The Haiku Society of America is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1968 by Harold G. Henderson and Leroy Kanterman to promote the writing and appreciation of haiku in English. Membership is open to all readers, writers, and students of haiku. The HSA has been meeting regularly since its inception and sponsors open lectures, workshops, readings, and contests. The HSA has a total of about 800 members around the country and overseas. The Society’s journal, Frogpond, which features work by the HSA members and others, as well as articles and book reviews, is in its 30th year of publication. The HSA also publishes a quarterly Newsletter containing reports of the Society’s national meetings and news of regional, national, and international events.

The HSA maintains this web site with additional information about the Society, archives of winners of the HSA contests, and other haiku activities at http://www.hsa-haiku.org. Download the HSA Brochure (pdf file) for more information or the 2008 Membership Form (pdf file). View the new Guide to Haiku Publications, 2008.