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Modern Haiku Women's Award

げんだいはいくじょりゅうしょう

A literary award given to women's haiku collections.

Haiku
Established
1976
Organizer
Bunka Publishing Bureau
Category
Haiku and Haikai
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Professional
Frequency
1 per year
Announcement Period
around April
Status
Ended

Description

Established in 1976 by Bunka Publishing Bureau to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the launch of the women's magazine "Mrs.", along with the Modern Poetry Women's Award and Modern Tanka Women's Award. It was given to women's haiku collections, selected from those published during the year, and announced in the April issue of "Mrs." the following year. It ended with the 13th edition in 1989.

Selection

Selection Process

Final selection
Judges Iida Ryota, Suzuki Masajo, Nozawa Setsuko, Hosomi Ayako, Mori Sumio
Announcement Announced in the April issue of "Mrs." the following year

Related Awards

  • Modern Poetry Women's Award
  • Modern Tanka Women's Award

Past Winners

永方裕子 ながかた ゆうこ award
Yoko Yamamoto やまもと ようこ award
Teruko Kadokawa かどかわ てるこ award
斎藤梅子 さいとう うめこ award
佐野美智 さの みち award
Hitomi Okamoto おかもと ひとみ award
永島靖子 ながしま やすこ award
Momoko Kuroda くろだ きょうこ award
Atsuko Ohashi おおはし あつこ award
Sonoko Nakamura なかむら そのこ award
Kamio Kumiko かみお くみこ award
Washitani Nanako わしたに ななこ award
Nobuko Katsura かつら のぶこ award