Snapshot Press

THE HAIKU CALENDAR COMPETITION:
The submission period for the 2026 calendar has been extended until Sunday February 9, 2025.
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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-five 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.

More about the press . . .

‘The most important English-language haiku publishing house outside the United States.’
Haiku in English

Random Blue Sparks
by Debbie Strange
‘These indelible haiku brim with poetic joie de vivre.’
—Tom Clausen

The Haiku Calendar 2025
Edited by John Barlow

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

Eira
by Lew Watts
Winner, The Touchstone Distinguished Books Award

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