Echidna Tracks Haiga Publication
Echidna Tracks plans to publish a small collection of haiga by artists/poets living in Australia and Australians now living abroad. We hope to continue with further small collections of haiga. This is a trial venture. Collaborations between an artist and poet will also be welcome.
In a haiga the poem and image should not literally describe each other, but rather, their juxtaposition should link and shift in new directions to enhance meaning and resonance for the reader. Poem and image should neither be too far from each other, nor too close. These new directions can include reference to any of our senses and feelings that may deepen the impression of the poem. The haiku should able to stand alone, but should both imply and obtain additional meaning and/or insight when embedded within the image.
Haiga Submissions
A call for submissions of haiga will be posted on 1 October 2024. Marietta McGregor and Julia Wakefield will be the editors for this collection.
Haiga Talk at Haiku Down Under Conference
Julia Wakefield will give an online talk on Haiga at the Haiku Down Under Conference on Sunday, August 18 2024. The Art of Creating a Haiga with Julia Wakefield
https://sites.google.com/view/haikudownunder/home
Julia Wakefield has worked as a freelance illustrator, educational writer, and designer for UK, US, and Australian publishers for over 40 years. For the last 30 years, she has taught drawing, watercolour, and printmaking workshops to adults in the UK and Australia. Julia has won awards for her artwork and has widely exhibited her prints and watercolours in Australia and the UK.
Julia has won several awards for her poetry, including haiku. For the past ten years, she has taught workshops on writing haiku and the art of creating Haiga. Julia’s Haiga Out Without My Phone was one of four traditional Haiga to receive an honourable mention in the 2023 Jane Reichhold Memorial Haiga Competition.
Marietta McGregor studied botany and obtained postgraduate qualifications in writing and journalism, becoming a science communicator for universities and the CSIRO. A keen photographer, she enjoys capturing impressions of cities, coasts, and countryside and sharing their spirit in haiga. Her photo haiga have featured in NHK Haiku Masters on Japanese TV and are published in online journals.
Marietta’s awards for haiga include first place in the 5th Setouchi-Matsuyama Photo Haiku Contest (2015), an honourable mention in the 5th Jane Reichhold Memorial Contest (2021) and placings in haiga contests and kukai conducted by the Australian Haiku Society. Her haiku and haibun have won international awards, have been translated into eight languages, and have appeared widely in anthologies.
More details for submission requirements are on our Haiga page.
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