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Haiku & Related Poetry
Organisational WebLinks
& Festival Information
Haiku is a
phenomenon in literature: the first poetic form to become internationalised.
Haiku and related Asian verse forms are discussed and promoted in organisations
from the smaller level of local community, to area-wide (states, provinces,
prefectures), nationwide, through international. Small community groups may
consist of a few people whereas national and international groups often number
in the many-thousands. This page provides contact by web-link, email or address
to some of these groups. Haiku organisations often host events and
festivals. For festival information and links, please scroll to the end of the
page.
HAIKU
The latest
development in the history of haiku is one which nobody foresaw, --the writing
of haiku outside Japan, not in the Japanese language. We may now assert with
some confidence that the day is coming when haiku will be written in Russia, in
the Celebes, in Sardinia. What a pleasing prospect, what an Earthly Paradise it
will be, the Esquimaux blowing on their fingers as they write haiku about the
sun that never sets or rises, the pygmies composing jungle haiku on the gorilla
and the python, the nomads of the Sahara and Gobi deserts seeing a grain of sand
in a world!
R.H. Blyth “A
History of Haiku” (1964).
INTERNATIONAL
 Haiku
International Association (est.
1989)
Kogure Gohei,
President
Shibota Shunichi, Managing Editor
The Haiku International Association (HIA)
7th Floor Azuma Building
2-7 Ichigaya-Tamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0843
Tel: 03(5228)9004
Site in Japanese
and English
MIFA(Meguro
International Friendship Association)
MIFA
International Haiku Circle
(Est. 1995. Independent since April 2002)
Yasuomi
Koganei, Founder
Shimanami
Kaido International Haiku Convention
Sponsor of the
International Haiku Festival (SHIKI Team)
& Shiki Masaoka International Haiku Awards
Ehime
Culture Foundation
Ichiban-cho 4-4-2
Matsuyama City
Ehime Prefecture,
Japan
Hiromi Inoye: e-mail:hinoue@ba.mbn.or.jp
The
World Haiku Club (est 1998)
Susumu
Takiguchi, Chairman UK
James W. Hackett, Honourary President, US
John Crook, Chief
Deputy Chairman, UK (deceased)
Debra (Debi) Woolard Bender, Development Advisor, US
Mitsugu Abe, Policy Advisor, JP
Paul Conneally, Education & Regional Director, UK
Kevin Ryan, Director of Arts
Ray Rasmussen, Director of Multimedia
John E. Carley, Poetry Bridge Director
An'ya Petrovic' Director of Beginners
Ferris Gilli, Director of WHC Schools
Daniel Gallimore, Academic Director
Yasuomi Koganei & Takashi Nonin, Japan Directors
Carlos Fleitas, Spanish Director
Head Office
The World Haiku Club
Leys Farm, Rousham
Bicester, Oxfordshire OX6 3RA
England
Tel: 01869-340261
Fax:+44 (0) 1869-340619
e-mail:
WHC.takiguchi@susumu.freeserve.co.uk
World
Haiku Association [WHA] (est 2000)
PO Box 2461
Winchester, VA 22604
USA
Contacts:
Jim
Kacian
Max
Verhart
AFRICA
Nairobi Haiku-Society
AMERICAS
North
America
CANADA
Haiku
Canada (est. 1978)
newsletter:
tri-annual publication by Haiku Canada,
Also publishes six or more Haiku Canada Sheets, sheets of haiku by individuals,
and a members' anthology annually.
Haiku Canada Newsletter
LeRoy Gorman, Editor
51 Graham West, Napanee, ON K7R 2J6, CA
Haiku
Canada Atlantic Region
Haiku Canada's
Atlantic Region website maintained by Tina Stanton of Moments e-journal and
Borders & Time. Links to articles and Haiku Canada associations.
Haiku
British Columbia Branch of Haiku
Canada
Ed Zuk, B.C.
Regional Coordinator
Membership in Haiku Canada
Hans Jongman, Membership Secretary
40 Dixington Cr. #102
Toronto, ON
Canada M9P 2K8
Haiku
North America 2003
http://www.haiku-north-america-2003.org/index.htm
Toronto
Kisaragi Club Bunkakai
(416) 463-3233
Poetry: Waka, Haiku
UNITED STATES
Haiku
Society of America (est.
1968)
Membership
Society, USA
to promote the appreciation of haiku in English. Open membership includes
subscription to the journal Frogpond
Frogpond
(poetry journal of the Haiku Society of America)
Jim Kacian, Editor
P.O. Box 2461
Winchester, VA 22604, USA
Nick
Virgilio Haiku Association (est.
1990)
1092 Niagara Road
Camden, New Jersey 08104
USA
Contacts:
Mary Herron (215) 635-6220
Henry Brann (609)546-7747
George Vallianos (609) 428-1917
Fr. Michael Doyle (609) 966-6700
Yuki
Teikei Haiku Society (est. 1975)
Membership
Society, USA
formed to foster the practice of writing haiku in English according to
traditional guidelines as developed by haiku poets of Japan; website: Young
Leaves
annual membership
in Society includes the Geppo newsletter:
Geppo
Jean Hale, Secretary
20711 Garden Place Court
Cupertino, CA 95014
USA
BY STATE:
Arkansas
Dr. Paul Tucker, President
Howard Lee Kilby, HSA Secretary
P.O. Box 1260
Hot Springs, AR 77204
Phone: (501) 767-6096
e-mail: hkilby@hotmail.com
California
Jennifer
Jensen
7816 Apple Valley Court
Fair Oaks, CA 95628
Phone: (916) 965-0860
Haiku
Poets of Northern California
Garry Gay, HPNC President
Rich Krivner HPNC Membership
Secretary
478 Guerrero Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
USA
annual membership in HPNC includes four newsletters yearly
Southern
California Haiku Study Group
Begun in 1997 by
Professor Jerry Ball of CSULB, meets the third Saturday of each month at the
Borders bookstore in Long Beach.
Emphasis on both the use of the traditional 5-7-5 haiku form and freestyle
haiku, including kigo or season words as in classical Japanese haiku
Sufi Haiku
Writers Group of San Francisco
Blending the sufi path with haiku
Meetings on the first Monday of each month, 7:30 PM at:
Mentor Garden, 410
Precita Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94110 730 PM and
Dan Brady
e-mail: dpmb2000@yahoo.com
Colorado
Georgia
Louisiana
David Lanoue and
Johnette Downing
email: neworleanshaiku@yahoo.com
Monthly meetings are held at
Milton Latter Library
5120 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana
Massachusetts
North
Carolina
Lenard D. Moore, Executive
Chairman
Dan Brady, Webmaster, member
e-mail: hpnc@creativeideasforyou.com
New
York
Japan
Society, Inc. (haiku)
333 east 47th street
New York, N. Y. 10017
USA
Texas
Fort Worth Haiku Society
P.O. Box 11812
Fort Worth, TX. 76110-0812
Cliff Roberts, Founder &
President
817-624-9295
Meetings:
3rd Saturday of every month
1:00 - 4:00 P.M.
Four Star Coffee Bar
3324 West 7th Street
Fort Worth, TX 76107
South
America
BRAZIL
Sumaúma Haiku Association
(Kapok Haiku)
A
Revista do Haijin: internet publication
Anibal
Beça abeca@argo.com.br
Rosa Clement rclement@internext.com.br
ASIA
CHINA
Shanghai Haiku-Hanpai Study Association
Taipei Haiku-Society
JAPAN
MIFA
International Haiku Circle
(Meguro Internatonal Friendship Association
Meguro honcho shakai kyoui kukan
Yasuomi
Koganei YIX04102@nifty.ne.jp
The
Modern Haiku Association
Mr. Kaneko Tohta, Honorary
Chairman
Mr. Akira Matsuzawa, Chairman
Shadan
Hojin, Haijin Kyokai: Association of Haiku
Poets
The
Association of Haiku Poets
Shugyo Takaha, Chairman
Haiku Bungakukan Bldg.
3-28-10 Hyakunin-cho
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8521
Phone: +81-3-3367-6621
Fax: +81-3-3367-665
Dento
Haiku Kyokai: Association of Japanese
Classical Haiku
Teiko
Inahata, President
Phone: + 03-3454-5191
Fax : + 03-3454-5192
Evergreen:
Writing English Haiku Circle Gifu,
Japan
An international
group of haijin in Gifu which meets once a month to write haiku in English using
topics rather than kigo, and which translates their haiku into Japanese. A
newsletter is also published.
Evergreen
Ikuyo
Yoshimura, Editor
Rainbow Press
1-3, Oonawaba 4,
Gifu 500-8889
Japan
The
Haiku Association of Ehime Prefecture
Keio Haiku Society
Matsuyama
Shiki Association
Shigeki Wada, Chairman
MIFA(Meguro
International Friendship Association)
Site includes
MIFA's International Haiku Circle & archived haiku. Presiding: Mr.Kaido
Maruyama and his wife, Mrs. Yoshiko Maruyama
Reimei
Haiku Society (RHS) Since
1970
Rev. Utae Tada,
President (penname, Terue Tada)
the society puts out a monthly collection of verses
Sekishun
Haiku Society
Suen
Haiku Group (Website in Japanese,
only)
Tokyo
Hepburn Club
a haiku club for
women
publishes The Monthly Hepburn, journal
Ms. Madoka Miyuzumi, President, Editor-in-Chief
EUROPE
EASTERN
EUROPE
SEE
HASEE FOR UPDATES ON EXISTING AND NEW EASTERN EUROPEAN HAIKU ORGANIZATIONS
Hasee
Haiku Association of South East Europe (Serge Tomé, webhost): An
international network of haiku poets, its societies & magazines from the
Southeast European community.
Hasee
Publication; a monthly archived,
downloadable ezine; Junior
Haiku online publication; articles
& essays; links to journal
BULGARIA
Bulgarian
Haiku Club
Bulgarian Pen Club
Founded
September 14, 1999
Dimitar Stefanov, President
Sofia, Bulgaria
CROATIA
The
Croatian Haiku Association
Founded by
Marijan Cekolj, President, in 1992
Publishes Vrabac,
(Sparrow) haiku magazine (haiku,
senryu, waka tanka, haibun, renga, essays about haiku & Zen) ; Croatian
& English.
Marijan Cekolj, Editor
Smerovisce 24
10430 Samobor
Croatia
Association
of Croatian Haiku Poets
Publishes: Haiku:
The Journal of the Association of Croatian Haiku Poets
Visnja McMaster
Fuljatkov breg 32, Markusevec, Zagreb 10060
Tel./fax: 385-1-4574 519
email: mmarkov@jagor.srce.hr
ROMANIA
Revista
Societatii de HAIKU din Constanta: Constanta Haiku Society
Publishes Albatross
(haiku, linked forms, essays & reviews about haiku); Romanian and
English.
Albatross
Ion Codrescu, Editor
Str. Soveje Nr. 25
87000 Constanta
Romania
Romanian
Haiku Society (founded in 1991)
Florin Vasiliu,
President
Haiku magazine, Bucharest
Florin Vasiliu, Editor
SLOVENIA
Haiku
Drustvo Slovenije (HCS): Haiku Club of Slovenia
Publishes:
Letni casi
Accepts haiku and short essays in Slovene and English. Submissions by mail
or email. Further details on site.
Joze Volarič,
Chairman
Galetova 23
4000 Kranj
Slovenia
Mr. Marko Hudnik, Editor
Titova 18
4270 Jesenice
Slovenia
Drustvo
Apokalipsa
Publishes Apopkalipsa
Primoz Repar,
Editorial Staff
Ulica Lili Novy 25
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenija
Phone 386 (0)1 256 40 34
YUGOSLAVIA
Haiku
club "Shiki" Nis
Moma Dimic
Francuska 71
1000 Beograd
Yugoslavia
founded by Dimitar
Anakiev in 1993.
Haiku
Club Aleksandar Nejgebauer
Publishes
Haiku Informator (quarterly seasonal,
haiku)
Editors: Zoran Doderovic, Branislav
Djordjevic, Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic, Aleksandar Pavic, Ljubinka Tosic
Also
Publishes Listak
(Leaflet) (quarterly, seasonal,
literary bulletin)
Aleksandar
Pavic Sutjeska
66 21432 Gajdobra
Yugoslavia
spiroska@ptt.yu
Zoran
Doderovic
Sumadijska 20
21000 Novi Sad
Haiku
Club Nis
Sicevacka 11; 1800
Nis, Yugoslavia
Stanisa Stankovic-Maki, President
Listak - Leaflet Publication
WESTERN
EUROPE
BELGIUM
Haikoe
Centrum Vlaanderen (HCV)
- Willy Vande Walle
- Waaienbergstraat 14
- B - 3090 Overijse
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GERMANY
German
Haiku Society
Deutschen Haiku-gesellschaft;
site in Deutsch and English
49424 Goldenstedt
- Lutten
Telephone and Fax: 04441 / 83897
e-mail: haiku-dhg@kulturserver-nds.de
Gerd Börner (webmaster, member)
Haiku-Gesellschaft
Berlin
Lyrik
Online
GREAT BRITAIN
The
British Haiku Society (est,1990)
Publishes:
Blithe Spirit, Society Journal: The Brief
Caroline Gourlay, Editor
also: Pathways, Journal for non-members
David Cobb, Editor
Newsletter annual award
Sasakawa
Prize biennial award
Colin Blundell, BHS Membership Secretary
Longholm, East Bank
Wingland, Nr Sutton Bridge
Lincs. PE12 9YS
UK
Haiku
Mist
Taw Haiku Group
Barnstaple, Devon
Devon, UK
e-mail: haikumist@btinternet.com
ITALY
Associazione Italiana del Amic del Haiku
NETHERLANDS
Haiku
Kring Nederlande - HKN
- Max Verhaart
- Spoermekerlaan 30
- NL - 5237 JZ 's Hertogenbosch
SWEDEN
The
Swedish Haiku Society
- Kai Falkman
- S - UD 103 39 Stockholm
- Tel: 08-4055371
- Fax: 08-7231176
OCEANA/
SOUTH PACIFIC
AUSTRALIA
HaikuOz
Australian Haiku Society
AHS
1st Australian Haiku Anthology
(online)
Lyn
Reeves: Contact
e-mail: haikuoz@yahoo.com
(see website for current officers)
HaikuOz
(02) 6680 1186
14 Narooma Drive,
Ocean Shores, NSW 2483,
Australia
NEW ZEALAND
New
Zealand Poetry Society
The Second New
Zealand Haiku Anthology
New Zealand Poetry
Society
Cyril Childs, Editor
c/-58 Cecil Road,
Wadestown
Wellington, NZ
TANKA
The
Japan Tanka Poets' Club
Publishes: The
Tanka Journal (bi-annual)
Japan Tanka Poet's
Club
408 Ebisu-Mansion,
1-2-1 Ebisu-Nishi, Shibuya-ku, 150 Japan
Tanka
Society of America
Michael Dylan
Welch, President
Tanka Society of
America
248 Beach Park Boulevard
Foster City, CA 94404
USA
RENKU
AIR: Association of
International Renku
Shinku Fukuda
Tadashi Kondô
Eiko Yachimoto yeiko@peach.ocn.ne.jp
(Contact)
Kanagawa, Japan
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FESTIVALS
& CONFERENCES
World
Haiku Festival (UK)
World Haiku Club
London-Oxford, England
Susumu Takiguchi, Chairman
The
World Haiku Festival 2002 and
Basho Journey
September 2002, Yuwa
Town, Akita Japan. Guest of
Honour and Keynote Speaker will be James Hackett, WHC Honourary President. Conference
Theme: "In Honour of Rogetsu, Shiki, Basho & R. H. Blyth"
Organiser: WHC
Chairman, Susumu Takiguchi
Haiku
North America (US)
Haiku
North America is a conference and
celebration of haiku that takes place biennially (every 2 years). It is one of
the largest gatherings of haiku poets in the United States and Canada. There
will be presentations by internationally acclaimed haiku poets, workshops in
haiku, tanka, haiga and renku, and performances that combine haiku, music and
dance.
In 2001, the Haiku North America conference will be held in at the Boston
Conservatory of Music, Dance and Drama, Boston, Massachusetts.. The theme is
"Haiku and Beyond." For details about the HNA conference, see
the website.
Haiku North America conference will be held in New York City in 2003.
Global
Haiku Festival (US)
Haiku Society of America (HSA)
Millikin University
Sister Cities Program
Decatur, IL, US
The First Global
Haiku Festival took place in Decatur, Illinois, in Apil 2000. A formation
meeting of the Tanka Society of America took place during the events. Dr. Randy
Brooks, of Brooks Books and Millikin University, has compiled a website
recording the events.
Haiku Pacific Rim Conference
Jerry Ball,
Conference Founder and Organiser
The
Shimanami International Haiku Convention 1999 (JP)
Ehime Prefecture SHIMANAMIKAIDO '99 Event Committee
Shiki team
Computer Center of Matsuyama University
An international haiku event in
which an important document was instituted:
The
Matsuyama Declaration
A proposal for the establishment
of the Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Research Center was introduced, and the
establishment of the International Haiku Award,"Masaoka Shiki Prize,"
was formalised.
Haiku
Festival Ljubljana, Slovenia 2000
Društvo
Apokalipsa
Hosted by
Društvo Apokalipsa, this event was held in Slovenia on September 4, 2000, with
discussion, speeches, contests and prizes.
World
Haiku Association Conference (WHA)
Jim
Kacian
If your haiku organisation
or conference is not listed and you would like to have it added to our list of
resources, or if your link need to be updated please e-mail Debi Bender at: dmine@mpinet.net
If you would like to
announce your group's contests and events online, please register on the NewsBoard
(it is not a mailing list).
http://www.worldhaikureview.org/cgi-bin/board/ikonboard.cgi
Links compiled and
edited by:
Debi Bender e-mail: dmine@mpinet.net
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