Haiku Calendar Competition: Deadline fast approaching

This just in from John Barlow, founder of Snapshot Press . . .


The deadline for this year’s Haiku Calendar contest is now only a few days away. Entries must be postmarked by Wednesday April 30.

The 2009 calendar will be the tenth annual edition of The Haiku Calendar.

Full details are at http://www.snapshotpress.co.uk/haiku_competition_details.htm#calendar_comp

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Mainstream recognition for haiku collection

The news that Roberta Beary’s collection of haiku and senryu, The Unworn Necklace, had been recognized in the Poetry Society of America Awards, reverberated around the haiku community earlier this week, appearing in the top four of Buzz Tracker’s Poetry News ‘Most blogged’.

As William J. Higginson put it on his Wordfield’s Haikai Pub blog, “If you haven’t heard yet, note now that a haiku book, a small haiku book, all things considered, has been named one of two finalists for the extremely prestigious William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America.”

The Unworn Necklace rose into the top 28,000 rankings of all books on amazon.com, and into the Top 50 rankings of American single-author poetry books. As one woman commented on Ron Silliman’s blog, “Beary is new to me, I can't wait to dig into her work.” It was also notable that the amazon.com rankings of other ‘serious’ haiku books rose considerably in the aftermath.

If you missed the news, or wish to read more comments and the ensuing discussions, please visit:

Silliman’s Blog: http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/search/label/Roberta%20Beary

Wordfield’s Haikai Pub: http://haikaipub.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/announcement-roberta-bearys-the-unworn-necklace-finalist-for-william-carlos-williams-award-from-poetry-society-of-america/

f/k/a: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2008/04/22/psa-honors-haiku-roberta-bearys-the-unworn-necklace/

Blogging Along Tobacco Road: http://tobaccoroadpoet.blogspot.com/2008/04/roberta-bearys-unworn-necklace-honored.html

North Carolina Haiku Society Blog: http://nc-haiku.blogspot.com/2008/04/roberta-beary-finalist-in-poetry.html

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Thank you to everyone who sent in messages to the press and to Roberta.

The Unworn Necklace (and many other excellent books!) can be ordered from http://www.snapshotpress.co.uk/orderonline.htm

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John Barlow
Editor, Snapshot Press
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