Modern Haiku

How to submit

• Processs

  Email

• Cover letter

  Cover letters are welcome but in no way necessary.

• Eligibility

  No specific eligibility requirements

• Formatting

  Things that incline the editors to smile beneficently upon your work: Clear e-mail submissions with haiku arrayed either within the e-mail text or as an attachment; “MH submission” in the Subject line, and full postal address on the page with the haiku; or 8˝ x 11˝ (or A4) paper and submissions in regular No. 10 business envelopes with neat, legible typing or handwriting 5–15 haiku per page/submission, with the author’s name and address at the top of each page No more than 1 submission packet per issue (i.e., within a 4-month period), whether by postal mail or e-mail

• Author's rights

  Acceptance of material submitted to Modern Haiku gives the journal international serial rights to publish in the print journal, electronically on the Modern Haiku Web site, and social media. Upon publication, rights revert to the author except that Modern Haiku reserves the right to reuse work that has appeared in the journal, with proper citation, in any future print or electronic collections, compendiums, anthologies, social media platforms, etc. If the author wishes to later republish the work, Modern Haiku requests the courtesy of acknowledging first publication in our journal. Essay authors agree to not republish their work online, either on their own website or elsewhere, for a period of one year after publication in Modern Haiku.

• Additional info

  Poets published in one issue will not be eligible for publication in the following two issues. Editorial cut-off dates for the reading and selection of submissions are March 15, July 15, and November 15 (postmark), but material may be sent at any time and upon acceptance will be published in the next available issue. No more than one submission per issue. Payments. Modern Haiku does not 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.