2010 Member News & Announcements
<alan@withwords.org.uk> • August 26, 2010
WITH WORDS COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT
We are pleased to announce that the 2010 Words International Haiku
Online Competition is now open:
<http://www.withwords.org.uk/comp.html>
Results of the competition in previous years can be read at:
<http://www.withwords.org.uk/results.html>
Origa <origa@acd.net> • August 23, 2010
Calico Cat haiku contest results available with commentaries on the winning haiku, on this site:
<http://origa.livejournal.com/174859.html>
Roberta Beary <shortpoems@gmail.com> • August 12, 2010
Roberta Beary's haiku, "rainy season/ again he tells me/ she means nothing",
with music by Sarah Kenan Shunk, was named Best Original Song at the 2010
MidAtlantic Harmony Sweepstakes. The haiku song, sung a cappella by quartet FleurdeLisa, is on their newest CD "The Unworn Necklace". To find out more about haiku songs, including those inspired by Roberta Beary's haiku from her collection The Unworn Necklace (Snapshot Press 2007/2010), visit:
<http://www.haikusongs.com/home.html>
Gisele LeBlanc <berrybluehaiku@gmail.com> • August 11, 2010
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new online magazine dedicated to haiku for children, Berry Blue Haiku. The editors are currently in need of haiku for the September issue. The premier issue can be viewed at:
<http://www.cobaltcrowproductions.com/bbhjune2010.html>
Norman Darlington <norman.darlington@gmail.com> • July 23, 2010
The Journal of Renga & Renku is hosting a triparshva renku contest with an October 1, 2010 deadline. There is no entry fee. For more details see the web site:
<http://scr.bi/renkucontest>
Judges will be Norman Darlington (proposer of triparshva) & Moira Richards, editors and publishers of Journal of Renga & Renku. They are also calling for submissions to the journal: Issue 1 will appear late 2010, available in hardcopy only.
We invite content before October 1st of:
1. Academic/polemic articles, translations, book reviews, news from renku groups
2. Examples of the genre:
a) in English, or another language with English translation
b) previously published or not (provide details for acknowledgement)
c) in standard form: kasen, triparshva, nijûin, jûnichô, shisan, rokku, hyakuin, yotsumono, etc.
d) explorations/experimentations of forms - one-line, zip, fixed counts, rhyme etc
e) with (preferably) or without notes/reflections on the poem/process from sabaki and/or renju
More details: <http://scr.bi/jrr_submission>
Norman Darlington, Moira Richards
RengaRenku@gmail.com
Nagoya Chamber of Commerce <kono@nagoya-cci.or.jp> • July 12, 2010
Nagoya Chamber of Commerce & Industry Japan, are sending this mail to you as Ms. Koko KATO, director of Haiku International Association, kindly introduced you to us. As you may know, the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, also known as COP 10, will be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, in October 2010. So we’ve organized the “Biodiversity Exemplified in Haiku” Organizing Committee, and are seeking Haiku verses as attached file. Award winner works will be introduced at COP10 and other related venues. Download the PDF about this competition.
Francine Banwarth <frantic647@yahoo.com> • July 7, 2010
HAIKU NORTH AMERICA 2011:
PATHS TO LEARNING AND TEACHING HAIKU
July 27 - July 31, 2011 • Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois
SAVE THE DATES for HNA 2011. Millikin University welcomes and invites you to join in the spirit of learning and teaching the art of haiku. We learn and teach through example and through the generosity of others. For five days we will celebrate the teachers, mentors, editors, publishers, friends, haiku societies, website-based connections, and social networks that introduced us to and nourish us on the haiku path. Share your haiku story and resources. Offer a workshop, presentation, panel discussion, or demonstration on some aspect of teaching and/or learning the art of haiku. We welcome your ideas, your expertise, and your energy.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: If you are interested in making a presentation or demonstration, leading a workshop, or forming a panel discussion for HNA 2011, please forward the following information to:
Randy Brooks - <brooksbooks@sbcglobal.net>
Francine Banwarth - <frantic647@yahoo.com>
TITLE:
PRESENTER:
SYNOPSIS: (50 words)
BIO: (50 words)
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REQUIRED:
Marjorie Buettner <mbuettner@juno.com> • July 7, 2010
HNA 2011 MEMORIAL READING
During the 2011 HNA Conference, we will remember those in the haiku world who
have died since August 2009. Please send the names, biographical information, and favorite haiku of the deceased to Marjorie Buettner: mbuettner@juno.com
Howard Lee Kilby <hkilby@hotmail.com> • June 28, 2010
Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
We invite everyone near and far to join us in Hot Springs for the 14th annual HSA South Regional Conference November 5-6, 2010 in the conference room at the Hot Springs Airport. For info contact <hkilby@hotmail.com> or telephone 501-767-6096. There is no registration fee. The program chairperson is Celia Stuart Powles of Tulsa, OK. The room is whisper perfect so haiku poets feel right at home. There is always a White Elephant gift exchange so please bring a $10 gift. It is a brilliant idea of Dr. Susan Delphine Delaney of Plano, TX.
See additional news from the South Region Report added to the HSA South Region web page.
—Howard Lee Kilby
michele robinson <robinson.m.l@comcast.net> • June 18, 2010
Michele Robinson, Secretary of the Nicholas Virgilio Haiku Association, is pleased to announce the winning haiku and judges' commentary for the 2010 Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Competition.
Peter Meister <meisterp@uah.edu> • June 14, 2010
Our next get-together for the Southeast Region of the HSA is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 10. For directions and other details, please contact meisterp@uah.edu.
Deborah P Kolodji <dkolodji@aol.com> • March 12, 2010
Photos from the 1st Quarterly Meeting of the HSA (2010)
Deborah has posted photos from the 2010 First Quarterly Meeting of the Haiku Society of America on Flickr. It was hosted in Pasadena, California by the Southern California Haiku Study Group.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkolodji/sets/72157623473511245/
Mike Morell <straycougar1@yahoo.com> • February 26, 2010
HSA member in Southeast Pennsylvania is looking to start a Philadelphia-area society/workshop. Anyone interested please contact Mike Morell at <straycougar1@yahoo.com>.
Rick Black <rickblack1@optonline.net> • February 25, 2010
The winner of the 2010 Turtle Light Press haiku chapbook competition is All That Remains by Catherine J.S. Lee. She has been writing haiku for two years but exhibits an evocative, mature voice. You can take a look at this link:
http://www.turtlelightpress.com/Books/chapbookwinner2010.shtml
to read the full award statement and sample some of Lee's moving poems. TLP is planning to release All That Remains this coming fall.
Leslie Rose <larosecat@aol.com> • February 24, 2010
The Jerry Kilbride Memorial 2010 English-Language Haibun Contest
Sponsor: Central Valley Haiku Club
Deadline: In hand by October 1, 2010
Submissions: All entries must be unpublished, not under consideration elsewhere, and in English. No limit to the number or length of any submissions. Submit three copies of each haibun, two (2) copies without author information attached for anonymous judging, one (1) copy with author’s name, address, phone number and e-mail address for notification purposes. A first prize of $100 and a second prize of $50 will be awarded. Honorable mention certificates also will be given. Winning entries will be published in an upcoming CVHC chapbook and will be available at the CVHC website.. The entry fee $5 (US) per haibun should be paid by check and made out to: Mark Hollingsworth (CVHC Treasurer).
Eligibility: Open to the public; CVHC officers are not eligible.
Correspondence: No entries will be returned. Send business-sized SASE for a list of the winning entries. Please note that entries without SASE, insufficient postage, or that fail to adhere to contest rules will be disqualified.
Judges: Will not be disclosed until the contest winner has been decided.
Send entries to: Yvonne Cabalona, 709 Auburn Street, Modesto, CA 95350-6079.
Joette Giorgis <joette.guitar@comcast.net> • January 24, 2010
One of Joette's haiku, which had been published in Modern Haiku, was chosen by Ted Kooser, former U.S. poet laureate, for his column, “American Life in Poetry.” This is a weekly column that appears in many newspapers and online publications. Here is a link to the column on my haiku:
http://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org/columns/250.html
Congratulations to Joette!
Deborah P Kolodji <dkolodji@aol.com> • January 18, 2010
Haiku Society of America, 1st Quarterly Meeting
Hosted by the Southern California Haiku Study Group
Organizers: Deborah P Kolodji and Naia
Friday, Feb 19, 2010.
5:30 p.m. Dinner at Burger Continental, 535 South Lake Ave, Pasadena.CA (Don't let the name fool you - the menu includes an assortment of Greek, Armenian, Middle Eastern, and Mediterranean entries.)
7:30 pm. Haiku reading at Ten Thousand Villages, 567 South Lake Ave Pasadena, CA. Urban Haiku performance, "Basho meets Spoken Word" performance. Poets include Victor Ortiz, Michael Dylan Welch, Eric Morago (reading Basho). Open Haiku mic.
Saturday, Feb 20, 2010.
10:00 am. Museum tour, Pacific Asia Museum 46 N. Los Robles, Pasadena, CA
10:30 am. Southern California Haiku Study Group participation in a Poets- on-Site-style sampler performance. Haiku and haibun.
11:00 am. Lunch at Sitar, 618 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA
12:30 - 6:00 pm. A variety of readings, talks, and workshops at the Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles, Pasadena, CA
Presenters include Dr. Thomas Rimer, Jeanne Nakano (Interpretive dance and haiku), Susan Antolin, Ce Rosenow, and others.
6:30 p.m. Dinner at McCormick and Schmick's, 111 N. Los Robles, Pasadena,CA
8:00 pm. - Salon at a private home.
Sunday, Feb 21, 2010
10:00 am. Gold Line Ginko. We will catch the Gold Line in Pasadena to Union Station, Olvera Street, and Little Tokyo.
12:30 pm. (approx) Lunch and sharing of the haiku we write in Little Tokyo.
If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Debbie Kolodji dkolodji@aol.com or Naia naia01@yahoo.com
Francine Banwarth <frantic647@yahoo.com> • January 5, 2010
We are pleased to announce that Judges Patricia Machmiller and Jerry Ball have chosen the 2009 Bernard Lionel Einbond Renku winners:
First Place: "Circles of Strangers" by Christopher Herold & Carol O'Dell
Honorable Mention: "Streaks of Dawn" by Allan Burns, Christopher Herold & Ron Moss
Honorable Mention: "Gunnysack" by John Stevenson, Hilary Tann, Paul MacNeil & Yu Chang
Publication of the winning renku with judges' comments will be published in the next issue of Frogpond.
Robert Epstein <taylorepstein@earthlink.net> • January 3, 2010
Call for submissions: Haiku death poems (published or unpublished) written with an awareness of one's own mortality, not poems regarding another's death, to be included in an anthology. No deadline or limit on the number of submissions. No monetary compensation or book. Please include prior publication credits.
Send poems to Robert Epstein: <taylorepstein@earthlink.net> or 1343 Navellier St., El Cerrito, CA 94530; include SASE.
Ce Rosenow <rosenowce@gmail.com> January 2, 2010
The Haiku Society of America is now one of the American Literature Association's affiliated societies. As an affiliate of ALA, you may be interested in attending the 21st Annual Conference which will be in San Francisco on May 27-30, 2010.
American Literature Association
21st Annual Conference
Dates: May 27-30, 2010
San Francisco, CA
Complete details are available on the ALA's website:
<http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/english/ala2/>
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