THE FINAL REPORT

The 28th International “Kusamakura” Haiku Competition in Kumamoto

Recently the suffer from the corona-virus pandemic is fading down from the world. However, now is still the age of uncertainty. We look forward to having peace, happiness and also good literary works on this globe.

The commendation ceremony of the 28th International “Kusamakura” Haiku Competition took place on November 18, 2023. Congratulations to the prize winners! We also thank you very much for all the participants and contributors to this Competition.

This year we had 641 applicants with the number of 1204 haikus from 71 countries. There were 510 applicants with 952 Haikus written in English, 117 applicants with 225 Haikus written in Spanish and 14 applicants with 27 Haikus written in Chinese.

For the next Competition in 2024, we will inform you of the 29th “Kusamakura” Haiku Competition at the end of May on this website. We are looking forward to having many applicants and wonderful haiku poems from all over the world. Especially we are waiting for more Haikus written in Chinese.

 

Application Guidelines

Entries must be submitted via the homepage.
Each applicant can enter up to two haiku poems. Entries are only possible in English, Chinese and Spanish.

Please enter from the button at the bottom of page 3.

 

KUSAMAKURA HAIKU COMPETITION : RULES FOR SUBMISSION

All submissions to the “Kusamakura” Haiku Competition must be original and must not have been previously published. Any plagiarized and imitative haiku shall not be accepted. Any submissions to this Haiku Competition must not be sent to any other publications including online ones. Also they must not appear in any published forms such as magazines, journals, blogs, personal websites, etc., before the end of the “Kusamakura” Haiku Competition Awarding Ceremony.

 

Previous winning haiku

Last Updated January 16, 2024

The State of 28th Competition.

The Grand Prize Winner of the 28th Competition.

inquiry

“Kusamakura” Haiku Competition Office

2-28-77 Ezu, Higashi-Ku
Kumamoto City 862-0942 Japan
e-mail: kusamakura-haiku@outlook.jp