Snapshot Press
THE HAIKU CALENDAR COMPETITION:
The submission period for the 2027 calendar is now open.
Please see the entry guidelines for details.
(Deadline for sending entries: January 31, 2026.)
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‘Snapshot Press sets the platinum standard for design and production values among haiku and tanka books. Their quality is unsurpassed. Indeed, books from Snapshot Press are always a tactile and poetic delight.’
—Modern Haiku
Snapshot Press is an independent publisher specializing in English-language haiku, tanka and other short poetry by authors from around the world.
Founded in 1997, our publications include anthologies, single-author collections, and twenty-seven annual editions of The Haiku Calendar. Our books have been honoured by the Haiku Society of America, The Poetry Society of America, and The Haiku Foundation.
‘The most important English-language haiku publishing house outside the United States.’
—Haiku in English
The Haiku Calendar 2026
Edited by John Barlow
Downhill Home
by Chuck Brickley
‘Exquisitely crafted poems.’
—Ce Rosenow
Eira
by Lew Watts
‘Nothing short of stunning.’
—Tanya McDonald
Random Blue Sparks
by Debbie Strange
‘These indelible haiku brim with poetic joie de vivre.’
—Tom Clausen
Carousel
by Roberta Beary
‘A book to read again and again.’
—Timothy Green
Where Rain Would Stay:
The Haiku Poetry of Peggy Willis Lyles
First Place, Haiku Society of America Merit Book Awards
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