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The ’24 submission guidelines…
The Best Haiku Anthology 2024 international competition awards $350USD and is sponsored and judged by the team at Haiku Crush. All forms of traditional and modern haiku are accepted in this search to publish the best. Entries must be in English.
How to Submit: The submission form is below these guidelines. Entries must include your full name and email address, and (optional) phone number, in case we have questions or good news for you. Entries without this information may be disqualified. Original and previously published haiku are welcome. If previously published, you must have the right to re-publish. Haiku you post on social media are eligible to enter since you own your content. You may enter up to four haiku with each $9.00 paid submission.
Winners: One Grand Prize Winner will receive $150. Four Judges Grand Mention winners will each receive $50. Their haiku will be published, featured and promoted. Haiku Crush will also select up to 50 runner-ups who will also be published. Winners published in the 2024 anthology agree to the use of their name, likeness and haiku for promotional purposes.
Judging: Haiku Crush’s judges — Reid, Steve and Tatiana — will select the best haiku based upon expressive and creative writing merit. All entries submitted will be reviewed by all three judges and their consensus decisions will be final.
Deadline & Terms: The deadline to submit is November 30, 2024. Winners will be announced and contacted by email or other means during January. Haiku Crush will publish and promote winning entries, at the same time allowing entrants to keep their copyrights. We believe you should always own your poems, even if we publish and promote them. You give us a non-exclusive right to publish and promote your entries, assuming a third party does NOT own an exclusive right to the haiku you submit to us. We reserve the right to disqualify any entry deemed inappropriate or not submitted properly. We reserve the right to modify these terms as needed. Entries must not infringe the copyright, trademark or intellectual property rights of any other person or entity.
The Best Haiku Search is sponsored by an anonymous donor and Haiku Crush, P. O. Box 770796, Cleveland, OH, USA 44107.