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Haiku

Haiku — very short poems, often three lines. Senryu and tanka appear here too. Unpaid markets are marked Unpaid on the card. 4 currently open of 5 total.

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Kingfisher Journal
OpenUnpaid
payunpaid ("Sorry, no payment or contributor copies.")
windowFebruary 1–28 and August 1–31, 2026
feeunknown
verified2026-08-31
sourceSource
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pay whenunknown
genrehaiku/senryu
words5–10 unpublished haiku/senryu; one-line poems less than 54 characters; vertical poems fewer than 10 lines tall
simultaneousno ("No simultaneous submissions.")
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San Francisco International Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka Contest (HPNC)
Open
pay$100 cash prize for first place in each category (second and third places awarded; honorable mentions at judges' discretion)
windowin hand by October 31, 2026 (no start date stated)
fee$1 per poem (PayPal to hpncadmin@gmail.com)
verified2026-08-31
sourceSource
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genrehaiku; senryu; tanka
wordsno limit to the number of submissions
simultaneousno ("unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere")
flagGoogle Form for 2026 haiku/senryu/tanka was live (form title present; no "no longer accepting" text) on 2026-08-31. Same page's haibun contest says "currently open" after a May 1, 2026 deadline — that haibun block is skipped as stale and is not this row.

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Haiku Journal
Open
pay$1.50 token per contributor per issue; $10 Editor's Choice
windowyear-round (editor page: "Submissions are open"; accepted work is published immediately in the current online issue)
feenone ("We do not charge you to submit your work")
verified2026-08-31
sourceSource
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pay whenshortly after paperback publication
genrehaiku (strict 5/7/5)
wordsup to 3 haiku per issue; each as a separate entry; strict 5/7/5; max 40 characters per line
simultaneousyes ("Simultaneous submissions are fine")
flagsubmissions.php says PayPal to any address you designate; guidelines.php says PayPal only to the email on the poet profile. terms.php returned 404 on 2026-08-31. Pay amounts agree. One token payment per issue.

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Modern Haiku
OpenUnpaid
payunpaid for haiku/senryu ("Regretfully, Modern Haiku is unable to pay author's fees, with the exception of $5.00 per printed page or part thereof for essays and longer reviews, and $10 for each haiga.")
windowyear-round; editorial cut-off dates March 15, July 15, and November 15 (postmark)
feeunknown
verified2026-08-31
sourceSource
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pay whenunknown
genrehaiku; senryu
words5–15 haiku/senryu and/or 1 haibun per submission
simultaneousno ("not under consideration by any other publication, including Web-based journals")
flagFree author copies are not provided. Essay and haiga pay is not this row.

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tinywords
UnknownUnpaid
payunpaid ("We cannot pay for work published in tinywords.")
windowFebruary and August; form "available only when we are actually accepting submissions"
feeunknown
verified2026-08-31
sourceSource
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pay whenunknown
genrehaiku and micropoetry
wordsunknown
simultaneousno ("no simultaneous submissions, please")
flagAbout page (source_url) still says submissions only during February and August. https://tinywords.com/submissions/ redirects to a 19 Jan 2026 Issue 26.1 note that only names February 1–28, 2026. Disagreeing official URLs flagged; status left unknown. Calls are announced on the tinywords mailing list.

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