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current #haiku contests: - 10/15: Penumbra Poetry and Haiku Contest - 10/18: Best Haiku Anthology Competition - 10/19: KFF Health News Halloween Health Care Haiku Competition - 10/31: Basho-an International English Haiku Competition (1/3)

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There are many reasons not to buy from Amazon, but credit where credit is due -- good on them for making it easier to identify phishing attempts. www.amazon.com/gp/help/cust...

Screenshot from Amazon's "Identifying a Scam" page, showing options to determine whether an email claiming to be from Amazon really is.

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

current #haiku contests: - 9/25: The Society of Classical Poets Haiku Competition - 9/30: PJCA International English Haiku Contest - 9/30: Trailblazer Contest - 10/2: PathVisions26 Art & Haiku Contest - 10/15: Penumbra Poetry and Haiku Contest (1/3)

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

At least we don’t have to worry about AI taking cartoonists’ jobs yet.

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

current #haiku & #tanka contests: - 8/30: Porad Haiku Award - 8/31: Ama Pearls Waka Contest - 8/31: International "Kusamakura" Haiku Competition - 8/31: Morioka International Haiku Contest - 9/1: Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest - 9/18: HIA Haiku Contest (1/3)

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

looking for a new horror book or author? check @briankeene.bsky.social's Women in Horror Year Index for a dynamic list of books featuring Keene's commentary, reviews, and recommendations. www.briankeene.com/womeninhorro...

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Women In Horror Year Index — BRIAN KEENE

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

#haiku & #tanka journals that reopened to submissions 8/1: - Chrysanthemum - Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal - Kingfisher - Noon: Journal of the Short Poem - Post-ku - Quail Eggs - right hand pointing - Sense & Sensibility - Time Haiku - tinywords - Wales Haiku Journal

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tinywords.com @tinywords.com · 24/07/2026

summer shakespeare lady macbeth glowers at the car alarm -David Green tinywords.com/2026/07/24/49728

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

current #haiku (& related forms) contests: - 7/24: Issa Village Haiku Competition - 7/31: Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest - 7/31: Snapshot Press eChapbook Awards - 8/30: Porad Haiku Award - 8/31: Ama Pearls Waka Contest - 8/31: International "Kusamakura" Haiku Competition (1/3)

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

current #haiku contests: - 7/15: "Shigureki" National Haiku Competition - 7/24: Issa Village Haiku Competition - 7/31: Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest - 7/31: Snapshot Press eChapbook Awards - 8/31: International "Kusamakura" Haiku Competition - 8/31: Morioka International Haiku Contest (1/2)

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#haiku & #haibun journals opening to submissions today: - Acorn - cattails - Cornflower Magazine - Drifting Sands - first frost - Frogpond - Haiku Zoo - Sonic Boom - tsuri-dōrō

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

current #haiku & related contests: - 6/17: MacQ’s Cheribun Challenge - 6/19: Oku no Hosomichi Kisakata National Haiku Competition - 6/20: EJCA Spring Haiku Contest - 6/30: HSA Haibun Award Contest - 6/30: HSA Haiku Award Contest - 6/30: HSA Senryu Award Contest - 7/1: Triveni Haiku Awards (1/3)

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

current #haiku, #senryu, #haibun & #tanka contests: - 6/5: Murakami Kijō Commemorative National Haiku Competition - 6/5: Murakami Onijo Prize - 6/15: Hexapod Haiku Challenge - 6/15: Marlene Mountain Memorial Haiku Contest - 6/19: Oku no Hosomichi Kisakata National Haiku Competition (1/3)

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

#haiku & related forms journals that reopened to submissions 6/1: - horror senryu journal - Only Human: A Senryu Journal - Prune Juice - Post-ku - Triya links to their guidelines here: haiku-and-horror.blogspot.com/p/haiku-mark...

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Rat Bag @ratbaglit.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Download our FREE Lucky Penny Day Anthology! ko-fi.com/s/61dc27e582

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

this is a great issue with a lot of really good haiku - definitely check it out. Barrie Levine's "planetarium" especially is a memorable poem, with its strong juxtaposition of the macro and micro, the excitement inherently conveyed to the reader, and the simple & succinct word choice and structure.

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Ordered my copy today — looks like a great collection!

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

think amazon got a few wires crossed... www.amazon.com/Compressor-E...

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

horror senryu journal reopens for #horrorku submissions on 6/1. if you're looking for inspiration to craft some dark or unsettling haiku, check out a few of the latest standouts in the thread below. horrorkujournal.blogspot.com

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

#haiku #haibun & #tanka journals reopening for submissions today: - #FemkuMag - contemporary haibun online - Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal (theme: "summer night") - Kokako - Presence - Quail Eggs - right hand pointing - Sense & Sensibility (theme: "Hot for Summer!") - The Cicada's Cry

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

currently open #haiku, #haibun, #rengay, & #tanka contests (it's a lot): - 4/10: "Whispers of Nature" International Haiku Contest - 4/30: DC Public Library Haiku Contest - 4/30: Kiyoshi & Kiyoko Tokutomi Memorial Haiku Contest - 4/30: Kyoto Writing Competition (theme: "Kyoto") (1/x)

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

these #haiku & #haibun journals reopened to submissions yesterday: - bottle rockets - Drifting Sands - Echidna Tracks - Post-ku - Tendrils (Poetry Pea) - Trash Panda - tsuri-dōrō

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

great haiku -- good flow, good word choice, good juxtaposition btwn the rising tide & the downward flow of the poem, good shift at the end. this is one i keep rereading over again.

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RobertA Beary (they/she) @shortpoemz.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

From Modern Haiku editor Paul Miller HAIBUN: REVISED SUBMISSION POLICY effective immediately. Due to haibun's significantly increased popularity, haibun submissions will now be limited to one haibun per issue (so make it your best!)…

new haibun submission policy at Modern Haiku

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

scifi/fantasy/horror markets reopening to submissions today: - Cast of Wonders - Luna Station Quarterly - Translunar Travelers Lounge see their guidelines for specifics. links here: haiku-and-horror.blogspot.com/p/speculativ...

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

scifi/fantasy/horror markets that reopened to submissions this week: - A Cup of Owls - Quarterly Online Anthology - Apex Magazine - Hearth Stories - NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast (for flash fiction) - The Deadlands (for poetry) - MetaStellar Magazine - Tales from the Crosstimbers

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

so many current #haiku contests to enter! deadlines listed below (thanks to @mamajoules.bsky.social for the first 2!): - 3/2: Aces National Grammar Day Poetry Contest - 3/6: Betty Drevniok Award (deadline extended) - 3/13: Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Awards Competition 🧵

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

#haiku and #tanka journals reopening to submissions today: - Eucalypt: a tanka journal - Fireflies' Light - Frogpond - Haiku Page - Sense & Sensibility - Sonic Boom - tsuri-dōrō - Wales Haiku Journal

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

fighter jets— rattling plates in the soup kitchen #haiku

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

had some free time this morning so picked up Jerome Berglund's Bindle Bum again... a fun read, more adventure journal than haiku collection, it takes you in all sorts of directions. www.amazon.com/Bindle-Bum-J...

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Bindle Bum: a travelogue of vignettes

Amazon.com: Bindle Bum: a travelogue of vignettes: 9798791881908: Berglund, Jerome William: Books

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

scifi/fantasy/horror journals, anthologies & podcasts closing to submissions tomorrow (2/28): - Afterlives 2025: The Year’s Best Death Stories - Aurealis - Carmen et Error - Fusion Fragment - Haven Spec - In Another Time Magazine - NewMyths - NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast (1/2)

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

#haiku contests closing 2/28: - Atlanta Haiku Festival Competition - Betty Drevniok Award - ITO EN Oi Ocha Shinhaiku Contest - Maya Lyubenova International Haiku Contest - Prix Jocelyne-Villeneuve - Sharpening the Green Pencil Haiku Contest - World Children's Haiku Contest - Regional Contest

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Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Radon Journal's fiction pay rate is increasing to 2.5¢/word! We are also implementing a $15 minimum for fiction to ensure micro-fiction authors are taken care of. Cheers to the authors who refuse to remain quiet or complicit.

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

currently open #haiku (& related forms) contests: - 2/9: Mercer County Library System Haiku Contest - 2/15: HSA Merit Book Awards - 2/20: Myong Cha Son Haiku Award - 2/28: Atlanta Haiku Festival Competition - 2/28: Betty Drevniok Award - 2/28: ITO EN Oi Ocha Shinhaiku Contest (1/x)

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

scifi/fantasy/horror markets that opened for submissions this week: - Abyss & Apex (for fiction) - Aurealis - Carmen et Error - Fantastic Voyages anthology (Critical Blast Publishing) - Flash Point Science Fiction - NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast (for short non-flash fiction) - SpecPoVerse

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

#haiku #senryu #tanka journals that reopened to submissions yesterday (with deadlines): - 2/15/26: Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal (theme: "green") - 2/15/26: Post-ku - 2/15/26: The Cicada's Cry - 2/28/26: Atlanta Haiku Festival Competition - 2/28/26: cattails - 2/28/26: Kingfisher (1/2)

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Check out the 15th Polish International Haiku Competition results: - A cool new kigo from Alan Summers - "goose feather snow" - A standout poem by Aakanksha Tanwar - strong imagery & multiple interpretations - Insightful & interesting commentary from Sandra Simpson psh.org.pl/15th-pihc-20...

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

so many current #haiku contests... - 1/11/26: Golden Haiku Poetry Competition - 1/15/26: Marianne Bluger Book and Chapbook Awards - 1/31/26: British Haiku Society Awards - 1/31/26: Martin Lucas Haiku Award - 1/31/26: San Francisco International Competition for Rengay (1/x)

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

for some reason Google decided that the list of haiku submission deadlines violated some rule or other. it's under review now, hoping to have it back online soon. haiku-and-horror.blogspot.com/p/haiku-mark...

haiku-and-horror.blogspot.com

Haiku market news and deadlines

Haiku submission deadlines, contests, market news, and links to publishers' guidelines.

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

for authors looking for ways to get their books in the hands of more readers, check out this column by Peter Derk on LitReactor. It's 6 years old but still just as relevant, with good insights into the workings of selling books to libraries. litreactor.com/columns/requ...

litreactor.com

Requests, Not Demands: How to Get Your Books into Libraries

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

current scifi/fantasy/horror fiction & poetry contests: - 12/31/25: Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition (includes a short story category) - 1/26/26: Globe Soup Christmas Horror Short Story Competition - 1/31/26: Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition (1/2)

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

current #haiku contests: - 12/31/25: IHS International Haiku Contest - 1/11/26: Golden Haiku Poetry Competition - 1/31/26: British Haiku Society Awards - 1/31/26: Martin Lucas Haiku Award - 1/31/26: San Francisco International Competition for Rengay (1/3 -- there are plenty!)

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn: 1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business; 2. worry over small presses closing or paring down. Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀 IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

current scifi/fantasy/horror fiction & poetry contests: - 11/30/25: Drabble Harvest Contest - 12/15/25: Uncharted Magazine Novel Excerpt Prize - 12/20/25: Cannon Publishing High Caliber Awards - 12/21/25: Dead of Winter Horror Fiction Writing Contest (1/2)

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

scifi/fantasy/horror markets that reopened to poetry/fiction submissions this month: - Abyss & Apex (for poetry) - Allegory - Carmen et Error - Dracula Beyond Stoker (theme: "Van Helsing") - Eternal Haunted Summer (theme: "The Good Neighbors") - khōréō (theme: "Revolutions") - PodCastle

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freginold @freginold.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

currently open #haiku (& related forms) contests: - 11/23/25: Polish International Haiku Competition - 12/31/25: IHS International Haiku Contest - 1/31/26: San Francisco International Competition for Rengay - 1/31/26: Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar Competition (1/2)

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