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• June 25, 2009 -- The June 2009 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our kigo for June was Graduation and our June Free Format subject was Wood.

  Congratulations to Tom Painting, winner of our Kigo section and to Beth Powell, winner of our Free Format section!

  Please look for the July 2009 Call for Submissions on or about Sunday, July 5, 2009.

• May 26, 2009 -- The May 2009 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our keyword was Berry and our Free Format subject was Umbrella.

  Congratulations to Tom Painting, winner of our Kigo section and to Gautam Nadkarni, winner of our Free Format section!

  Please look for the June 2009 Call for Submissions on or about Sunday, May 31, 2009.

• April 26, 2009 -- The April 2009 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo subject was April Fools and our Free Format theme was Fence/Wall.

  Congratulations to Carol Raisfeld, winner of our Kigo section and to Francine Banwarth, winner of our Free Format section!

  Please look for the May 2009 Call for Submissions on or about Sunday, May 3, 2009.

• February 15, 2009 -- The January 2009 Shiki Special Kukai Results have been posted!

  The Shiki Special Kukai, the Toku, in memory of William J. Higginson was the seventh to be held and sponsored by the Ehime Culture Foundation and Hiromi Inoue and Kim Komurasaki of the Shiki Team at Matsuyama from the Shiki Haikusphere site.

  On February 15, 2009, the Shiki Team at Matsuyama presented the grand prize to Dorota Pyra, a preschool teacher from Gdansk, Poland, the poet who took first place in the special kukai held in memory of William J. Higginson.

  We will be announcing the April 2009 Shiki Monthly Kukai Topics on Sunday, April 5, 2009.

• December 22, 2008 -- The December 2008 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo subject was Rabbit or Hare and our Free Format setting was The Night.

  Congratulations to Elena Naskova and Melissa Spurr, winners of our Kigo section and to Janice Hornburg, winner of our Free Format section!

  Please look for The Invitation for Submissions of a very special Kukai on New Year's Eve, Wednesday, December 31!

• November 24, 2008 -- The November 2008 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo section keyword was Any Species of Tree and our Free Format theme was Everyday People.

  Congratulations to Melissa Spurr and Roberta Beary, winners of our Kigo section and to Gryta Wansdronk and Jan O'Loughlin, winners of our Free Format section!

  Please look for the December 2008 Call for Submissions on or about Monday, December 1, 2008.

• October 22, 2008 -- The Sixth Annual Poets' Choice Kukai Results have been posted!

  Congratulations to April Serock, winner of our Kigo section and to Gosia Zamorska, winner of our Free Format section!

  Please look for the November 2008 Call for Submissions on or about Monday, November 3rd, 2008.

• October 11, 2008 -- As you may have already heard, our friend William Higginson has completed his struggle with cancer. Curtis Dunlap shared a letter from Penny on his blog, where it would be appropriate to share a remembrance about Bill if you have one. Bill actually wrote a column for our Begin Haiku webpages, which I introduced with some thoughts about Bill. His column was called A Sense of the Genre, A Sense of the Language. Penny, our thoughts and prayers are with you. Thank you for sharing Bill with us for all these many years and the support you gave him in his artistry.

• September 22, 2008 -- The September 2008 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo subject was Autumn and our Free Format subject was Rock or Stone. Congratulations to April Serock, winner of our Kigo section and to Devika Menon, winner of our Free Format section!

  Please look for the 6th Annual Poets' Choice Call for Votes on or about Monday, October 6th, 2008.

• August 26, 2008 -- The August 2008 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo subject was Spiders and our Free Format theme was Home Improvement. Congratulations to Paul Hodder, winner of our Kigo section and to Carolyn Coit Dancy AND Melissa Spurr, winners of our Free Format section!

  Please look for the release of the September Call for Submissions on or about Monday, September 1st, 2008.

• July 31, 2008 -- The July 2008 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo subject was Firefly and our Free Format subject was Documents. Congratulations to Miriam Chaikin, winner of our Kigo section and to Melissa Spurr, winner of our Free Format section!

  Please look for the release of the August Call for Submissions on or about Monday, August 4th, 2008.

• July 7, 2008 -- Roberta Beary invites you to view the words i meant to say, an online exhibition of her haiku presented at 3LIGHTS GALLERY. The exhibit also features a short interview with Roberta by curator Liam Wilkinson.

• June 25, 2008 -- The June 2008 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo subject was Sand and our Free Format theme was Secrets.

  Congratulations to Edward, winner of our Kigo section and to Tom Painting, winner of our Free Format section!

  Please look for the release of the July Call for Submissions on or about Monday, July 7th, 2008.

• May 26, 2008 -- The May 2008 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo subject was Lily and our Free Format subject was Musical Instrument.

  Congratulations to Collin Barber, winner of our Kigo section and to Gosia Zamorska, winner of our Free Format section!

  Please look for the release of the June Call for Submissions on or about Monday, June 2nd, 2008.

• April 27, 2008 -- The April 2008 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo subject was Any Herb and our Free Format subject was Rust.

  Congratulations to Francine Banwarth, winner of our Kigo section and to Melissa Spurr, winner of our Free Format section!

• March 23, 2008 -- The March 2008 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo theme was Anything Spring and our Free Format theme was Aging. Congratulations to Paul O. Williams, winner of our Kigo section and to Nancy Nitrio, winner of our Free Format section!

• February 29, 2008 -- The February 2008 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo subject was Early Spring and our Free Format theme was Night Life. Congratulations to Tom Painting, winner of our Kigo section and to Petar Tchouhov, winner of our Free Format section!

• January 30, 2008 -- The January 2008 Shiki Monthly Kukai Results have been posted! Our Kigo subject was Plum and our Free Format theme was Short Days. Congratulations to Audrey Downey, winner of our Kigo section and to Frances McCarthy, winner of our Free Format section!

haiku book news

• Do you have a new haiku book that you think our readers should know about? Please send it for co nsideration to editor@haikuworld.org

• January 23, 2007 - We've just learned that Red Moon Press will be releasing big sky: The Red Moon Anthology 2006 on February 1st! I own most of the previous ten annual anthologies, and count them among the best books in my haiku library. I hope tha t you will join me in placing your order! Follow the link to also visit their new website and learn what else has been happening at Red Moon Press.

internet haiku update

• Do you have news about an Internet Haiku site that you would like to share? Please send it for consideration to editor@haikuworld.org.
• January 24, 2007 - David Lanoue continues to bless me every day with a haiku from his Daily Issa mailing list. If you subscribe with the "Deluxe" version, you get David's fine English translation of the haiku, the romanji of the haiku, and the original kanji of the haiku. What a great bit of haiku culture in the inbox each day!

• January 8, 2007 - Gilles Fabre shared with us the January issue of the Haiku Ireland Newsletter. A very nice 23 page newsletter, currently accepting submissions for the April edition with a deadline of March 15 for inclusion. (Also visit Gilles' site: haikuspirit.org.)

• January 5, 2007 - Anatoly Kudryavitsky sent us news of the new Irish Haiku Society website. Best of luck to our friends at IHS!

haiku magazine updates

• Do you have an announcement about a haiku magazine, or information about subscriptions that you would like to share? Please send it for consideration to editor@haikuworld.org