Submission Information

Submit your haiku/senryu here: https://forms.gle/DGPjbpP53ETVV1F68

Writing Guidelines

1. Please submit 3-5 haiku per submission.

2. Submissions open on May 15th, 2025.

3. Submissions close on August 15th, 2025.

4. Please use a seasonal referent in your haiku.

5. Take risks with your seasonal referent. I (and the guest editors) will look up whatever I/we do not understand!

6. Please do not use the word "summer" in your haiku. The goal is to connect to the season without naming it.

7. I welcome haiku/senryu of 1-3 lines, as well as experimental forms.

8. Unpublished haiku only, please. I define "published" as appearing in any public-facing print or electronic blog, journal, social media app, or newsletter. Haiku published on private servers (such as Discord) are eligible.

9. Haiku Girl Summer does not allow AI-generated poetry.

Housekeeping Information

1. Poets are welcome to submit three times for the duration of HGS. I encourage you to only submit once per month during the journal run.

2. You are still welcome to submit again even if previous work is still in the queue.

3. HGS will be published from June 1st to September 1st, 2025.

4. I will publish haiku based on thematic groupings rather than order of submission.

5. All submitted haiku will stay on file until September 1st, 2025; I will notify you whenever one of your haiku is slated for publication.

6. HGS is a nonbinary- and trans-inclusive project. All who identify as girl/woman are welcome to submit.

7. Selected poems will appear on the HGS public site and email list.

8. Selected poems may also appear on the personal social media of myself and the guest editors, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok. (You are not obligated to post on social media. If you wish to, see the “Sharing” section for further details.)