SUBMISSION calendar | December 2025

SUBMISSION calendar |december 2025

host: Lakshmi Iyer

DAILY SUBMISSIONS:

1. Haiga Online

https://www.dailyhaiga.org/submissions/ 

2. Haikuniverse

https://haikuniverse.com/submit/

3. Mainichi Daily News

https://mainichi.jp/english/contact/haiku/ 

4. Black and White Haiga/Haisha

https://ourbesthaiga.blogspot.com/

5. Five Fleas Itchy Poetry

https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/

6. Heliosparrow

https://heliosparrow.com/submissions/

WEEKLY PROMPTS:

1. Nick Virgilio Haiku: Haiku in Action

Nick Virgilio Haiku Association

2. Triveni Haikai India

https://www.trivenihaikai.in/about-us

HAIKUsutradhar 

TANKA TAKE HOME

THE HAIBUN GALLERY - the form will go live in the stipulated time

(1-20 March | publication in May)

    (1-20 June |publication in August)

    (1-20 September | publication in November)

    (1-20 December | publication in February)

https://forms.gle/WkM9frPjtEzNTrVEA

thinkALONG

haikaiTALKS

FORTNIGHTLY SUBMISSIONS:

1. Asahi Haikuist Network

https://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/special/haiku/

2. The Solitary Daisy

https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/submission-guidelines/

ONCE IN THREE WEEKS SUBMISSIONS:

1. The Haiku Foundation: Haiku Dialogue

Home - The Haiku Foundation

MONTHLY SUBMISSIONS:

1. haikuKATHA Monthly Journal 

https://www.trivenihaikai.in/about-us

Submissions: every previous month

Check the weekly prompts

2. The Haiku Foundation

The Haiku Foundation Monthly Kukai - The Haiku Foundation

3. Cold Moon Journal

Five to ten poems per calendar month

https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2022/08/guidelines-for-contributors.html 

4. Poetry Pea

YouTube Video prompt

5. Haiku Commentary

     Five poems per month

     Haiku Commentary – Digging deep into the small things

JOURNAL SUBMISSIONS:

1.   The Herons Nest

       Dec 15 | March Issue

       https://theheronsnest.com/submit.html

 2.   Presence

        Dec 15 - Jan 31 | March

        https://haikupresence.org/submit/

3. Songbirds Waka Anthology

Nov 15 - Dec 31, 2025

https://www.wakasocietyofamerica.com/

4. Post -Ku

Dec 1 - 15 | Jan issue

https://post-ku.com/submit/

CONTESTS | AWARDS

1. Matsuyama Inspires Photo Haiku Contest

Last date : Dec 31, 2025

https://amarys-jtb.jp/NOZData/Img/FileUp/Honban/Upload/17499/JTB-%e4%bf%b3%e5%8f%a5%e3%82%b3%e3%83%b3%e3%83%86%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88A3-2(2).pdf

( the online form is in the link above)

2. Rachel Sutcliffe Memorial Haiku-arts Contest

Dec 1 - 15, 2025

https://drifting-sands-haibun.org/

3. Touchstone Poem Awards

Touchstone Haibun Awards

Touchstone Book Awards

Closes Dec 31, 2025, results April 17, 2026

https://thehaikufoundation.org/touchstone-poem-awards/

4. Irish haiku Competition, 2025

Closes : Dec 31, 2025

https://irishhaiku.com/haikucompetition.htm

5. The Welkin Writing Prize

Dec 1 - Jan 2, 2026

https://www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize/welkin-enter

6. BHS Awards

Closes In-Hand, Jan 31, 2026

http://britishhaikusociety.org.uk/call-for-entries-bhs-awards-2025/

7. Golden Haiku Poetry Competition

by Jan 11, 2026

theme : the Joy of Nature

https://goldentriangledc.com/event/golden-haiku/