The Sixth Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award is now accepting entries.

VDHA2016 is an open competition for previously unpublished haiku written in the English language. The Award is for haiku regardless of whether in the traditional or modern style; it transcends haiku divisions and is based only on literary merit.
The Award was founded and is judged by H.E. Dr. Drago Štambuk, Ambassador of Croatia to Japan (2005-2010), currently in Brazil, and is organized by The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) & The Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship (LibrAsia), with the kind support of the Haiku International Association (HIA) and the World Haiku Association (WHA). Winners will be announced at The Sixth Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship, to be held Thursday, April 7 to Sunday, April 10, 2016.
Only previously unpublished haiku will be considered. Please submit just one entry (see below for submission form).
The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2016.
His Excellency Dr. Drago Štambuk
Croatian Ambassador to Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela
Founding Judge
Read: Dr Drago Štambuk – “Haiku Consciousness”
Winning entries from The Fifth Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award 2015 can be found here.