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New to Haiku: Some Journals and Publications to Consider for Your Submissions

Recently, a New to Haiku reader asked me what journals he should consider when submitting haiku for publication. The Haiku Foundation does not endorse any particular set of journals, but I thought it was an interesting question. It’s also a sobering one––in looking over my own publication history (most since 2009), I’ve realized that roughly 40% of the journals in which my work has appeared are now defunct.

Here is a list of active journals, publications, and websites that welcome haiku, senryu, haiga and/or haibun submissions and that have been mentioned by one or more of the 75 participants in our Advice for Beginners interview series (not including intros and bios). This list reflects publications where other poets have published their poetry, found mentors, volunteered their time, read the poetry of others, or otherwise interacted. I did not include any journals that are now defunct (such as failed haiku) or are on an indefinite hiatus (whiptail: journal of the single-line poem, for example).

I denoted the number of poets who mentioned a particular journal or publication during their interview––even just in passing. This process led me to include the founding date of each (when I could find it!). Journals with longevity are likely to be mentioned more; those with higher acceptance rates may be mentioned more frequently than those which are more selective. Specialty journals, like the science fiction entries, might only appeal to a subset of poets. So, these numbers aren’t a ranking.

Most of these publications are haiku/senryu specific, so this list offers a good selection of places to start reading haiku. Once you’ve gotten a feel for a publication, you can decide whether or not your work might fit there. Checking the masthead and then reading the work of the editor(s) can give you additional insight into what they prefer to publish.

For ease of use, I’ve linked each publication to its online home page.

* – Speculative journal
** – Note the copyright restriction on republishing in other journals; this does not apply to republication in a personal collection.

This is not an exhaustive list of active publications, and I likely missed, double-counted, or under-counted a few. (For example, a number of participants mentioned Triveni Haikai India as a great destination, but did not specify which feature.) Some interviewees didn’t mention any journals by name in their interviews. New journals crop up frequently. (Note that quite a few journals were founded during the early days of the pandemic. Thank you all!)

If a journal isn’t mentioned here or has a low number of mentions, that does not mean it doesn’t produce quality work. New to Haiku reader suggestions to supplement the list above include:

Also, there are a number of journals publishing haiku outside of our community, as Kat Lehmann describes in “Going Wide: Submitting Haiku in the General Poetry World.” Some of my personal favorite places to look for new publication opportunities include:

And if you have a scholarly piece on haiku, be sure to check out The Haiku Foundation’s haiku research and scholarship journal:

Happy reading & writing and keep submitting!

 

FOR MORE READING:

For more history on English-language haiku journals, Charles Trumbull suggests the following references. I put them in date order, with the most recent first.

 

[Note: This post was last updated on February 4, 2026, to add another journal, which makes me very happy. My thanks to Charlie, Suzanne, Terri, Michael S., Michael D.W., Jim, and Alan for your suggestions!]
Did I miss a journal? Do I have an incorrect founding date?
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Julie Bloss Kelsey is the current Secretary of The Haiku Foundation. She started writing haiku in 2009, after discovering science fiction haiku (scifaiku). She lives in Maryland with her husband and kids. Julie's first print poetry collection, Grasping the Fading Light: A Journey Through PTSD, won the 2021 Women’s International Haiku Contest from Sable Books. Her ebook of poetry, The Call of Wildflowers, is available for free online through Moth Orchid Press (formerly Title IX Press). Her most recent collection, After Curfew, is available from Cuttlefish Books. Connect with her on Instagram @julieblosskelsey.

Comments (23)

  1. Thank you for this list, amazing to see them all together. I am sad to see so many print journals disappearing. I hope the trend reverses and we continue to hold on to reading on paper.
    I was published for the first time in Whiptail last year online, is this still continuing?

    1. Hi Joanna,
      whiptail: journal of the single-line poem is on hiatus.

      “As of January 2026, whiptail will be on indefinite hiatus. We thank everyone for their support over the past four years. Hopefully, once our situations improve, we will be able to return. Until then, we wish you all the best!”
      ROBIN SMITH & KAT LEHMANN
      https://www.whiptailjournal.com/submissions

      They’ll be back, but with so much going on, it’s so difficult to run a high quality publication.

    2. Thanks for the clarification about Whiptail, Alan, and thanks for your comment, Joanna.

  3. Fascinating, and there are so many other haikai-focused publications out there.

    Just as a point of reference, as covid-19 has been mentioned, although many of us didn’t get an ‘official’ national notice until March 2020 about the pandemic, is the release of covid-specific initiatives by Karen Hoy, course director, Call of the Page which provided a life line for many haijin during the pandemic lock-downs in USA, Canada, UK etc…

    We were the first to offer global support for those many of us trapped indoors, in complete physical isolation of neighbours, friends, and family members other than, if we were fortunate, our partners.

    The Pan Haiku Review grew organically out of covid-19 initiatives by Call of the Page. First of all I started The Blōō Outlier Journal in early 2020, which later morphed into The Pan Haiku Review.

    The Blōō Outlier Journal (Winter Issue 2020 Issue #1) was released Christmas Eve 2020.

    This publication along with other haikai magazines by myself were later absorbed, but not forgotten, into The Pan Haiku Review via The Blōō Outpost Report, PhotoHaijin, Planet of Tanka, The Kigo Lab etc… All of which were absorbed into PHR.

    Both all four issues of The Blōō Outlier Journal, and ongoing issues of PHR (now entering the 7th edition this Spring) are currently available as free PDF downloads:
    https://www.callofthepage.org/the-pan-haiku-review/

    In a way The Pan Haiku Review started during the months of covid-19 in 2020, alongside Call of the Page COVID SUPPORT ZOOM PROGRAMMES.

    1. Thanks for commenting, Alan. I appreciate the efforts of Karen & (you) in providing safe spaces for poets.

  4. Kelly Sauvage Moyer has Circle of Salt. You can find the page on Facebook. Lots of experimental “esoteriku.”

    1. Thanks, Terri! Added it now. Circle of Salt is a fun one to read & so different too.

    1. Thanks, Dan! If you think of a journal to add after the comment section closes, just shoot me an email.

  6. Thank you, thank you, for putting all this together! So useful–not to mention a trove of wonderful writing.

  7. This is a very helpful resource, Julie! Thanks for all your hard work tracking down this info. I especially enjoyed knowing the journals’ founding dates.

    1. Hi Brad:

      I found that interesting too, especially the number of journals founded during the pandemic! Check out Charlie’s comment below for additional info on journals.

  8. Back in the Dark Ages I researched and published a couple articles about English-language haiku that might be of interest to readers of you very helpful column. First was “Haiku Publications Survey. May 28, 2001,” first published on the Haiku World website, http://www.haikuworld.org/survey/. Second was “A Guide to Haiku Publications.” Supplement to the Haiku Society of America Newsletter. 2008; available online in the Digital Archive at https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/items/show/564. In 2000 Michael Dylan Welch also did a review of English-language haiku outlets on his Graceguts website.

  9. Julie,
    This is very helpful. Thank you.
    I’d like to add my site above that has been active since 2010 with The Daily Haiku. I have poets from sixty-one countries contributing to The Daily Haiku with their previously-published haiku and senryu. Interested poets may contact me via my email above.

    Thank you.

    Charlotte Digregorio

    1. Hi Charlotte:

      Your blog was definitely mentioned by interviewees in Advice for Beginners! However, I didn’t see submissions information on your website, so I didn’t think that you took unsolicited submissions. I should have asked; sorry about that. Thanks for sharing your information. I will add it above.

      1. Julie, I didn’t realize The Haiku Foundation site didn’t publish website or email addresses when I filled them in under my “reply” for my previous comment.

        If readers would like to submit previously-published haiku or senryu to me at [email protected], I will consider them for “The Daily Haiku” on my blog, https://www.charlottedigregorio.wordpress.com. They can also submit a previously published tanka, as I also run those when I can. Thanks!

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