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Eira
by Lew Watts
‘Nothing short of stunning.’
—Tanya McDonald
The Haiku Calendar 2024
Edited by John Barlow
Where Rain Would Stay:
The Haiku Poetry of Peggy Willis Lyles
‘A haiku book for the ages.’
—John Stevenson
Witness Tree
by paul m.
‘A wonderful addition to the literature.’
—Michael Dylan Welch
Clay Moon
by Thomas Powell
‘Haiku with real depth and musicality.’
—Ian Storr
Water Lines
by Carolyn Hall
‘These carefully crafted poems consistently take the reader’s breath away.’
—Harvard Book Review
Earthshine
by Chuck Brickley
‘Destined to be a classic.’
—Christopher Herold
The Windbreak Pine
by Wally Swist
‘Quietly elegant, meditative, and intelligent.’
—Adele Kenny
The Lammas Lands
by Matthew Paul
‘Haiku in all its stunning potency.’
—Roberta Beary
Gathering Dusk
by Ellen Compton
‘The haiku aesthetic at its best.’
—Dietmar Tauchner
The Bone Carver
by Ron C. Moss
‘Ron Moss is a bright star in the Southern Cross of English-language haiku.’
—John Stevenson
Alone on a Wild Coast
by Renée Owen
‘An articulate and resonant guide to the heart’s transcendent moments.’
—John Thompson
A landmark work in English-language haiku, with unprecedented scope and focus, Where the River Goes details and celebrates the evolution of the nature tradition of haiku over an active period of fifty years. Edited by Allan Burns.
Publishing opportunities
Snapshot Press sponsors two international annual awards for unpublished collections of short poetry (including haiku, tanka, and haibun): The Snapshot Press Book Awards and The Snapshot Press eChapbook Awards. Award winners have their collections published by Snapshot Press.
We also invite haiku entries for our annual Haiku Calendar.
Submissions are now closed for the first tradition-spanning anthology of one-line haiku in English. Work on this extensive anthology is ongoing and notifications of work selected for inclusion will be sent to poets as soon as the text is finalized.
Contest deadlines
The deadline for The Haiku Calendar Competition 2024 (for work to be considered for the 2025 calendar) is January 31, 2024. Entries may be sent by email as well as by post. Please see the entry guidelines for details.
The deadline for The Snapshot Press eChapbook Awards 2024 is July 31, 2024.
Contest results
The results of The Snapshot Press eChapbook Awards 2023 have been announced. Please see the results page for these and previous results.
The results of The Haiku Calendar Competition 2023 have been announced. Please see the results page for these and previous results.
The results of The Snapshot Press Book Awards 2022 have been announced. Please see the results page for these and previous results.
Forthcoming titles
Our forthcoming titles include books by Billie Wilson, Matt Morden, Robert Gilliland, Michael McClintock, John Martone, Roberta Beary, Debbie Strange, Bob Redmond, and Michele Root-Bernstein.