Golden Haiku Contest

Warm the Winter Landscape with Your Words.

Now through February 5, you are invited to submit a spring-themed haiku that will be judged by an expert panel, including:

• Roberta Beary, haibun editor, Modern Haiku; author of The Unworn Necklace (Snapshot Press, 2007, reprinted 2015) a haiku collection and Deflection (Accents Publishing, 2015) a haibun collection.
• Abigail Friedman, Founder and CEO of The Wisteria Group; author of The Haiku Apprentice: Memoirs of Writing Poetry in Japan (Stone Bridge Press, 2006); I Wait for the Moon: 100 Haiku of Momoko Kuroda (Stone Bridge Press, 2014); and Street Chatter Fading (Larkspur Press, 2015).
• David McAleavey, professor of literature and creative writing at George Washington University; author of Huge Haiku (Chax Press, 2005, 315 pp.), the forthcoming Rock Taught (Broadkill River Press), and four other books of poetry.

Winning poems will be displayed along Golden Triangle sidewalks. The authors of the top three poems will receive these prizes:

• First Place: $500 gift card to Tiny Jewel Box
• Second Place: $200 gift card to Grooming Lounge
• Third Place: $100 gift card to Chocolate Chocolate

To Enter

Fill out the form below. You may submit more than one poem, but please only submit one poem per entry form. Haiku should be spring-themed and three short lines, but do not need to adhere to 5-7-5 syllables. If you have any questions or concerns, send an email to feedback@goldentriangledc.com.

Entry Form