We had a tremendous number of submissions to the Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems. The Awards recognize excellence and innovation in English-language haiku and senryu published in juried public venues during each calendar year. Twenty-six editors nominated about 500 haiku, and there were about … [Read more...]
The Touchstone Distinguished Books Award Committee Announces Its Shortlist for 2018
The Haiku Foundation is pleased to announce The Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards Shortlist for books of haiku and related forms published in 2018. The sixty-seven books nominated for this year’s award represent a rich variety of English-speaking books from many nations and haiku traditions. Each … [Read more...]
The Touchstone Award for Individual Poems Committee Announces Its Shortlist for 2017
The Touchstone Individual Poems Award recognize excellence and innovation in English-language haiku and senryu published in juried public venues during each calendar year. The committee received an overwhelming response to its call for submission for poems published in 2017, with over 730 nominated … [Read more...]
The Touchstone Award for Individual Poems Committee Announces its Shortlist for 2016
The Touchstone Individual Poems Award recognize excellence and innovation in English-language haiku and senryu published in juried public venues during each calendar year. The committee received overwhelming response to its call for submission for poems published in 2016, with 660 nominations. To … [Read more...]
The Touchstone Distinguished Books Award Committee Announces Its Shortlist for 2016
The Haiku Foundation is pleased to announce The Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards Shortlist for books of haiku and related forms published in 2016. The eighty books nominated for this year’s award represent a rich variety of English-speaking books from many nations and haiku traditions. It was … [Read more...]