The Betty Drevniok Award
Haiku Canada established this annual competition in memory of Betty Drevniok,
past president of the society. With the exception of members of the executive of Haiku Canada,
the contest is open to everyone, including regional coordinators of Haiku Canada.
N.B. : Nous n’avons pas traduit en français les règles du Betty Drevniok Award.
Les haïkus acceptés pour ce concours doivent être écrits uniquement en anglais.
The 2023 Annual Betty Drevniok Award
There is no entry fee. Call opens November 15, 2022.
Eligibility
1. The contest is international and open to the public.
2. Haiku must be in English, and not previously published. Publication is defined as an appearance
in any printed or electronic book, magazine, or journal (sold or given away) or publicly visible
on any website or electronic social media (including but not limited to blogs, Facebook, Twitter, etc).
If it is discovered that a poem has been published before, it will be disqualified, even after
the results have been announced.
3. Haiku must be authored by the poet submitting and not currently submitted elsewhere either
for publication or to any other contest.
4. Members of the Haiku Canada executive are not eligible, but regional coordinators may enter.
Submission Procedure
1. Go to • https://forms.gle/bUSWZWkfc254fJut9
2. Fill in the your contact information and your name and location as you would want it to appear.
3. Write your haiku, one per field. Maximum 3.
4. Please do not number your haiku and do not use coloured fonts.
5. Do it by the deadline: February 15, 2023.
Results
1. Results will be announced at Haiku Canada Weekend in May 2023, and will be posted on the
Haiku Canada website by July 1, 2023.
2. The finalist poems will be presented on a broadsheet at Haiku Canada Weekend, with the finalists
receiving paper copies.
3. Rights to the poems revert to the poet after the contest results have been announced.
4. Haiku Canada reserves the right to republish selected haiku in print, on the Haiku Canada website,
and on other Haiku Canada social media at any time.
If you do not have access to email, snail mail your submission to the contest coordinator:
Pearl Pirie
175 Chemin du Domaine
Alcove, QC J0X 1A0
Submissions to be in hand by the deadline.
The Betty Drevniok Award Results 2022
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2022 Haiku Canada Betty Drevniok Award.
First prize - paul m, Inlet Beach, Florida
Second prize - Jacquie Pearce Vancouver, Canada
Third prize - Karin Hedetniemi Victoria, Canada)
• Results and Judge’s comments
Congratulations to all winners and thanks to all poets for their submissions
and their support of our contest.
Pearl Pirie
Contest Coordinator
The Betty Drevniok Award Past Results
2022 • Results and Judge’s comments
2021 • Results and Judge’s comments
2020 • Results and Judge’s comments
2019 • Results and
Judge’s comments
2018 • Results and
Judge’s comments
2017 • Results and
Judge’s comments
2016 • Results and judge’s comments
2015 • Results and judge’s comments
2014 • Results and judge’s comments
2013
• Results and judge’s comments
2011
• Results and judge’s comments
2010
• Results and judge’s comments
2009
• Results and judge’s comments
2006
• Results
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