Presence

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Presence is a British haiku journal seeking original, unpublished haiku and related Japanese poetic forms, haibun, and relevant essays.

Response time info: by the end of the month after the submission window (by the end of February, June, and October)

Read the full guidelines at haikupresence.org

Submission calls

poetryCloses Sep 30

Haiku, including senryu: up to 7 poems per issue. Submissions for issue #86 are accepted 1st–30th September 2026; submissions received after the end of the submission period will not be read. The regular windows are 1st–31st January for the March issue, 1st–31st May for the July issue, and 1st–30th…

poetryCloses Sep 30

Tanka: up to 7 poems per issue. Submissions for issue #86 are accepted 1st–30th September 2026; submissions received after the end of the submission period will not be read. The regular windows are 1st–31st January for the March issue, 1st–31st May for the July issue, and 1st–30th September for the…

poetryCloses Sep 30

Haibun: up to 3 submissions per issue. Submissions for issue #86 are accepted 1st–30th September 2026; submissions received after the end of the submission period will not be read. The regular windows are 1st–31st January for the March issue, 1st–31st May for the July issue, and 1st–30th September…

poetryCloses Sep 30

Renga(y) / sequences: up to 3 submissions per issue. Submissions for issue #86 are accepted 1st–30th September 2026; submissions received after the end of the submission period will not be read. The regular windows are 1st–31st January for the March issue, 1st–31st May for the July issue, and…

nonfiction

Relevant essays are welcomed; essayists from all parts of the haiku community are welcome, with relevant support provided where needed. New accepted submissions are unlikely to appear this year because material is in hand for the next few issues. Contact the essays editor to discuss essay ideas. No…

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