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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.

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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

土室寧二 association award

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.

haikueveryday lifekitchenseasonal imagery
市村栄理 association award

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.

haikuHosomi Ayakowomenliterature
金指安行 association award

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.

haikusumoseasonal imagery
原比呂子 association award

A set of haiku under the title “Ikiru,” read as poetic sensation.

The texture of living is compressed into brief words.

haikulifesensory language
高木恵理 association award

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.

haikulemon waterbodily sensationseasonal imagery
徳田吉映 association award

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.

criticismShichiro Fukazawaelder abandonmentlife and death
小野ちとせ association award

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.

poetrybodily sensationdaily lifelanguage
西田拓郎 association award

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.

haikuwintersaketaste
山田牧 association award

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.

haikumoonsolitudeinteriority
梅山憲三 association award

A poem that quietly gathers the traces of everyday life.

Behind the shut storm shutter, the breath of daily life softly emerges.

poetryeveryday lifequietdomestic atmosphere
岡田美幸 association award

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.

tankabuddinglife forceseasonal atmosphere
大木雪香 association award

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.

essaydaily lifebodily sensationrecovery
今瀬一博 association award

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?

criticismliterary associationpoetrycontemporary culture
森下万尋 association award

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.

poetryfeathersolitudesensibility
菊池晃子 association award

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.

haikufirst thunderseasonal wordspring
Harumi Tanaka association award

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.

essaycriticismlonelinesssolitude
Hoshi Yoshihiro association award

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.

詩歌消失記憶余白
河野昌子 excellence award

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.

色彩感情風景詩歌
沢村俊輔 excellence award

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.

躍動感生命リズム詩歌
夏井通江 association award

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.

黄色季節感感情の揺れ詩歌
藤咲みつを excellence award

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.

正月生活時間詩歌
小峰新平 encouragement award

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.

ヤシの木南方の風景孤独詩歌
日野百草 encouragement award

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.

長谷川素逝戦争俳句砲車俳句評論
Yoshihiro Ito association award

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.

contemporary poetryaward-winning poemJapan Poetry Tanka Haiku Associationnot confirmed as a book
宇宿一成 excellence award

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.

award-winning workcontemporary literaturememorysocietyexpression
高島りみこ excellence award

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.

award-recognized workno confirmed book editionliterary award
砂山恵子 encouragement award

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.

award-winning workcontemporary literaturememorysocietyexpression
小倉和子 association award

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.

award-recognized workno confirmed book editionliterary award
藤咲みつを excellence award

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.

award-winning workcontemporary literaturememorysocietyexpression
Harumi Tanaka encouragement award

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.

award-recognized workno confirmed book editionliterary award
斎藤菜穂子 association award

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.

award-winning workliterary prizehuman portrayal
高島りみこ excellence award

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.

award-winning workliterary prizehuman portrayal
小久保要子 excellence award

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.

award-winning workliterary prizehuman portrayal
中村啓輔 association award

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.

award-winning workliterary prizehuman portrayal
Ayako Suzuki encouragement award

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.

award-winning workliterary prizehuman portrayal
菊池晃子 association award

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.

tankaunpublished受賞作
原詩夏至 encouragement award

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.

haikuunpublished受賞作