2014 Porad Award

Haiku Northwest is pleased to announce the eleventh annual Porad Haiku Award. The contest is named for Francine Porad, founder (in 1988) of Haiku Northwest, former president of the Haiku Society of America, and editor for eight years of Brussels Sprout, an international journal of haiku and art. We welcome your haiku submissions!

Deadline: Postmarked by September 12, 2014 (late entries may be accepted, but only at the discretion of the contest organizers).

Prizes: $100 for first prize, $50 for second prize, and $25 for third prize. Poems will also be published on the Haiku Northwest website. Winners will be announced at Haiku Northwest’s annual Seabeck Haiku Getaway, to be held October 16–19, 2014.

Adjudication: Our 2014 judge is John Stevenson, former president of the Haiku Society of America, and current managing editor of The Heron’s Nest.

Fees: $1 per poem (unlimited entries), payable in cash or by check or money order in U.S. funds to “Haiku Northwest.”

Submissions: Please submit your previously unpublished poems on 8.5x11-inch or A4 paper (multiple poems on one sheet is preferred, more than one sheet is acceptable; do not use other sizes of paper or index cards). Poems posted on public Facebook pages, blogs, or other websites are not eligible for submission. By submitting, you assert that your entries are previously unpublished and are solely your own original creations. Please submit one copy of each sheet with your name, address, and email address and another copy without author identification for anonymous judging. Submit your entries with payment to “Haiku Northwest,” postmarked by September 12, 2014 to:

Porad Haiku Award

c/o Richard and Kathleen Tice

27049 118th Place SE

Kent, WA 98030 USA

Additional Information: See past Porad Award results. If you have questions, please email WelchM@aol.com.