Harold G. Henderson Awards for Haiku
Gerald Brady Memorial Awards for Senyru
HSA Bernard Lionel Einbond Renku Competition
Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku Competition for Grades 7-12
Mildred Kanterman Memorial Merit Book Awards
Museum of Haiku Literature Awards
Sora Award
Annual Members' Anthology Guidelines
The Annual Harold G. Henderson Awards for best unpublished haiku
These awards were originally made possible by Mrs. Harold G. Henderson in memory of Harold G. Henderson, cofounder the Haiku Society of America.
Deadline: Inhand by July 31, 2008. Entries received after that date will not be accepted.
Eligibility: The contest is open to the public. HSA officers who are members of the executive committee are not eligible, but regional coordinators may enter.
Regulations: Up to 10 unpublished haiku, not submitted for publication or to any other contest. Publication is defined as an appearance in a printed book, magazine, or journal (sold or given away), or in any online journal that presents edited periodic content. The appearance of poems in online discussion lists or personal Web sites is not considered publication. Judges will be asked to disqualify any haiku that they have seen before.
Submissions: Submit each haiku on three separate 3" x 5" cards, two with the haiku only (for anonymous judging), the third with the haiku and the author’s name, address, phone number and/or e-mail address in the upper left-hand corner. Please designate as "haiku." Haiku not submitted on 3" x 5" cards will not be accepted. Please type or write each haiku legibly in ink. Failure to follow this format may result in disqualification without notice.
Entry fee: $1 per haiku, U.S. funds only. Please make checks/money orders payable to "Haiku Society of America."
Submit entries and fees to:
Henderson Haiku Contest,
c/o Francine Banwarth,
985 So. Grandview
Dubuque, IA 52003 USA.
Adjudication: The names of the judge(s) will be announced after the contest.
Awards: First Prize, $150; Second Prize, $100; Third Prize, $50. Winning haiku will be published in Frogpond and on the HSA Web site.
Rights: All rights revert to the authors after publication.
Correspondence: Sorry, entries cannot be returned. Please send an SASE (No. 10 size envelope only) for a list of the winning entries. Please note that SASEs with insufficient postage will not be mailed. One envelope per contest.
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The Annual Gerald Brady Memorial Awards for best unpublished Senryu
The Gerald Brady Memorial awards were first made possible by a starter fund of $25 donated by Virginia Brady Young in memory of her brother, Gerald Brady.
Deadline: In hand by July 31, 2008. Entries received after that date will not be accepted.
Eligibility: The contest is open to the public. HSA officers who are members of the executive committee are not eligible, but regional coordinators may enter.
Regulations: Up to 10 unpublished senryu, not submitted for publication or to any other contest. Publication is defined as an appearance in a printed book, magazine, or journal (sold or given away), or in any online journal that presents edited periodic content. The appearance of poems in online discussion lists or personal web sites is not considered publication. Judges will be asked to disqualify any senryu that they have seen before.
Submissions: Submit each senryu on three separate 3" x 5" cards, two with the senryu only (for anonymous judging), the third with the haiku and the author’s name, address, phone number and/or e-mail address in the upper left-hand corner. Please designate as "senryu." Senryu not submitted on 3" x 5" cards will not be accepted. Please type or write each senryu legibly in ink. Failure to follow this format may result in disqualification without notice.
Entry fee: $1 per senryu, U.S. funds only. Please make checks/money orders payable to "Haiku Society of America." Submit entries and fees to:
Brady Senryu Contest
c/o Francine Banwarth
985 So. Grandview
Dubuque, IA 52003
Adjudication: The names of the judge(s) will be announced after the contest.
Awards: First Prize, $100; Second Prize, $75; Third Prize, $50. Winning haiku will be published in Frogpond and on the HSA Web site.
Rights: All rights revert to the authors after publication.
Correspondence: Sorry, entries cannot be returned. Pleases send an SASE (No. 10 size envelope only) for a list of the winning entries. Please note that SASEs with insufficient postage will not be mailed. One envelope per contest.
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The HSA Bernard Lionel Einbond Renku Competition
The Haiku Society of America sponsors this annual award for renku of 36, 20, or 12 stanzas.
Winners by Year: 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001
Deadline: In hand by September 15, 2008. Entries received after that date will not be accepted.
Eligibility: The contest is open to the public. HSA officers who are members of the executive committee are not eligible, but regional coordinators may enter. No entries will be accepted that include work by any of the judges.
Regulations: For the purpose of this contest, a renku may consist of 36, 20, or 12 stanzas (kasen, nijûin, junicho or shisan forms) written by two or more persons, each of whom contributes a substantial number of individually authored stanzas. Any particular author may appear in no more than three different renku entered. Entries must be in English. Entries must not have been pre-viously published, nor contain any stanzas previously published, submitted for publication, nor entered in any other contest. Publication is defined as an appearance in a printed book, magazine, or journal (sold or given away), or in any online journal that presents edited periodic content. The appearance of poems in online discussion lists or personal Web sites is not considered publication. Judges will be asked to disqualify any link that they have seen before.
Submissions: One copy, with full authorship information, stanza by stanza, must give the full name and address of all authors, and indicate the coordinator (to whom any correspondence will be addressed). This ‘identified’ manuscript must be signed by all authors or other definite confirmations such as hard copies of e-mail confirmations of permission from each author should be included with the entry. Three additional copies, without authors’ names but marked with numbers or letters to show the sequence of authorship, must accompany the identified manuscript. Failure to follow this format makes it impossible to judge an entry and could result in disqualification without notification.
Entry fee: $10 must accompany manuscript. Please make checks/money orders payable in U.S. funds to "Haiku Society of America."
Submit entries and fees to:
Einbond Renku Contest
c/o Francine Barnwarth
985 So. Grandview
Dubuque, IA 52003 USA
Adjudication: The names of the judge(s) will be announced with the winners.
Awards: Grand Prize: Up to $150 and publication in Frogpond and on the HSA Web site. All rights revert to authors on publication. Amount of Grand Prize and additional prizes may vary, depending on the quality and number of entries. If no renku is deemed by the judges to be worthy of the Grand Prize, renku awarded lesser prizes may or may not be published in Frogpond and on the HSA Web site.
Correspondence: Sorry, entries cannot be returned. Please send an SASE (#10 envelope only) for a list of winning entries. Please note the need for sufficient postage. One envelope per contest.
Note: Prospective contestants may wish to review the "Report of the Renku Contest Committee" published in Frogpond XIII:2 (May 1990) for background on the contest and renku in general. Download a copy of the HSA Renku Contest Committee Report. For information on the two shorter forms, please refer to the article "Shorter Renku" published in Frogpond XVII:4 (winter 1994), or the updated version of it at http://renku.home.att.net/shorter_renku.html; “Writing a Shisan Renku,” Paul McNeil, http://www.worldhaikureview.org/2-2/whcrenku_2000_pm.shtml; “The Shisan Pattern,” John Carley, http://www.poetrylives.com/SimplyHaiku/SHv1n6/Shisan_Pattern.htm
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The Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku Competition for Grades 7-12
Founded by the Sacred Heart Church in Camden, NJ, and sponsored by the Nick Virgilio Haiku Association in memory of Nicholas A. Virgilio, a charter member of the Haiku Society of America, who died in 1989. The Haiku Society of America cosponsors the contest, provides judges, and publishes the results in Frogpond and on the HSA Web site.
Deadline: In hand by March 25, 2008. Entries received after that date will not be accepted.
Eligibility: Any student in grades 7 through 12 enrolled in school as of September 2008 may enter.
Regulations: Submit up to three haiku per student. All haiku must be previously unpublished, original work, and not entered in any other contest or submitted elsewhere for publication. Please follow the guidelines carefully. Publication is defined as an appearance in a printed book, magazine, or journal (sold or given away), or in any online journal that presents edited periodic content. The appearance of poems in online discussion lists or personal Web sites is not considered publication. Judges will be asked to disqualify any haiku that they have seen before.
Submissions: Each haiku must be typed in triplicate on 3" x 5" cards. The haiku must appear on the front of each card; your name, address, age, grade level, and school (please include the school address) must appear on the back of (only) one of the cards for each haiku. Please do not send self-addressed stamped envelope with your entries. All winners will be notified. Winning haiku and commentaries will appear in Frogpond. Do not use staples for any purpose. Failure to follow this format will make it impossible to judge an entry and may result in the disqualification of a submission without notification.
Entry fee: None.
Submit entries to:
Tony Virgilio
Nick Virgilio Haiku Association
1092 Niagara Rd
Camden, NJ 08104-2859.
Adjudication: Judges named by the HSA.
Awards: Six haiku will be selected and each awarded $50. The winning haiku and list of winners will be published in Frogpond and on the HSA Web site. The high school of each student winner will receive a one-year subscription to Frogpond.
Rights: All rights revert to the authors after publication.
Correspondence: Please keep a copy of your haiku; entries cannot be returned.
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Mildred Kanterman Memorial Merit Book Awards
(for Excellence in Published Haiku, Translation, and Criticism)
This award is made possible by Leroy Kanterman, cofounder of the Haiku Society of America, in memory of his wife Mildred Kanterman. See the archives of Merit Book Awards.
Deadline: In hand by March 31, 2008 (please do not submit or nominate books before January 1, 2008).
Eligibility: The contest is open to the public. Books must have been published in 2007 and clearly must containa printed a 2007 ©. An author or publisher may submit more than one title. Books published by HSA officers are eligible for this award.
Submissions: The HSA encourages authors or publishers to proactively submit eligible books, not only so the judge(s) will consider them, but also so that the HSA can add these books to the permanent HSA Archives in the American Haiku Archives at the California State Library. Please send two copies of each book, noting them to be Mildred Kanterman Memorial Merit Book Award entries. Authors or publishers should contact the 1st vice president before the deadline to ascertain that books have been received. In addition, authors and publishers are encouraged to communicate with each other so that duplicate entries are not submitted.
Entry fee: None; however, donations to offset costs are welcome. If including a donation, please make checks/money orders payable in U.S. funds to "Haiku Society of America."
Submit entries or nominations to:
Tom Painting
HSA 1st Vice President
Kanterman Award
40 Huntington Hills S
Rochester, NY 11372-2504 USA
<tompainting@earthlink.net>
Adjudication: The names of the judge(s) will be announced after the awards are decided.
Awards: $500 for first place, $100 for second place and $50 for third. The first place award money is made possible by the generosity of Leroy Kanterman in memory of his wife Mildred. The list of winners will be published in Frogpond and on the HSA Web site.
Rights: Books submitted will remain the property of the HSA, and one copy will be deposited in the permanent HSA Archives in the American Haiku Archives at the California State Library.
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Museum of Haiku Literature Awards
This award is a gift of the Museum of Haiku Literature in Tokyo. A single best-of-issue haiku in each issue of Frogpond will be awarded a cash prize. Award-winning haiku are chosen by the HSA Executive Committee from those published in each issue of Frogpond and are announced in the following issue. These haiku will also be published on the HSA Web site.
To see an anthology of past winners, visit the Museum of Haiku Literature Award Collection.
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Sora Award
This award honors an HSA member who has made an outstanding contribution to the organization over time, decided by the HSA executive committee. The award, established in 2001, is named after Sora, the companion who assisted Basho on his travels in northern Japan, and consists of a certificate and a small gift (past gifts have been crystal frogs). A maximum of one award per year will be presented, with the option to not make an award in a given year.
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Annual Members' Anthology Guidelines
This year's anthology will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of HSA! So, open up your files and peruse your haiku and senryu with a view to sending us some of your very best! Each member is eligible to have one haiku or senryu published in the anthology. Complete submission guidelines are outlined below.
Deadline: Postmarked by April 30, 2008.
Eligibility: All HSA members in good standing.
What to Submit: Five (5) unpublished or previously published haiku and/or senryu. (If previously published, you must include the name of the publication, volume, issue, and year. Poems may not have appeared in any other anthology.)
Format: Standard 8 ½” x 11” page. All five (5) poems must be typed on the same page. Please put your name, address, phone number (and e-mail, if applicable) in the upper left corner. Send two (2) copies and include a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) (or an International Reply Coupon for overseas submissions) if you wish to be notified of the editors’ selection.
Price per Copy: $20.00 in the United States, Canada or Mexico. $23.00 for all other overseas locations. Postage is included.
Payment: Please make checks or money orders in U.S. currency only payable to "Haiku Society of America". Preordering a copy of the anthology is strongly encouraged. You may preorder as many copies as you wish. There is no discount for multiple copies.
How to Submit: U.S. or international mail only. E-mail submissions will be disregarded. Mail poems and payment together to:
Gannam & Cullen
HSA 2008 Anthology
910 Albemarle Road
Brooklyn, NY 11218
We look forward to receiving your submissions and wish you all a Happy ‘Ku Year!
Brenda J. Gannam & William Cullen Jr.
2008 Editors
<gannamconsulting@earthlink.net>
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