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KAJI ASO STUDIO-

2026 INTERNATIONAL

HAIKU CONTEST

Submission Deadline: April 6th

Please Note: This is a different deadline date from previous years.

See full details below.

​First Prize: $300* 

*and a complimentary Certificate of Commendation for first prize from

the Consulate General of Japan in Boston.

Second Prize: $150

Third Prize: $75

Senryu Prize: $75

NOTE: Monetary prizes are or through PayPal or in the form of checks presented from Kaji Aso Studio.

NOTE: See drop down menu on submission payment for multiple submissions. 

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SUBMISSION DETAILS 

Deadline- April 6th

Two steps to submit:  

Submissions are not complete until both steps are done.

 

Step 1) Pay the entry fee of $3.00 per haiku or per senryu

with the PayPal button above.

You may send multiple haiku or senryu. 

Your entries should be unpublished and not currently submitted to another contest or journal. 

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Step 2)  email your English language submissions to:  Admin2@kajiasostudio.com

Subject Line:  Kaji Aso Studio International Haiku Contest 2026 Submission

Include your name, address, phone number and email.

 

Be sure to mark each submission as either haiku or senryu.

If a submission is not marked it will automatically go into the haiku category.

 

NOTE: All entries are randomized and judged anonymously.

All rights will revert back to the authors after May 15, 2026, after winners have been announced.

 

NOTE: Entries may also be sent by mail to:

Kaji Aso Studio Haiku Contest

40 Saint Stephen Street

Boston, MA  02115

And must be postmarked by April 6, 2026

Please type or neatly print your submissions and be sure to include your name, address, phone number, and email. Be sure to mark each submission as either haiku or senryu. If a submission is not marked it will automatically go into the haiku category.

Make out a check for the full amount ($ 3.00 times number of haiku/senryu entries) payable to Kaji Aso Studio.

 

Questions: Admin2@kajiasostudio.com

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Click HERE to read last year's winners and honorable mentions.

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Kaji Aso Studio programs are supported in part by a grant from the Mission Hill / Fenway Neighborhood Trust.

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Kaji Aso Studio programs are supported in part by a grant from the Boston Cultural Council, administered by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture.

Previous programs supported in part by a grant from the [Boston Cultural Council/Reopen Creative Boston Fund], administered by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture.
2020 programs supported in part by a grant from the
City of Boston’s Arts and Culture COVID-19 Fund.
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We gratefully acknowledge recent support in part by a Mass Cultural Council grant through the Cultural Sector Recovery Grants for Organizations program, and previous support in part by  the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Arts & Culture COVID-19 Recovery administered by Mass Cultural Council. This is a one-time pandemic relief program established and funded through a legislative earmark in the Fiscal Year 2022 state budget secured by members of the Massachusetts House Asian Caucus.

We gratefully acknowledge support in part by the Cultural Organization Economic Recovery Grant administered by Mass Cultural Council in partnership with the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development.

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