Tanaka Hiroaki Prize
たなかひろあきしょう
An annual open submission haiku award established in 2009 by Furansudo to commemorate haiku poet Tanaka Hiroaki.
- Established
- 2009
- Organizer
- Furansudo
- Category
- Haiku and Haikai
- Selection Method
- Open call
- Target
- Professional
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Application Deadline
- around January
- Announcement Period
- around May
- Status
- Active
Description
Targets haiku collections published by haiku poets aged 45 or younger. Open to self-nominations or nominations by others. Self-published or handmade books are allowed, but electronic versions are not permitted. The judges conduct reviews under the rule of not promoting collections they were involved in publishing. After the award ceremony, a booklet summarizing the selection meeting details and a commemorative poetry gathering is published annually.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Selection of the winning haiku collection and publication of a booklet
- Publication of a booklet regarding the winner's haiku collection
Selection
Criteria
- Open to haiku poets up to age 45
- Published haiku collections are the selection targets
- Self-nomination or nomination by others accepted
- Self-published or handmade books allowed for submission (electronic versions not allowed)
Application Tips
Dos
- 自薦・他薦どちらでも応募可能
- 自費出版や手製本で応募可
Don''ts
- 電子版による応募は禁止
Official Resources
http://furansudo.com/award/index.htmlPast Winners
Kei Iwata's first haiku collection, recording shifts in bodily sensation and landscape through sharp observation and spare, precise language.
A collection that polishes the contours of the body into haiku.
A first haiku collection that builds a sense of response to the world through the back-and-forth of seasonal words and vision, catching the reverberation that comes back from everything.
It gathers the echoes returned by everything it addresses.
Kisaragi Mana's haiku collection Biwako was awarded the 12th Tanaka Hiroaki Prize. It was praised as a collection that layers the feel of travel and place with a gaze toward the classical tradition.
A haiku collection that leaves the afterglow of travel like the sound of a biwa.
水界園丁 is an award-winning work by 生駒大祐. It is presented here as the work associated with the 田中裕明賞.
An award-winning work by 生駒大祐: 水界園丁.
A debut haiku collection capturing small sensations, sounds, and youthful bodily perception in controlled haiku form.
A debut haiku collection capturing small sensations, sounds, and youthful bodily perception in controlled haiku form.
フラワーズ・カンフー is an award-winning work by 小津夜景. It is presented here as the work associated with the 田中裕明賞.
An award-winning work by 小津夜景: フラワーズ・カンフー.
天使の涎 is an award-recognized work by 北大路翼. It is presented as a work shaped by character choices, a sense of time and place, and a lingering question after the final page.
天使の涎 is a work whose shape becomes clearer when its award history is read alongside its publication record.
凧と円柱 is a work by 鴇田智哉 associated with the 田中裕明賞. Based on the award record, it is presented as a work that invites readers to follow the intersections of character, period, society, and memory.
凧と円柱 by 鴇田智哉 is a work whose shape becomes clearer when its award history is read together with bibliographic traces.
A haiku collection by Sarumaru Sakae, cutting fragments of city and daily life into brief poetic moments like flickering light.
点滅 is a work by 榮猿丸 whose profile can be outlined through award records and bibliographic checks.
A haiku collection by Kirin Nishimura, using small creatures and seasonal presences for quiet observation and suggestive space.
鶉 is a work by 西村麒麟 whose profile can be outlined through award records and bibliographic checks.
はじまりの樹 is a 受賞作 by 津川 絵理子 recognized in the relevant 2013 literary award cycle. The entry summarizes the work as a prize-listed title based on the available bibliographic record.
Bibliographic and descriptive notes for はじまりの樹, recorded as a 2013 award-winning work.
六十億本の回転する曲がつた棒 is a 句集 by 関悦史. A haiku collection that captures the speed of contemporary society and bodily sensation through compressed language. Strange metaphors and hard-edged images bring out the world’s unease.
六十億本の回転する曲がつた棒 builds its world around haiku.
This work presents its subject through a compact, literary form, emphasizing memory, emotion, and the pressure of lived experience. It can be read as a piece that connects personal feeling with a wider social and cultural landscape.
A work that follows intimate emotions as they meet a larger world.