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Haiku Northwest invites you to attend any of our free monthly and quarterly meetings, which usually focus on rounds of sharing and workshopping our haiku, with occasional presentations and writing exercises. Most meetings in 2026 will be on Zoom (join our mailing list to receive each Zoom link), but we also have quarterly in-person meetings. Listed here are all our meetings, a few special events, plus significant regional or national events. If you’re giving a haiku workshop or know of another haiku event in the area, please let us know so we can add it. Monthly meetings usually start at 6:30 p.m. with informal socializing, with a more formal start at 7:00 p.m., and occur on the second Thursday of each month, except as indicated. Quarterly meetings occur on selected Saturdays in place of that month’s Thursday meeting, for three hours usually starting at 1:00 p.m. All dates and details are subject to change, and will be confirmed via the Haiku Northwest Mailchimp mailing list (through which you may be provided additional details, such as Zoom links—if you have questions, please email haikunw1988@gmail.com). To suggest regional haiku-related events to add to the following calendar, please contact Michael Dylan Welch at WelchM@aol.com. We’ll update content as soon as we confirm the details. See you at our next event!
Haiku Northwest Monthly Newsletter
If you have a haiku event, reading, publication, award, or other haiku-related news to share in Haiku Northwest’s monthly newsletter, please submit your announcement by the 20th of each month to haikunw1988@gmail.com.
In addition to the following events, the Washington region of the Haiku Society of America plans to have one or two regional meetings, and may have additional events. For more information, please contact the HSA regional coordinator for 2026, Richard Tice. Haiku Northwest is independent of the HSA Washington state region.
2026 Meetings
2026 Meetings
January 8, 2026
January 8, 2026
Monthly Meeting, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Zoom
February
February
National Haiku Writing Month
Visit the NaHaiWriMo website and Facebook page
Write at least one haiku per day for each day of February!
February 7 (Saturday, in person)
February 7 (Saturday, in person)
Quarterly Meeting: Visit to Bainbridge Island (ferry/carpool to the island)
11:00 a.m. Meet at Bainbridge Public Library (1270 Madison Ave N)
Meet in the parking lot, walk to the Japanese Haiku Garden (Haiku no Niwa) to see the engraved haiku stones, then walk or carpool (quarter mile) to Sakai Park (1560 Madison Ave N) to visit Pia the Peacekeeper troll.
11:45 a.m. Depart library
12:05 p.m. Meet at Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial (by Pritchard Park, 4195 Eagle Harbor Dr NE)
Visit parts of the memorial open during construction of new visitor center: “Story Wall” 276-foot-long cedar and granite exhibit—learn, remember, reflect on the 1942 forced removal of Japanese Americans.
12:50 p.m. Depart memorial
1:00 p.m. Eat lunch at a restaurant of your choice or at the museum
2:00–3:30 p.m. Meet at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (550 Winslow Way E.)
Attend lecture by Mare Blocker followed by film about her life; visit the exhibit highlighting her 50 years of book-making; view other exhibits and museum roof and grounds. TICKET REQUIRED for lecture (buy well in advance; limited seating); tickets for nonmembers are $15.23, including fees.
March 1–31
March 1–31
Enter the sixth annual Mukai Garden Haiku Festival. Results announced in April, with winners on display around the garden throughout April. Visit the garden at 18017 107th Ave SW, Vashon Island, Washington.
March 12
March 12
Monthly Meeting, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Zoom
April 9
April 9
Monthly Meeting, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Zoom
April 10–12
April 10–12
Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival
Seattle Center, Seattle, Washington
April 11–12
April 11–12
VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia
April 17 (Wednesday)
April 17 (Wednesday)
International Haiku Poetry Day
April 3–5
April 3–5
Washington State Convention Center
May 16 (Saturday, in person)
May 16 (Saturday, in person)
Quarterly Meeting, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
June 11
June 11
Monthly Meeting, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Zoom
June 27–28
June 27–28
Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE 6th Street in Bellevue, Washington
(includes an annual haiku contest)
July 9
July 9
Monthly Meeting, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Zoom
August 8 (Saturday, in person)
August 8 (Saturday, in person)
Quarterly Meeting, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
September 10
September 10
Monthly Meeting, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Zoom
October 8
October 8
Monthly Meeting, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Zoom
October 22–25
October 22–25
Seabeck Haiku Getaway, featuring Susan Antolin
November 14 (Saturday, in person)
November 14 (Saturday, in person)
Quarterly Meeting, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
December 10
December 10
Monthly Meeting, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Zoom
Haiku Northwest Zoom meeting, 10 April 2021. Please join us!
Haiku Northwest meeting at the Lake Forest Park Library, September 27, 2018. Left to right are Cara Izumi, Millie Renfrow, Ron Swanson, Curtis Manley, Arlene Springer, Philaah Jones, Terran Campbell, Tanya McDonald, Dianne Garcia, Gary Evans, and Angie Terry. Photo by Michael Dylan Welch.
Haiku Northwest meeting at the Bellevue Regional Library, August 7, 2008. Left to right are Curtis Manley, Helen Russell, William Scott Galasso, Ida Freilinger, Bryson Nitta, Tanya McDonald, Connie Hutchison, Dejah Leger, Susan Miller, Terran Campbell, Joshua Beach, Angela Terry, Marilyn Sandall, and Herb McClees. Photo by Michael Dylan Welch.
Please also check the schedule for the Seattle Japanese Garden (see this website also). Several of the garden’s events typically include a haiku component, such as the moon-viewing festival, which usually includes a haiku contest.
Click also to see event listings for 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, and 2009.
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