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age of 40. 150 haiku are selected for judging regardless of whether they are previously published works, new works, or unpublished works, and publication of a haiku collection based on the winning work is included as an additional prize.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- 150 haiku selected for judging regardless of previously published works, new works, or unpublished works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