A group of haiku will be posted each Monday morning from 7 July 2025 until Issue 15 is complete on 29 December 2025.
Haiku in Issue 15 were selected by Editors Gavin Austin and Marilyn Humbert. Thank you to all those who contributed their haiku. The beautiful cover image was provided by Simon Hanson. We hope you enjoy the publication.
Authors’ names are listed in the ‘tags’ in the website’s footer. Each author listing covers all their haiku published on Echidna Tracks.
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ECHIDNA TRACKS ISSUE 16 Summer/Autumn 2026
Simon Hanson and Jennifer Sutherland will be the haiku editors for this issue.
We invite your best and previously unpublished haiku/senryu on any topic that stirs your imagination.
Australia, in the twenty-first century, is a vibrant multicultural society. We hope to celebrate, through the haiku and senryu collected on this website, the diversity of lifestyles, values, characters, customs, cultures, and historical experiences of the people inhabiting Australia, as well as the diversity of our landscapes, flora, and fauna. Please explore our categories for inspiration. If you choose a seasonal reference, it should be compatible with the publication’s Summer or Autumn timeframe.
This is primarily a website for the collection of the best work of Australian haiku poets. We also accept haiku from those who have visited Australia and wish to share their experiences.
Echidna Tracks regularly nominates the best of the haiku we publish for international publications and awards, so be sure to send us your best haiku.
Submissions for Issue 16 will be open during October 2025. Please carefully read the guidelines on the Submissions page. Submissions will only be received via the submissions form.
We plan to commence publication of Issue 16 on 5 January 2026.
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