A group of haiku will be posted each Monday morning from 5 January 2026 until Issue 16 is complete.
Haiku in Issue 16 were selected by Editors Simon Hanson and Jennifer Sutherland. Thank you to all those who contributed their haiku. The beautiful cover image was provided by Wanda Amos. We hope you enjoy the publication.
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ECHIDNA TRACKS ISSUE 17 Winter/Spring 2026
Echidna Tracks will now become an international publication, and we welcome submissions from haiku poets worldwide. We hope to publish a diversity of haiku and senryu.
Gavin Austin and Marilyn Humbert will be the haiku editors for this issue.
We invite your best and previously unpublished haiku/senryu on any topic.
Echidna Tracks nominates haiku for the Touchstone Awards and the annual Red Moon Press anthology, so be sure to send us your best work.
Submissions for Issue 17 will be open during April 2026. Please carefully read the guidelines on the Submissions page, as these have changed. Submissions will be received only via the submissions form.
We plan to commence publication of Issue 17 on 6 July 2026.
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