cattails

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cattails is a journal publishing concise Japanese poetic forms, haibun, tanka prose, and haiga/tankart.

Response time info: Acknowledgment within a week; final decisions are sent once final selections are complete.

Read the full guidelines at cattailsjournal.com↗

Submission calls

poetryOpens Feb 1, 2027

Accepts up to 6 tanka per reading period; submissions open February 1 and close February 28 for the Spring/April issue. Work must be unpublished and not submitted simultaneously elsewhere.

poetryOpens Feb 1, 2027

Accepts up to 5 haiku per reading period; submissions open February 1 and close February 28 for the Spring/April issue. Work must be unpublished and not submitted simultaneously elsewhere.

poetryOpens Feb 1, 2027

Accepts up to 10 senryu per reading period; submissions open February 1 and close February 28 for the Spring/April issue. Work must be unpublished and not submitted simultaneously elsewhere.

poetryOpens Feb 1, 2027

Accepts up to 3 haibun per reading period; submissions open February 1 and close February 28 for the Spring/April issue. Work must be unpublished and not submitted simultaneously elsewhere.

poetryOpens Feb 1, 2027

Accepts up to 3 tanka prose pieces per reading period; submissions open February 1 and close February 28 for the Spring/April issue. Work must be unpublished and not submitted simultaneously elsewhere.

poetryOpens Feb 1, 2027

Accepts up to 3 haiga/tankart pieces per reading period; submissions open February 1 and close February 28 for the Spring/April issue. Images must be at least 200 dpi and 1200 px; work must be unpublished and not submitted simultaneously elsewhere.

poetryOpens Jul 1, 2027

Accepts up to 6 tanka per reading period; submissions open July 1 and close July 31 for the Autumn/October issue. Work must be unpublished and not submitted simultaneously elsewhere.

poetryOpens Jul 1, 2027

Accepts up to 5 haiku per reading period; submissions open July 1 and close July 31 for the Autumn/October issue. Work must be unpublished and not submitted simultaneously elsewhere.

poetryOpens Jul 1, 2027

Accepts up to 10 senryu per reading period; submissions open July 1 and close July 31 for the Autumn/October issue. Work must be unpublished and not submitted simultaneously elsewhere.

poetryOpens Jul 1, 2027

Accepts up to 3 haibun per reading period; submissions open July 1 and close July 31 for the Autumn/October issue. Work must be unpublished and not submitted simultaneously elsewhere.

poetryOpens Jul 1, 2027

Accepts up to 3 tanka prose pieces per reading period; submissions open July 1 and close July 31 for the Autumn/October issue. Work must be unpublished and not submitted simultaneously elsewhere.

poetryOpens Jul 1, 2027

Accepts up to 3 haiga/tankart pieces per reading period; submissions open July 1 and close July 31 for the Autumn/October issue. Images must be at least 200 dpi and 1200 px; work must be unpublished and not submitted simultaneously elsewhere.

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