to maintain. To that end, an anonymous donor has stepped forward to help make it so. This donor has offered to double all contributions to the Foundation, without limit, through the end of the month. This means your $50 donation will be matched by his/her $100 donation, effectively tripling your contribution.
The Foundation has never had such an opportunity before, and we are eager to make the most of it, and hope you will be as well. We urge you to send cash, check or money order to the address on our Donate page, or use the Paypal button on that page (where you can use your credit card as well as funds from your Paypal account). The Foundation has many improvements and upgrades scheduled for this year, so please help us to keep it in good financial shape. Thank you for your continued support.
Jim Kacian
President
The Haiku Foundation
by Mark Harris on March 14, 2011
The Haiku Foundation presents the results of the inaugural Touchstone Awards. In September of last year, THF introduced the Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards, and two months later, the Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems. The Awards recognize notable achievement in the haiku genre. Works published during the award year were eligible for nomination. The recipients were selected by independent panels comprised of recognized authorities in the field.
The results are posted on our new Touchstone Archive page.
by Billie Wilson on March 7, 2011
Here is an update regarding additions to the Haiku Registry since last report. Each poet’s page is accessible by last name: simply click on that initial in the search index on the opening page.
To submit your own information, click the appropriate link on the Registry’s opening page.
NEW TO THE HAIKU REGISTRY: József Bíró, Zlata Bogović, Dawn Bruce, David Grayson, Chen-ou Liu, Eve Luckring, John Martone, Zoran G. Mimica, Susan Holmes Murata, James Paulson, Greg Schwartz, Michelle Tennison, Guy Vanden Broeck, Marilyn Appl Walker, Liam Wilkinson, Klaus-Dieter Wirth, and Rafał Zabratyński.
Poets pages are regularly updated as books are published or awards/honors are achieved – so be sure to let us know when your page should be updated.
by Billie Wilson on March 7, 2011
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.
