HAIKU NORTH AMERICA

Thank you to all who submitted haibun for consideration for the HNA 2023 Haibun Film Festival.  Judges Jim Kacian and Jennifer Hambrick selected haibun from the submission pool and sent them to Moving Poems, which partnered with us on this venture.  Those poems were submitted to filmmakers for consideration, resulting in 9 films.  Some of the poems submitted to Moving Poems did not become films, and some filmmakers decided to make a film on the same haibun.

The resulting films will be premiered at Haiku North America and then published on the Moving Poems website.

​For more information:
http://www.haikunorthamerica.com/haibun-film-festival.html

HNA 2023 will host a Book Fair at which conference participants may exhibit and sell their books. Participation in the Book Fair is free to registered HNA participants. No fee is charged to use table space and HNA will not take a percentage of sales.

Please see the Book Fair page for more information.

The Tanka Society of America is pleased to sponsor its sixth tanka conference, to be held in person on Monday, July 3, 2023 in Cincinnati, Ohio at the historic Mercantile Library, with accommodations at the nearby Netherland Plaza Hotel. “Tanka Monday 2023” will take place immediately after the Haiku North America conference, with a variety of speakers, readers, performers, and other activities. Presenters include Randy Brooks, Michael Dylan Welch, and others to be announced. Zoom options are not possible for this event and we look forward to seeing you in person. If you have a presentation, workshop, or reading to propose, please contact Michael at [email protected]. Put this event on your calendar now—don’t miss out! Also make sure to book your hotel room early, as rooms are limited.

http://www.haikunorthamerica.com/tanka-day.html

HNA 2023 Registration is now open!

$220 - for all presentations, Wednesday through Sunday

​Single Day Registrations are also available, as well as additional pre- and post-conference excursions.

On Thursday evening, there will be a talk on Cincinnati Craft Beer and a "boozy ku" reading of haiku about beer, wine, and other spirits.  This evening is included in the registration fee, with an additional $25 for those who want to beer tasting.

​For more information:
http://www.haikunorthamerica.com/registration.html

If you attended (actually attended, not just registered for) the 2021 Haiku North America conference on Zoom, you are entitled to submit up to four individual haiku/senryu (minimum of three required), of which one will be chosen for the 2021 HNA anthology. 

In addition, you may also submit a rengay, a haibun, and up to two tan-renga written during the conference. Please check with your writing partner so each piece is submitted only once (but don’t worry about this if you can’t confirm—we’ll sort it out).

Submissions are due by November 20, 2021.  Submissions are through an online form.  Please check your e-mail for specific submission details.​