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Acorn: a Journal of Contemporary Haiku [1]

Basic Information

State:

California

Website:

https://acornhaiku.com [2]

Country:

United States

Submission Guidelines:

https://acornhaiku.com/submissions [3]

Address:

115 Conifer Lane

City:

Walnut Creek

Zip / Postal Code:

94598

Contact Information

Susan

Antolin

Editor

Contact E-mail:

acornhaiku@gmail.com [4]

Details

Formats:

Payment:

No payment

Genres Published:

Poetry

Charges Reading Fee:

Accepts Unsolicited Submissions:

Yes

Accepts Simultaneous Submissions:

Reading Periods:

Jan 1 to Feb 28

Jul 1 to Aug 31

Response Time:

Less than 3 months

$16 for 1 year in the U.S., $30 for 2 years (see website for prices for Canada and overseas)

Acorn is a biannual journal dedicated to publishing the best of contemporary English-language haiku. In particular, it showcases the individual poem and the ability of haiku to reveal the extraordinary moments found in everyday life.

Do not want epigrams, musings, overt emotion poured into seventeen syllables, science fiction, political commentary, strong puns or raunchy humor. A five-seven-five syllable count is not necessary or encouraged. Preferred length is one to five lines, seventeen or fewer syllables.

Representative Authors:

Fay Aoyagi, Roberta Beary, Francine Banwarth, Michele Root-Bernstein, paul m., John Barlow, Cherie Hunter Day, Ferris Gilli, Kala Ramesh, John Stevenson, Michael Dylan Welch

Issues per Year:

Year Founded:

1998

Percentage of Unsolicited Submissions Published:

Greater than 50

Issue Price:

$10 per issue in the U.S. (see website for prices for Canada and overseas)

Number of Debut Authors per Issue:

5-20

Less than 1,000

Subgenres:

Micro-poetry [5]