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Hokuto Prize

ほくとしょう

Open call newcomer award for haiku poets.

HaikuOpen call newcomer award
Established
2009
Organizer
Bungaku no Mori
Category
Haiku and Haikai
Selection Method
Open call
Target
Newcomer
Frequency
1 per year
Application Deadline
around July
Status
Active

Description

Established by Bungaku no Mori, the publisher of "Haiku Kai," this is a newcomer award targeting young haiku poets up to the age of 40. 150 haiku are selected for judging regardless of whether they are previously published works, new works, or unpublished works, and publication of a haiku collection based on the winning work is included as an additional prize.

Prize

Main Prize
Publication of a haiku collection based on the winning work (no royalties for the first edition)

Selection

Criteria

  • Eligibility up to age 40
  • 150 haiku selected for judging regardless of previously published works, new works, or unpublished works

Related Awards

  • List of haiku awards

Official Resources

http://www.bungak.com/

Past Winners

古田秀 ふるた ひで award
Wakabayashi Tetsuya わかばやし てつや award
佐々木紺 ささき こん award
伊藤幹哲 いとう かんてつ award
西川火尖 にしかわ かせん award
藤原暢子 ふじわら のぶこ award
諏佐英莉 すさ えいり award
Katsuhiro Horikiri ほりきり かつひろ award
Kirin Nishimura にしむら きりん award
抜井諒一 ぬきい りょういち award
藤井あかり ふじい あかり award
涼野海音 すずの かいおん award
高勢祥子 たかせ しょうこ award
Horimoto Hiroki ほりもと ひろき award
川越歌澄 かわごえ かすみ award