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...]
Time’s Running Out for the Touchstones!
The Haiku Foundation Touchstone Distinguished Books Award for 2016 is only open for nominations for another couple weeks. Awards are bestowed annually on published collections or works of scholarship that represent significant contributions to English-language haiku, as determined by a distinguished … [Read more...]
There’s Still Time — Nominate a Poem for a Touchstone Today!
Thanks to all who have already nominated haiku for the 2016 Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems. For those of you who haven't, time is running out — we’re down to our last two weeks. Please consider your own favorite haiku published in 2016, and a favorite by a fellow poet. This is a great way to … [Read more...]