SUBMISSION calendar | May 2025

SUBMISSION calendar |May 2025

hosts: Amoolya Kamalnath & 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/

6. Heliosparrow

https://heliosparrow.com/submissions/

WEEKLY PROMPTS:

1. Nick Virgilio Haiku: Haiku in Action

Nick Virgilio Haiku Association

3. Triveni Haikai India:

HAIKUsutradhar 

TANKA TAKE HOME

THE HAIBUN GALLERY

thinkALONG

haikaiTALKS

FORTNIGHTLY SUBMISSIONS:

1.    Asahi Haikuist Network

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

ONCE IN THREE WEEKS SUBMISSIONS:

1. The Haiku Foundation: Haiku Dialogue

Home - The Haiku Foundation

MONTHLY SUBMISSIONS:

1. Failed Haiku

10 - 25th May (every alternate month)  – Target publication date: the last day of June

July 10 - 25 (next submissions)

Submission Guides | failed haiku – a Journal of English Senryu

2. haikuKATHA Monthly Journal Submissions: every previous month

(Check the weekly prompts)

3. The Haiku Foundation / Monthly Kukai

The Haiku Foundation Monthly Kukai - The Haiku Foundation

5. Cold Moon Journal

Five to ten poems per calendar month

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

6. Poetry Pea – YouTube Video prompt

7. Haiku Commentary

    Five poems per month

    Haiku Commentary – Digging deep into the small things

ONCE IN THREE WEEKS SUBMISSIONS:

1. The Haiku Foundation: Haiku Dialogue

Home - The Haiku Foundation

JOURNAL SUBMISSIONS:

 1.  Akitsu Quarterly

      Fall/Winter 2025 opens May 1

      Akitsu-Quarterly

 2.  Autumn Moon Haiku Journal

      Deadline: May 1 | Spring/Summer

      https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/contact--submissions.html

 3. The Cicada’s Cry

      May 1 - 15 | Summer Edition

       https://thecicadascry.com/submissions.html

 4.  Under the Basho

      March 1 - November 15, 2024

      Under the Basho - Submissions

 5.  Contemporary Haibun Online

     May 1–31 | August issue

      https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/submissions/

 6.   Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal

      May 1 - 15

      Submissions calendar (enchanted-garden-haiku.blogspot.com)

7.  Femku Mag

     Issue 36, May 1 - 31, 2024

     https://femkumag.wixsite.com/home/guidelines

8. The Herons Nest

      June15 | Sep Issue

      https://theheronsnest.com/submit.html

9. Tsuri-doro

      May 1 - 10 | June

     Contact/Submissions – tsuri-dōrō – a small journal of haiku and senryū (tsuridoro.org)

10. Whiptail

      May 1 - May 7, 2024 | Issue 10

      https://www.whiptailjournal.com/submissions-hybrids

11. Shadow Pond Journal

  submissions on theme of love 10th May - 10th June

      shadowpondjournal.blogspot.com

12. The Mamba Journal

May 15 - Aug 15 | Sep Issue

https://africahaikunetwork.wordpress.com/submission-guides/

13. Flying Fish Haiku Journal 

Issue 2

May 15-25

https://flyingfishpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/

14. Hedgegrow

7 May–21 May

https://hedgerowhaiku.com/submissions/

15. Poetry Pea (haibun for the Journal Tendrils Vol   2)

    1-15 May

     Submissions – Poetry Pea

    
    

16. ESUJ-H

    Upto 25 May

    https://www.esuj.gr.jp/event/5_index_detail.php

    
    

17. Zen peacemakers

       Upto 25 May

      https://zenpeacemakers.org/haiku-page/

    
    

18. Mayfly

       Upto 15 May I Summer Issue

       Mayfly Haiku Magazine

    
    

19. Presence

    April 15 - May 31 I July Issue

       https://haikupresence.org/submit/

    
    

20. Seashores

       Upto 31 July I November Issue

       haikuspirit

    
    

21. Haiku Canada Review

         Upto 31 Aug I October Issue

         Welcome to Haiku Canada

CONTESTS | AWARDS:

1. San Francisco Haibun Contest

Closes 1 May

Submission Guidelines | HPNC

2. NZPS Haiku Contest

Upto 31 May

New Zealand Poetry Society Te Rōpū Toikupu o Aotearoa Submission Manager

3. NZPS Junior Haiku Contest

Upto 31 May

New Zealand Poetry Society Te Rōpū Toikupu o Aotearoa Submission Manager

4. Tokutomi Memorial Haiku Contest

Closes 31 May

2025 Tokutomi Haiku Contest - Yuki Teikei (有季定型) Haiku Society

5. HSA Garry Gay Rengay Award

Upto 31 May

Award Competitions of the Haiku Society of America

6. Sanford Goldstein Tanka Award

Upto 31 May

Tanka Society of America - 2025 Goldstein Contest Guidelines

7. Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational

 Upto 1 June

Haiku Invitational - Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival

8. Hexapod Haiku Challenge

Closes 15 June

Hexapod Haiku Challenge — The Frost Entomological Museum — Department of Entomology