The 27th HIA Haiku Contest

HIA calls for Haiku for The 27th HIA Haiku Contest.

Entry for the contest

1. Please use the application form paper which is inserted in the journal ‘HI’.
   Photocopied can be accepted (please PRINT haiku clearly). The address is as follows.
2. You can also do it using this Application Form.

• Up to two haiku per entrant can be accepted for the entry.
• Haiku already published elsewhere will not be accepted.

[ADDRESS] The Haiku International Association 7th Floor Azuma Building 2-7 Ichigaya-Tamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0843 Japan

Closing date for the entry

September 20th, 2025

Announcement of the winning works

December 1st, 2025

• The judges will comment on the winning works in the journal ‘HI’.
• At a later date, they will also appear on the HIA website (here).

Judges

Toshio Kimura, David Burleigh

Supporters

The Nihon Keizai Shimbun
The Japan Times
The Association of Haiku Poets
The Modern Haiku Association
The Association of Japanese Classical Haiku