THF News

Call for Submissions to the Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards for 2010

The Award
The Haiku Foundation announces the creation of the Touchstone Awards Series, beginning with the Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards for 2010. 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 [...]

Looking for an Assistant Web Administrator

The Haiku Foundation is looking for an assistant web administrator who is capable of assuming responsibility for the THF site within six months.
This person will work with me and the rest of the Board of Directors to maintain and extend the THF web site. This position is an excellent opportunity [...]

The Haiku Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the HaikuNow! International Haiku Contest 2010.

1st Prize (Traditional)

war memorial
the shine on a bronze soldier
from so many hands

        —Cherie Hunter Day

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1st Prize (Contemporary)

distant thunder
the future
in my bones

        —Lorin Ford

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1st Prize (Innovative)

what we say             what we do
pear blossom          in winter

        —Olga Dugan

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The judges for our first contest were Billy Collins (Traditional) and [...]

Montage: The Book is available! Please click this link ( Montage: The Book ) or select Publications > Montage: The Book from the menu.

Our Event Calendars have been updated as of February 28 [see highlights below]. 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 [...]