call for submissions

haiku by Buson translated by Mark Brooks
haiga by Kuniharu Shimizu from haijinx II:1

March 20, 2010
the equinox

In celebration of the equinox, Mark Brooks, Alan Summers, and Carmen Sterba today continue the relaunch of haijinx with haijinx quarterly, a journal focused on putting the hai back in haiku.

The hai found in the word haiku (and haikai) means “playful” or “humorous” and haijinx highlights this particular feature of haikai poetry. There is simply no hai in haiku without some sense of humor, lightness, or playfulness.

And what is this haikai? Broadly speaking, haikai includes haiku; renku (haiku-like linked verse); haibun (haiku-like prose that is often combined with haiku); and haiga (illustrated haiku). Although senryû (satirical poetry in the same rhythm as haiku) are sometimes classified as haikai, haijinx does not publish senryû. Indeed, clarifying this split between haiku and senryû remains one of the missions of haijinx.

The new haijinx quarterly, also known as hai-Q, returns to haijinx‘s web-based multilingual roots, integrating haiku and haiga on the page, publishing poetry in native languages with English translations, featuring regular columns from world-class haijin, and including articles in multiple languages from multiple perspectives.

We accept original, unpublished haiku (preferably between 5 and 10 at a time), haibun, haiga, renku, and sumi-e. We will also accept previously published work, but please include the publication information at the time you submit your work and do not submit work currently under consideration elsewhere. Please make sure that each submission contains a majority of unpublished work. Non-English works may be submitted with translation. We will publish them in both English and their native language. If you do not have a translation, contact us to see if we know of a translator who might work with you.

We are always looking for articles on haiku, even from authors who disagree with us. Please contact us with your article ideas beforehand.

The deadline for the June issue of haijinx quarterly is May 20th and submissions may be sent to our central address

submissions – at – haijinx dot org

For more details, please visit our submissions page

help wanted

haijinx is seeking haijin for exciting opportunities with an upstart haikai website.

Portfolios for artist-in-residence now being accepted. This annual appointment to the haijinx quarterly runs through the Winter 2011 issue. If you are an experienced haiga artist interested in helping shape the look and feel of the new haijinx, please contact Mark Brooks.

Proposals for haikai columnists now being accepted. Multiple possibilities. Columnists are invited to submit proposals for weekly, monthly, and quarterly columns. The first haijinx columns start in April. Please contact Mark for details.

Reviews from critical readers now being accepted. haijinx quarterly publishes reviews of recent and classic haikai literature. Please contact us for a list of titles currently under consideration, to make suggestions, and to see how you might help.

Materials from haikai publishers now being accepted. haijinx quarterly publishes multiple reviews in each issue and will maintain a Materials Received section starting with the first 2010 issue this summer. Book announcements may be sent at any time for publication in the haijinx wire. Please contact us for more information.

News from regional correspondents now being accepted. The haijinx wire attempts to post relevant news to the online haikai community from around the globe. Please send us haikai news from your region.

about haijinx quarterly (hai-Q)

haijinx quarterly (hai-Q) normally publishes around the solstices and equinoxes each year. In 2010, those are March 20, June 21, September 23, and December 21. The deadlines in 2010 are the twentieth of the month prior to the issues release. For the three 2010 issues, submissions then are due by May 20, August 20, and November 20 respectively. We normally respond to email submissions within three weeks.

Created in 2001 by Mark Brooks with an initial team of Alan Summers, Serge Tomé and Carmen Sterba, the haijinx team expanded by 2003 to include Paul Miller, Linda Robeck, and Billie Wilson. The majority of the design elements, not to mention a great number of excellent haiga, originated with haijinx’s first artist-in-residence, Kuniharu Shimizu. Other haijinx projects include the haijinx weekly wire (hww), started in 2001/2002 as both a haikai news feed and an alternate distribution of haijinx, as well as one of the first haikai blogs. haijinx suspended operations from 2003 through 2009.

On February 14, 2010, the lunar new year, Mark Brooks relaunched haijinx with a new haikai twitter feed, @haijinx, the core of the modern haijinx wire. If you would like your announcement included, please contact @haijinx on Twitter. For more information, please visit http://www.twitter.com/haijinx/ .

On March 5, 2010, six years after being pulled due to faulty external and internal links, the haijinx archive of the original journal issues returned. The first weekly archive was sent to the relaunched haijinx wire that same evening. For haijinx wire archives and subscription information, please visit the haijinx wire page.

On March 20, 2010, the equinox, Alan Summers, Carmen Sterba, and Mark Brooks continued the relaunch of haijinx with haijinx quarterly (hai-Q). Please send your submissions today.

hai again!

Mark Brooks
Alan Summers
Carmen Sterba