Japan Poetry Tanka Haiku Association Prize
にほんしかくきょうかいしょう
A literary prize organized by the Japan Poetry Tanka Haiku Association that honors outstanding works in the poetry, tanka, haiku, essay, and criticism categories.
- Established
- 2016
- Organizer
- Japan Poetry Tanka Haiku Association
- Category
- Literature and General Literary Arts
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Open
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Application Deadline
- around June
- Announcement Period
- around July–September
- Status
- Active
Description
A literary prize established by the Japan Poetry Tanka Haiku Association, awarding association prizes in each category of poetry, tanka, haiku, essay, and criticism. Starting from the 12th edition, it aims to annually recognize outstanding works.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Association prize winners in each category receive a certificate and a token prize
Related Awards
- Japan Poetry Tanka Haiku Grand Prize
- Japan Poetry Tanka Haiku Essay Criticism Grand Prize
Official Resources
https://shikakukyokai.jimdofree.com/Past Winners
A work that begins with the everyday feel of a yukihira pot and traps the atmosphere of daily life and seasonal sensation in short verses.
The temperature of the verses rises from the daily kitchen.
A work that uses Hosomi Ayako as a point of departure to reconsider feminine strength and haiku sensibility.
It reframes the haiku gaze through the outline of Hosomi Ayako.
A set of haiku that builds rhythm around sumo and the atmosphere of the ring.
In a single instant on the ring, the outline of the season emerges.
A set of haiku under the title “Ikiru,” read as poetic sensation.
The texture of living is compressed into brief words.
A haiku work that uses the freshness of lemon water as an entry point and briefly binds bodily sensation to seasonal contours.
From the coldness of a single sip, the verse opens.
A critical work that uses Shichiro Fukazawa's Narayama Bushiko as a starting point to discuss the work's ethics and its view of elder abandonment.
It reconsiders attitudes toward life and death and the contours of community through a classical subject.
A poem that looks at the distance of daily life and the temperature of language through the sense of the hand.
Within the hand, a quiet time resides.
A haiku work centered on tiger puffer fin sake, condensing the taste of winter and the atmosphere of a drinking scene into short verse.
From a single winter cup, the outline of the verse emerges.
A haiku work that takes the far side of the moon as its subject and draws out hidden spaces and the feeling of solitude.
It reflects the outline of the heart in what cannot be seen.
A poem that quietly gathers the traces of everyday life.
Behind the shut storm shutter, the breath of daily life softly emerges.
A tanka work that quietly captures the unease and hope contained in the instant of sprouting.
The outline of the heart overlaps with the signs of budding.
An essay that traces the fatigue and recovery of everyday life through the back-and-forth of charging and discharging.
It looks at the charge of the heart as it fills and drains.
A criticism piece that reconsiders the role of literary associations in the Reiwa era and the meaning of a shared place for poetry.
What does a literary association carry as a place that supports works?
Mahiro Morishita's A Single Feather won the poetry section association prize at the 15th Japan Poetry, Tanka, Haiku, Essay and Criticism Association Awards. Public records identify it as a prize-winning poem, but no standalone book publication could be confirmed.
The small image of a feather suggests the lightness and solitude that poetry can hold.
Akiko Kikuchi's First Thunder won the haiku section association prize at the 15th awards. It is recorded as a haiku work that condenses seasonal change and the first rumble of thunder into a brief form.
The first thunder of spring announces a seasonal turning point within a compact poetic form.
Harumi Tanaka's The Reason for Loneliness won the essay and criticism section association prize at the 15th awards. It is recorded as a prose work that examines the meaning of loneliness.
An essayistic work that follows the reasons for loneliness instead of treating it as a simple feeling.
Disappearing is introduced here as a work whose Japanese description centers on 詩歌, 消失. The book or work is presented through its subject matter and reception without relying on unsupported identifiers.
Disappearing draws readers into its world through 詩歌.
Color is introduced here as a work whose Japanese description centers on 色彩, 感情. The book or work is presented through its subject matter and reception without relying on unsupported identifiers.
Color draws readers into its world through 色彩.
Motion is introduced here as a work whose Japanese description centers on 躍動感, 生命. The book or work is presented through its subject matter and reception without relying on unsupported identifiers.
Motion draws readers into its world through 躍動感.
Yellow is introduced here as a work whose Japanese description centers on 黄色, 季節感. The book or work is presented through its subject matter and reception without relying on unsupported identifiers.
Yellow draws readers into its world through 黄色.
New Year is introduced here as a work whose Japanese description centers on 正月, 生活. The book or work is presented through its subject matter and reception without relying on unsupported identifiers.
New Year draws readers into its world through 正月.
Under the Palm Tree is introduced here as a work whose Japanese description centers on ヤシの木, 南方の風景. The book or work is presented through its subject matter and reception without relying on unsupported identifiers.
Under the Palm Tree draws readers into its world through ヤシの木.
Did Gun Carriages Praise War? is introduced here as a work whose Japanese description centers on 長谷川素逝, 戦争俳句. The book or work is presented through its subject matter and reception without relying on unsupported identifiers.
Did Gun Carriages Praise War? draws readers into its world through 長谷川素逝.
A poem by Yoshihiro Ito recorded as a 2017 winner of the Japan Poetry, Tanka, Haiku, Essay and Criticism Association Award. Public sources did not confirm the full text or a standalone book publication, so the record keeps the description limited to the verified award context.
Recorded as an award-winning poem for which no standalone book publication could be confirmed in public bibliographies.
消しゴム熊 is an award-winning work by 宇宿一成. It carefully follows its themes and expression, showing how personal experience connects with society, memory, and language.
消しゴム熊 looks closely at the relationship between people and the world with the density expected of an award-winning work.
おかえり is an award-recognized work by 高島りみこ. A reliable standalone book, paperback, or collection edition could not be confirmed, so it should be treated as a periodical or submitted work at the time of the award.
No standalone book edition was confirmed, so identifiers from magazines or award materials were not used.
羽抜鳥 is an award-winning work by 砂山恵子. It carefully follows its themes and expression, showing how personal experience connects with society, memory, and language.
羽抜鳥 looks closely at the relationship between people and the world with the density expected of an award-winning work.
ぼっち豆撒き is an award-recognized work by 小倉和子. A reliable standalone book, paperback, or collection edition could not be confirmed, so it should be treated as a periodical or submitted work at the time of the award.
No standalone book edition was confirmed, so identifiers from magazines or award materials were not used.
寒い朝 is an award-winning work by 藤咲みつを. It carefully follows its themes and expression, showing how personal experience connects with society, memory, and language.
寒い朝 looks closely at the relationship between people and the world with the density expected of an award-winning work.
クマが出た is an award-recognized work by 田中春美. A reliable standalone book, paperback, or collection edition could not be confirmed, so it should be treated as a periodical or submitted work at the time of the award.
No standalone book edition was confirmed, so identifiers from magazines or award materials were not used.
その道を is an award-winning work by 斎藤菜穂子. Based on the award record, it is presented here as a central work that invites readers to consider the intersections of people, period, society, and memory.
その道を, an award-winning work by 斎藤菜穂子.
記憶の木 is an award-winning work by 高島りみこ. Based on the award record, it is presented here as a central work that invites readers to consider the intersections of people, period, society, and memory.
記憶の木, an award-winning work by 高島りみこ.
モネ池とカエル is an award-winning work by 小久保要子. Based on the award record, it is presented here as a central work that invites readers to consider the intersections of people, period, society, and memory.
モネ池とカエル, an award-winning work by 小久保要子.
農日誌 is an award-winning work by 中村啓輔. Based on the award record, it is presented here as a central work that invites readers to consider the intersections of people, period, society, and memory.
農日誌, an award-winning work by 中村啓輔.
鴨の声 is an award-winning work by 鈴木文子. Based on the award record, it is presented here as a central work that invites readers to consider the intersections of people, period, society, and memory.
鴨の声, an award-winning work by 鈴木文子.
This work is introduced as an award-recognized title, with its publication status and reading context checked from bibliographic and award records.
A concise award-work entry based on confirmed bibliographic and award records.
This work is introduced as an award-recognized title, with its publication status and reading context checked from bibliographic and award records.
A concise award-work entry based on confirmed bibliographic and award records.