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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Join Haiku Northwest at Bellevue College’s 10th Anniversary Japan Week on Saturday, Oct 10 (10 AM–5 PM)! Learn more about haiku, its related forms and craft your own. bit.ly/JapanWeekWebsite

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Saturday at the Seabeck Haiku Getaway brings a haiku read-around, a Zoom reading with poets from Towpath Haiku in Washington, D.C., the 23rd annual Porad Award announcement, a group photo, and free time for a nature walk.

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Friday at the 2026 Seabeck Haiku Getaway is packed: Susan Antolin on "Celebrating Play in Playful Verse," a historic Seabeck Cemetery talk and walk, and Annette Makino retraces Bashō's footsteps through Japan.

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

2026 Seabeck Haiku Getaway kicks off Thursday with featured guest Susan Antolin reading new and selected works, followed by memorial readings for Susan Constable and C.J. Prince. The evening ends with a "Haiku Tag" reading round, and an anonymous workshop with Captain Haiku.

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

One week left! Discounted registration for the 2026 Seabeck Haiku Getaway ends September 22. Four days of haiku, workshops, and PLAY-themed fun at Seabeck, WA (Oct 22–25) with featured guest Susan Antolin. Register now before the price goes up! www.haikunorthwest.org/seabeck-haik...

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

🌸 Your final day to submit 5 haiku to the 2026 Porad Award 🌸 Prizes: $100 for first prize, $50 for second prize, and $25 for third prize, plus honorable mentions. Details at: www.haikunorthwest.org/2026-events/...

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Haiku Northwest - 2026 Porad Award

Celebrating the 23rd anniversary of the Porad Award in 2026!

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🌸 Only 2 more days to submit up to five haiku for the 2026 Haiku Northwest Porad Award. Follow the link below for more details 🌸

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Seven more days to get your haiku submissions in!

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Have you submitted your 5 haiku to the 2026 Porad Award? Deadline is August 30th! This year’s judge is Antoinette Cheung. www.haikunorthwest.org/2026-events/...

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Haiku Northwest - 2026 Porad Award

Celebrating the 23rd anniversary of the Porad Award in 2026!

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Only 17 more days until the submission deadline for this year’s Porad Award for haiku! Follow the link below for more details: www.haikunorthwest.org/2026-events/...

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Haiku Northwest - 2026 Porad Award

Celebrating the 23rd anniversary of the Porad Award in 2026!

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Calling all haiku poets! We welcome your proposals for the 2026 Seabeck Haiku Getaway — share your workshop, reading, presentation, or activity idea for Haiku Northwest's beloved retreat on Washington’s Hood Canal, coming up October 22–25, featuring Susan Antolin.

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Come join Haiku Northwest for its 19th annual Seabeck Haiku Retreat October 22–25, 2026! Our featured speaker is Susan Antolin, from Walnut Creek, California. Registration opens today! For more details: www.haikunorthwest.org/seabeck-haik...

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Submissions are open for the 2026 Porad Award for Haiku. Follow the link for more details! Entry period closes August 30th.

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

🎋 Create Tanabata Wishes with Haiku! Following Japan’s Star Festival tradition, write your wish on a tanzaku strip — and we’ll help translate it into a haiku to take home. Find us at Bellevue Arts Museum & Avenue Bellevue, July 24-26, 10-5. #haiku #BAF2026

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🎓 Test your Haiku IQ! Stop by to explore the haiku form, not just the 5-7-5 you learned in school, and see how English-language haiku has evolved into the forms practiced today. Find us at Bellevue Arts Museum & Avenue Bellevue, July 24-26, 10-5. #haiku #BAF2026

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🖋️ Haiku on Demand at Bellevue Arts Fair Weekend! Our haijin will craft a custom haiku for you on the spot — tell us a moment, a memory, or just say hello, and we’ll turn it into a poem to take home. Find us at Bellevue Arts Museum & Avenue Bellevue, July 24-26, 10-5. #haiku #BAF2026

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🎋 Haiku Northwest joins Living Traditions for Bellevue Arts Fair Weekend! July 24-26, 10-5. Find us at Bellevue Arts Museum & Avenue Bellevue (BOOGIEREZ Galleries) — haiku on demand and tanabata wish translation into haiku. Details: www.bellevueartsfair.com/arts-activat... #haiku #BAF2026

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

📣 Haiku Northwest’s 23rd annual Porad Award is open for submissions! Named for founder Francine Porad, open to all. Judging 2026: Antoinette Cheung (Prune Juice & confluence co-editor, Betty Drevniok Award winner). $5/5 haiku, deadline Aug 30. Submit: forms.gle/DQrjD1zAdAkU...

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🌸 Haiku Northwest is popping up at Art in Bloom! 🌸 Join us Sunday, July 12, 11am–6pm at Bellevue Botanical Garden for a free, all-ages celebration of art, nature, and community. We’ll have a presence in the garden — keep an eye out and come haiku with us. bellevuebotanical.org/event/art-in...

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Art in Bloom - Bellevue Botanical Garden

Art in Bloom is a free, one-day immersive celebration where art, nature, music, and community come together in the beauty of the Bellevue Botanical Garden. Wander through floral-inspired installations...

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Another amazing day at the 🌸 Cherry Blossom Festival 🌸 Come down and talk haiku tomorrow, our final reading is at 4:14 at the Armory Loft.

Tea Ceremony at the Seattle Cherry Blossom Festival

No Longer Strangers with a view of the Space Needle

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

🌸 Fantastic first day at the Cherry Blossom Festival. 🌸 Want to learn more about haiku or just starting out? Visit our booth next to the stage at the Armory Loft. Next readings are: 🌸 Sat: 12:30 & 4:15 🌸 Sun: 4:15

outside the Armory at the Seattle Center

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

🌸 Haiku Northwest @ Seattle Center 🌸 Join us for "Petal Power" this weekend at the Cherry Blossom Festival! 📍 Fischer Pavilion: Fri–Sun, 11am–5pm 🎤 Readings (Armory Loft): 🌸 Fri: 2:00 🌸 Sat: 12:30 & 4:15 🌸 Sun: 4:15 Come say hello or hear us read! 🍃 #Haiku #Seattle #CherryBlossom

The Haiku Northwest anthology: No Longer Strangers perched on the branch of a cherry tree.

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Congratulations to this year’s Porad Haiku Award winners! With 115 poets from 12 countries totaling 555 haiku, the grace and exuberance of the haiku community was well represented! www.haikunorthwest.org/porad-haiku-...

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Haiku Northwest - 2025 Porad Award Winners

The Porad Haiku Award is Haiku Northwest’s annual haiku contest, started in 2004. In 2025 it attracted 555 submissions from numerous countries.

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Join Haiku Northwest at Bellevue College for Japan Week on October 11th! —Test your Haiku IQ with Haiku Northwest poets —Get an instant haiku written just for you by Captain Haiku —Discover Haiku on Sticks displayed across campus More details below: studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu/japan-week/?...

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Only a day left to submit up to five haiku to the 2025 Haiku Northwest Porad Award! sites.google.com/site/haikuno...

A fortune cookie: You will win the Porad haiku contest

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Our eighteenth annual Haiku Northwest haiku retreat will happen at the end of October 2025! Come experience the Pacific Northwest off the Hood Canal and our featured speaker, Kristen Lindquist. www.haikunorthwest.org/seabeck-haik...

A weathered sign post for Seabeck overlooking the Hood Canal

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Sunday’s deadline to submit up to five haiku for the 2025 Porad Award is approaching fast. www.haikunorthwest.org/2025-events/...

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Haiku Northwest - 2025 Porad Award

Celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the Porad Award in 2025!

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Join us August 28th for a reading of Glimmering Hour, Haiku Northwest’s 35th Anniversary Anthology. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Words and Wine, J. Bookwalter Tasting Studio, 14810 NE 145th Street, Suite C, in Woodinville, Washington. Free reading and open mic. www.haikunorthwest.org/glimmering-h...

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Haiku Northwest - Glimmering Hour

Haiku Northwest 35th Anniversary Anthology Haiku Northwest celebrates its 35th anniversary with Glimmering Hour, an anthology of 202 haiku and senryu by 79 contributors, including a memorial section f...

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Submissions for the 2025 Haiku Northwest Porad Award close out August 31st. Follow the link for more details in how to submit your haiku: www.haikunorthwest.org/2025-events/...

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Haiku Northwest - 2025 Porad Award

Celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the Porad Award in 2025!

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Haiku Northwest @haikunorthwest.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Haiku Northwest, founded in 1988 by Francine Porad, is a Seattle-based group that meets most second Thursdays to share and discuss haiku and related forms like senryu, haibun, haiga, tanka, and renku. Look to the space for updates and upcoming meeting events. www.haikunorthwest.org

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Haiku Northwest

2025 Meetings and Other Events Check our schedule of upcoming activities, including monthly, quarterly, and special events, plus other haiku-related events in our larger community.

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