Haidan Prize
はいだんしょう
Newcomer haiku award held via annual open call by Hon'ami Shoten's monthly magazine 『Haidan』.
- Established
- 1987
- Organizer
- Hon'ami Shoten
- Category
- Haiku and Haikai
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Newcomer
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Application Deadline
- around September
- Announcement Period
- around February
- Status
- Active
Description
Selected from 30 unpublished haiku works via annual open call by the monthly comprehensive magazine 『Haidan』 published by Hon'ami Shoten. Unlike prize contests for haiku hobbyists, it is positioned as a gateway for discovering professional haiku poets.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Certificate and award plaque
- Cash Prize
- 200,000 JPY
Selection
Selection Process
| Stage | Judges | Pass Rate | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25th Edition (2010) | Yasamasa Sōda, Momoko Tsuji, Mariko Torii, Manami Fuji, Shizuo Miyasaka | — | — |
| 39th Edition (2024) | Hiromi Inoue, Masami Sanaga, Mariko Torii, Kōshi Hoshino | — | — |
Related Awards
- Kadan Prize
- List of Haiku Awards
Official Resources
https://www.honamisyoten.com/event/Past Winners
A haiku work recognized by the Haidan Prize that explores line breaks and breath through a sequence of poems. It appears to be a magazine publication rather than a standalone book.
In the season of new buds, a breath mark is added to the score.
A prize-winning sequence of 30 haiku published in the February 2023 issue of Haidan, condensing the texture of everyday life. No standalone book could be confirmed.
The texture of the verses rises from the slightest movement of a winter ant.
"森の雨" is a 受賞 work from the Haidan Prize 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.
A 受賞 work from Haidan Prize 2021-1.
A 30-verse sequence published in Haidan magazine, a group of haiku centered on passage and movement.
It was recognized as a magazine-published 30-verse sequence.
Mizu Hakobu Fune is Seigo Ishii's first haiku collection, including the Haidan Prize-winning sequence of the same title. It turns clear scenes, everyday textures, and waterside atmospheres into poised, open haiku.
A first haiku collection where lived experience and quiet aftertones emerge from bright, concrete scenes.
Shiro is a haiku sequence by Haruka Nakamura and the winning work of the Haidan Prize hosted by Honami Shoten. It is confirmed as a sequence by a poet associated with the haiku group Ono, not as a stand-alone haiku collection.
Under the title White, a brief sequence opens a space of sensory resonance.
Ryoko Shinoto's Ho Wata Tobu received the Haidan Award as a work published in the haiku magazine Haidan. No standalone book publication has been confirmed, so it is treated as a magazine publication.
A haiku work recognized in magazine form, centered on the seasonal image of drifting seed fluff.
虚子忌 is an award-recognized work by 蜂谷一人. This record separates the work's award identity from any bibliographic identifiers that could not be confirmed for a standalone book edition.
虚子忌 by 蜂谷一人 is a work to revisit through the context of its award recognition.
A haiku work by Kasuna Kuma, published in the magazine Haidan. No public record of a standalone collection was confirmed, so identifiers for the magazine issue are not used.
The awarded haiku is confirmed as a magazine-published work, and the magazines identifiers are not reused.
けむり茸 is an award-winning work by 渡邉美保. It brings together the author's concerns and stylistic qualities in a form recognized by the prize jury.
けむり茸, an award-winning work by 渡邉美保.
A haiku sequence recognized by the Haidan Prize; no standalone book edition was confirmed.
A concise guide into the work's central mood and achievement.
A haiku collection by Tsutomu Nagahama, later published as a standalone book.
A concise guide into the work's central mood and achievement.
春の樟 is an award-winning work by 唐澤南海子. Public bibliographic sources were checked first for book identifiers, then for descriptive information about the work.
A bibliographic profile of 春の樟, based on award records and public book data.
鯨墓 is a work by 深川淑枝. It is introduced here as a literary-award work, with bibliographic details checked against book databases, publisher pages, and retail records where available.
A concise guide to 鯨墓, the award-recognized work by 深川淑枝.
鯨の骨 is a work by 亀井雉子男. This haiku collection layers seasonal words with everyday texture, opening depth within brief lines.
鯨の骨 draws readers into its world through concentrated language and the force of its subject.
A haiku work recorded as a Haidan Prize winner. Its title suggests the brightness of a seasonal word and human movement, condensing an everyday instant in haiku form.
日傘来る is read as a 俳句作品 connected with 勝又民樹's award recognition.
A haiku work recorded as a Haidan Prize winner. Its familiar food title links everyday texture with the lightness characteristic of haiku.
めろんぱん is read as a 俳句作品 connected with 今村恵子's award recognition.
Samishiki Baku is a haiku work by Ikko Tanaka selected for the Haidan Prize. Its title suggests solitude and dreamlike presence, concentrating the feel of everyday life.
Loneliness and the shadow of dreams touch within brief language.
ゆつくりと is an award-winning work by 菅野忠夫. It presents its subject through a concise literary frame, focusing on voice, atmosphere, and the emotional movement of the characters or speaker.
ゆつくりと shows the qualities for which 菅野忠夫 was recognized in this award year.
遙かなる水 is an award-winning work by 陽美保子. It presents its subject through a concise literary frame, focusing on voice, atmosphere, and the emotional movement of the characters or speaker.
遙かなる水 shows the qualities for which 陽美保子 was recognized in this award year.
A haiku collection that observes nature and seasonal aspects with restraint. Centered on mountain presences, it layers daily scenery with inner movement.
The mountain’s form rises as a shade within the mind.
A haiku collection whose title evokes cinema and captures ongoing time and shifting viewpoints. Everyday moments emerge as framed scenes.
The time before one’s eyes becomes the frame of a haiku.
蜻蛉の翅 is a work recognized by the haidan-sho in 2005. The available information identifies it as a selected work for that award.
蜻蛉の翅, a work recognized by the haidan-sho.
This work is introduced in Japanese sources; the English note summarizes its subject and appeal without relying on a published translation.
A concise introduction to the work based on Japanese bibliographic and publisher information.
This work is introduced in Japanese sources; the English note summarizes its subject and appeal without relying on a published translation.
A concise introduction to the work based on Japanese bibliographic and publisher information.
月齢 is a 2003 recognized work by 下坂速穂. It stands within the context of 俳句 and foregrounds the author's voice and structure.
月齢, a recognized work by 下坂速穂, is shaped by 俳句.
素顔 is a work by 栗山政子. Recognized as an award-winning work in 2002, it opens its world through the people, places, and events suggested by its title and through the texture of its language.
素顔 can be read through the themes and verbal force that drew attention at the time of the award.
“Tsukiyo” is a haiku sequence in which Kojo Mizukami draws on decades of practice to catch moonlit nights, snow, water, and the quiet distance between people. Small scenes from daily life are made to carry the weight of lived time and a clear afterglow.
Under moonlight, the texture of ordinary life and the shadow of experience rise quietly.
“Matsusaoni” is a haiku sequence by Fumie Tsubaki that turns clear water, sky, a boat’s course, and seasonal change into poised lyric moments. Without overexplaining, it lets emotional movement dwell inside bright scenes.
The touch of clear blue opens inward, following the course of a boat.
水の姿に is a work by 茅根知子. It was recognized by 俳壇賞.
水の姿に, recognized by 俳壇賞.
A haiku collection that uses shells and sand to evoke seaside memory, accumulated time, and the textures of daily life.
A haiku collection that uses shells and sand to evoke seaside memory, accumulated time, and the textures of daily life.
かくれんぼ is a 俳句作品 by 鳥居真里子 and was recognized by the 俳壇賞.
The title かくれんぼ points to the scene or question at the center of the work.
砂糖壷 is a work by 金子兜太. It is known as a recipient of haidan-sho and presents the author's concerns and style.
砂糖壷 presents the literary world of 金子兜太.
草の花 is a 文学作品 by 太田土男. It is known as a 1995 award-recognized work and can be introduced through its title, genre, and authorial context.
A work that conveys 太田土男's style through the world suggested by the title 草の花.
アスピリン is a 文学作品 by 田村敏子. It is known as a 1995 award-recognized work and can be introduced through its title, genre, and authorial context.
A work that conveys 田村敏子's style through the world suggested by the title アスピリン.
鎌の刃 is a work by ふけとしこ. It was recognized in the 1994 cycle of haidan-sho; the entry summarizes the work based on confirmed publication traces.
鎌の刃 reflects the qualities in ふけとしこ's writing that drew award attention.
ヒヤシンス is an award-winning work by 夏井いつき. It represents the author’s concerns and style within the context of the prize category.
ヒヤシンス presents the literary world of 夏井いつき.
One's Own Room by 柴田佐知子 is a Japanese haiku collection. 身辺の静かな光景を鋭く切り取り、部屋や生活の気配から孤独と親密さを立ち上げる句集。短い言葉のなかに、外から自分を見つめ返すような感覚が宿る。
One's Own Room distills the author's eye and style into a compact work.
A group of haiku by Mitsuko Hirakawa. As a Haidan Prize-winning work, it was valued for grounding human presence in nature and for precise expression stripped of excess.
Taut haiku that place human existence within nature.
A group of haiku by Shoko Sekiguchi. As a Haidan Prize-winning work, it reflects an emphasis on direct feeling and precise descriptive observation.
Haiku that connect supple feeling to the firmness of observation.
A haiku work known as part of the sequence Haruno. It draws quiet everyday feeling and subtle seasonal awareness from familiar objects and tactile seasonal words.
In a single jar, the feel of spring and the quiet of daily life take shape.
良夜 is an award-winning work by 須賀一恵. It can be read as a concentrated expression of the author's concerns, shaped through its themes, narrative tone, and handling of character and scene.
良夜 invites readers to approach it through the expressive force that drew attention at the time of the award.
霜夜しんしん is an award-winning work by 工藤克己. It can be read as a concentrated expression of the author's concerns, shaped through its themes, narrative tone, and handling of character and scene.
霜夜しんしん invites readers to approach it through the expressive force that drew attention at the time of the award.
囮鮎 is a work by 田口紅子 selected in the 1988 cycle of 俳壇賞. As a prize-recognized work, it presents the author's concerns and distinctive mode of expression.
囮鮎 by 田口紅子, recognized by 俳壇賞.
孑孑 is a 俳句作品 by 鎌田恭輔. It presents its subject through a clear artistic perspective, giving shape to personal experience, historical context, and the texture of expression in a way suitable for readers encountering the work today.
孑孑 condenses the qualities of 鎌田恭輔's work in the form of a 俳句作品.
少年期 is a 俳句作品 by 武藤尚樹. It presents its subject through a clear artistic perspective, giving shape to personal experience, historical context, and the texture of expression in a way suitable for readers encountering the work today.
少年期 condenses the qualities of 武藤尚樹's work in the form of a 俳句作品.
A haiku collection by Kinichi Sawaki centered on autumnal seasonality, combining close observation of nature with everyday feeling in disciplined descriptive language.
A haiku collection that deepens the atmosphere of autumn through precise observation.