Pumpkin Festival Haiku Contest

Limit 3 haiku on the theme “pumpkin/gourd” (not necessarily mentioned in the haiku). Poets from the area of ex-Yugoslavia are welcome to send haiku in their language; it will be translated into English and judged in the international section. Results announced at the Ivanic Grad Pumpkin Festival in October 2017 and published in Iris haiku journal.

Deadline: June 30, 2017.
Cost: Free.

Send entries by email to Đurđa Vukelić Rožić  with the subject line “Pumpkin”.

Yamadera Bashō Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest

Limit 2 entries. One grand prize and two distinguished work prizes in each division (Division 4 is for non-Japanese entrants). Winners announced mid-July 2017 and posted to the website.
Deadline: June 3, 2017.
Cost: Free.
Full details:

https://australianhaikusociety.org/2017/04/04/the-9th-yamadera-basho-haiku-contest/#more-7423 

(see item 7 for the email address).

Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Award

Cash prizes totalling $US275, plus copies of Peggy’s books. Limit 5 haiku. Results announced July 31, 2017
Deadline: June 1, 2017.
Cost: Free.
Full details: http://www.theheronsnest.com/awards/awards_2017.html#pwl