The Australian Haiku Society exists to promote and support English language haiku in Australia and to encourage the enjoyment of this poetic form in the Australian community.
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Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival ‘Spring Flowers’ Contest opens 1st August
In the lead up to the Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival, being held again in late August at Auburn Botanic Gardens, the Australian Haiku Society is running a haiku contest this year with the theme of ‘Spring Flowers’. We will be inviting Australian poets only to submit one haiku on this theme. The submission…
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Members’ News June 2026
Welcome to the third issue of Australian Haiku Society Members’ News for 2026. In this edition Leanne reflects on dogs and other animals as subjects of haiku, there are links to a review of The Routledge Global Haiku Reader and to the latest Fringe Myrtles Report in which Rob Scott discusses Grant Caldwell’s…
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Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival ‘Spring Flowers’ Contest opens 1st August
In the lead up to the Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival, being held again in late August at Auburn Botanic Gardens, the Australian Haiku Society is…
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Members’ News June 2026
Welcome to the third issue of Australian Haiku Society Members’ News for 2026. In this edition Leanne reflects on dogs and other animals as subjects…
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Water Dragons Haiku Group: Brisbane
The Water Dragons Haiku Group met on 11 July. Our numbers are slowly growing and we achieved our third meeting on Saturday morning, at the…
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Haiku Northwest’s 23rd annual Porad Award
Haiku Northwest’s 23rd annual Porad Award opens for haiku submissions on July 14. The contest is named for Francine Porad, founder of Haiku Northwest, former…
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Manna Magazine launching in December
Didier Lejeune (Gold Coast) is beginning a new literary and art magazine and is currently looking for artists and haiku poets to populate the first…
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Introducing Haiku Horizons
‘Haiku xpressions’, under the past editorship of Cynthia Rowe and interim editorship of Anne Curran, will become ‘Haiku Horizons’, beginning with the August 2026 edition…
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Report on Gadigal Ginkō, Winter 2026
Five poets met at the State Library of NSW on Saturday morning 20th June, 2026. Zina Ioannou, Margaret Mahony, Nick O’Connor and Leanne Mumford welcomed…
