NeverEnding Story Submission Guidelines (Revision)

A haiku or a tanka without "rhetoric" was likely to be no more  than a brief observation without poetic tension or illumination.
-- Donald Keene, The Winter Sun Shines in: A Life of Masaoka Shiki, p 57.

Ring out the Vulgar, Ring in the Poetic

first sunrise ...
my midlife drained of all
but hungry
for these magic words
NeverEnding Story

on the windowsill
two canaries singing
to each other
I tweet and retweet
NeverEnding Story


"Butterfly Dream" Submission Guidelines

Send your best published haiku (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (50 words max.) with the subject heading "Published or Unpublished Haiku, Your Name, Submitted Date" to Chen-ou Liu  via email at neverendingstory_haiku(at)yahoo.ca  And place your haiku directly in the body of the email. DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS.

No more than twenty haiku per submission and no simultaneous submissions. And please wait for at least three months for another new submission.

Please note that only those whose haiku are accepted will be notified within three weeks, and that no other notification will be sent out, so your works are automatically freed up after three weeks to submit elsewhere.

The accepted haiku will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter (You are welcome to follow Chen-ou Liu on NeverEnding Story,  http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/, or to follow Chen-ou Liu on Twitter at @ericcoliu). 

"One Man's Maple Moon" Submission Guidelines

Send your best published tanka (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (50 words max.) with the subject heading "Published or Unpublished Tanka, Your Name, Submitted Date" to Chen-ou Liu  via email at neverendingstory_tanka(at)yahoo.ca  And place your tanka directly in the body of the email. DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS.

No more than twenty tanka per submission and no simultaneous submissions. And please wait for at least three months for another new submission.

Please note that only those whose tanka are accepted will be notified within three weeks, and that no other notification will be sent out, so your works are automatically freed up after three weeks to submit elsewhere.

The accepted tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter (You are welcome to follow Chen-ou Liu on NeverEnding Story,  http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/, or to follow Chen-ou Liu on Twitter at @ericcoliu).

"Biting NOT Barking" Submission Guidelines

Send your best published haiku/tanka (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (50 words max.) with the subject heading "Biting NOT Barking, Your Name, Submitted Date" to Chen-ou Liu  via email at ericcoliu(at)yahoo.ca  And place your haiku/tanka directly in the body of the email. DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS.

No more than twenty haiku/tanka per submission and no simultaneous submissions. And please wait for at least three months for another new submission.

Please note that only those whose haiku/tanka are accepted will be notified within three weeks, and that no other notification will be sent out, so your works are automatically freed up after three weeks to submit elsewhere.

The accepted haiku/tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and X (You are welcome to follow me on NeverEnding Story or on X at @ericcoliu). 

Butterfly Dream Anthology : Call for Haiku Submissions

A haiku or a tanka without "rhetoric" was likely to be no more  than a brief observation without poetic tension or illumination.
-- Donald Keene, The Winter Sun Shines in: A Life of Masaoka Shiki, p 57.

Send your best published haiku (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (50 words max.) with the subject heading "Published or Unpublished Haiku, Your Name, Submitted Date" to Chen-ou Liu  via email at neverendingstory_haiku(at)yahoo.ca  And place your haiku directly in the body of the email. DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS.

No more than twenty haiku per submission and no simultaneous submissions. And please wait for at least three months for another new submission.

Please note that only those whose haiku are accepted will be notified within three weeks, and that no other notification will be sent out, so your works are automatically freed up after three weeks to submit elsewhere.

The accepted haiku will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter (You are welcome to follow Chen-ou Liu on NeverEnding Story,  http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/, or to follow NeverEnding Story on Twitter at @storyhaikutanka). The best 66 haiku will be included in the anthology, and the poet whose poem is chosen as the best haiku of the year will be given a 3-page space to feature the haiku of his/her choice. Each poet in the anthology  will receive a copy of the e-book edition.

One Man’s Maple Moon Anthology: Call for Tanka Submissions

A haiku or a tanka without "rhetoric" was likely to be no more than a brief observation without poetic tension or illumination.
-- Donald Keene, The Winter Sun Shines in: A Life of Masaoka Shiki, p 57.

Send your best published tanka (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (50 words max.) with the subject heading "Published or Unpublished Tanka, Your Name, Submitted Date" to Chen-ou Liu  via email at neverendingstory_tanka(at)yahoo.ca  And place your tanka directly in the body of the email. DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS.

No more than twenty tanka per submission and no simultaneous submissions. And please wait for at least three months for another new submission.

Please note that only those whose tanka are accepted will be notified within three weeks, and that no other notification will be sent out, so your works are automatically freed up after three weeks to submit elsewhere.

The accepted tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter (You are welcome to follow Chen-ou Liu on NeverEnding Story,  http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/, or to follow NeverEnding Story on Twitter at @storyhaikutanka). The best 66 tanka will be included in the anthology,  and the poet whose poem is chosen as the best tanka of the year will be given a 3-page space to feature the tanka of his/her choice. Each poet in the anthology  will receive a copy of the e-book edition.

2018 Butterfly Dream: Call for Haiku Submissions

A haiku or a tanka without "rhetoric" was likely to be no more  than a brief observation without poetic tension or illumination.
-- Donald Keene, The Winter Sun Shines in: A Life of Masaoka Shiki, p 57.

Send your best published haiku (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (50 words max.) with the subject heading "Published or Unpublished Haiku, Your Name, Submitted Date" to Chen-ou Liu  via email at neverendingstory_haiku(at)yahoo.ca  And place your haiku directly in the body of the email. DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS.

No more than twenty haiku per submission and no simultaneous submissions. And please wait for at least three months for another new submission. Deadline: December 31, 2018.

Please note that only those whose haiku are accepted will be notified within three weeks, and that no other notification will be sent out, so your works are automatically freed up after three weeks to submit elsewhere.

The accepted haiku will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter (You are welcome to follow Chen-ou Liu on NeverEnding Story,  http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/, or to follow NeverEnding Story on Twitter at @storyhaikutanka). The best 66 haiku will be included in the anthology, and the poet whose poem is chosen as the best haiku of the year will be given a 3-page space to feature the haiku of his/her choice. Each poet in the anthology  will receive a copy of the e-book edition.

2018 One Man’s Maple Moon: Call for Tanka Submissions

A haiku or a tanka without "rhetoric" was likely to be no more than a brief observation without poetic tension or illumination.
-- Donald Keene, The Winter Sun Shines in: A Life of Masaoka Shiki, p 57.

Send your best published tanka (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (50 words max.) with the subject heading "Published or Unpublished Tanka, Your Name, Submitted Date" to Chen-ou Liu  via email at neverendingstory_tanka(at)yahoo.ca  And place your tanka directly in the body of the email. DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS.

No more than twenty tanka per submission and no simultaneous submissions. And please wait for at least three months for another new submission. Deadline: December 31, 2018.

Please note that only those whose tanka are accepted will be notified within three weeks, and that no other notification will be sent out, so your works are automatically freed up after three weeks to submit elsewhere.

The accepted tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter (You are welcome to follow Chen-ou Liu on NeverEnding Story,  http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/, or to follow NeverEnding Story on Twitter at @storyhaikutanka). The best 66 tanka will be included in the anthology,  and the poet whose poem is chosen as the best tanka of the year will be given a 3-page space to feature the tanka of his/her choice. Each poet in the anthology  will receive a copy of the e-book edition.

2017 One Man’s Maple Moon: Call for Tanka Submissions

A haiku or a tanka without "rhetoric" was likely to be no more than a brief observation without poetic tension or illumination.
-- Donald Keene, The Winter Sun Shines in: A Life of Masaoka Shiki, p 57.

Send your best published tanka (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (50 words max.) with the subject heading "Published or Unpublished Tanka, Your Name, Submitted Date" to Chen-ou Liu  via email at neverendingstory_tanka(at)yahoo.ca  And place your tanka directly in the body of the email. DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS.

No more than twenty tanka per submission and no simultaneous submissions. And please wait for at least three months for another new submission. Deadline: December 16, December 31, 2017.

Please note that only those whose tanka are accepted will be notified within three weeks, and that no other notification will be sent out, so your works are automatically freed up after three weeks to submit elsewhere.

The accepted tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter (You are welcome to follow Chen-ou Liu on NeverEnding Story,  http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/, or to follow NeverEnding Story on Twitter at @storyhaikutanka). The best 66 tanka will be included in the anthology,  and the poet whose poem is chosen as the best tanka of the year will be given a 3-page space to feature the tanka of his/her choice. Each poet in the anthology  will receive a copy of the e-book edition.

2017 Butterfly Dream: Call for Haiku Submissions

A haiku or a tanka without "rhetoric" was likely to be no more  than a brief observation without poetic tension or illumination.
-- Donald Keene, The Winter Sun Shines in: A Life of Masaoka Shiki, p 57.

Send your best published haiku (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (50 words max.) with the subject heading "Published or Unpublished Haiku, Your Name, Submitted Date" to Chen-ou Liu  via email at neverendingstory_haiku(at)yahoo.ca  And place your haiku directly in the body of the email. DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS.

No more than twenty haiku per submission and no simultaneous submissions. And please wait for at least three months for another new submission. Deadline: December 16, December 31, 2017.

Please note that only those whose haiku are accepted will be notified within three weeks, and that no other notification will be sent out, so your works are automatically freed up after three weeks to submit elsewhere.

The accepted haiku will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter (You are welcome to follow Chen-ou Liu on NeverEnding Story,  http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/, or to follow NeverEnding Story on Twitter at @storyhaikutanka). The best 66 haiku will be included in the anthology, and the poet whose poem is chosen as the best haiku of the year will be given a 3-page space to feature the haiku of his/her choice. Each poet in the anthology  will receive a copy of the e-book edition.

2016 Butterfly Dream: Call for Haiku Submissions

A haiku or a tanka without "rhetoric" was likely to be no more  than a brief observation without poetic tension or illumination.
-- Donald Keene, The Winter Sun Shines in: A Life of Masaoka Shiki, p 57.

Send your best published haiku (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (50 words max.) with the subject heading "Published or Unpublished Haiku, Your Name, Submitted Date" to Chen-ou Liu  via email at neverendingstory_haiku(at)yahoo.ca  And place your haiku directly in the body of the email. DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS.

No more than twenty haiku per submission and no simultaneous submissions. And please wait for at least three months for another new submission. Deadline: December 16, 2016.

Please note that only those whose haiku are accepted will be notified within three weeks, and that no other notification will be sent out, so your works are automatically freed up after three weeks to submit elsewhere.

The accepted haiku will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter (You are welcome to follow Chen-ou Liu on NeverEnding Story,  http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/, or to follow NeverEnding Story on Twitter at @storyhaikutanka). The best 66 haiku will be included in the anthology, and the poet whose poem is chosen as the best haiku of the year will be given a 3-page space to feature the haiku of his/her choice. Each poet in the anthology  will receive a copy of the e-book edition.

2016 One Man’s Maple Moon: Call for Tanka Submissions

A haiku or a tanka without "rhetoric" was likely to be no more than a brief observation without poetic tension or illumination.
-- Donald Keene, The Winter Sun Shines in: A Life of Masaoka Shiki, p 57.

Send your best published tanka (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (50 words max.) with the subject heading "Published or Unpublished Tanka, Your Name, Submitted Date" to Chen-ou Liu  via email at neverendingstory_tanka(at)yahoo.ca  And place your tanka directly in the body of the email. DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS.

No more than twenty tanka per submission and no simultaneous submissions. And please wait for at least three months for another new submission. Deadline: December 16, 2016.

Please note that only those whose tanka are accepted will be notified within three weeks, and that no other notification will be sent out, so your works are automatically freed up after three weeks to submit elsewhere.

The accepted tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter (You are welcome to follow Chen-ou Liu on NeverEnding Story,  http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/, or to follow NeverEnding Story on Twitter at @storyhaikutanka). The best 66 tanka will be included in the anthology,  and the poet whose poem is chosen as the best tanka of the year will be given a 3-page space to feature the tanka of his/her choice. Each poet in the anthology  will receive a copy of the e-book edition.

2015 Butterfly Dream: Call for Haiku Submissions

A haiku or a tanka without "rhetoric" was likely to be no more  than a brief observation without poetic tension or illumination.

-- Donald Keene, The Winter Sun Shines in: A Life of Masaoka Shiki, p 57.

Send your best published haiku (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (50 words max.) with the subject heading "Published or Unpublished Haiku, Your Name, Submitted Date" to Chen-ou Liu  via email at neverendingstory_haiku(at)yahoo.ca  And place your haiku directly in the body of the email. DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS.

No more than twenty haiku per submission and no simultaneous submissions. And please wait for at least three months for another new submission. Deadline: December 1, December 31, 2015.

Please note that only those whose haiku are selected for publication will be notified within three weeks, and that no other notification will be sent out, so your works are automatically freed up after three weeks to submit elsewhere.

The accepted haiku will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter (You are welcome to follow me on NeverEnding Story,  http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/, or on Twitter at @storyhaikutanka). The best 66 haiku will be included in the anthology, which is scheduled to be published in July of 2016, and the poet whose poem is chosen as the best haiku of the year will be given a 3-page space to feature the haiku of his/her choice. Each poet in the anthology  will receive a copy of the e-book edition.

2015 One Man’s Maple Moon: Call for Tanka Submissions

A haiku or a tanka without "rhetoric" was likely to be no more than a brief observation without poetic tension or illumination.

-- Donald Keene, The Winter Sun Shines in: A Life of Masaoka Shiki, p 57.


Send your best published tanka (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (50 words max.) with the subject heading "Published or Unpublished Tanka, Your Name, Submitted Date" to Chen-ou Liu  via email at neverendingstory_tanka(at)yahoo.ca  And place your tanka directly in the body of the email. DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS.

No more than twenty tanka per submission and no simultaneous submissions. And please wait for at least three months for another new submission. Deadline: December 1, December 31, 2015.

Please note that only those whose tanka are selected for publication will be notified within three weeks, and that no other notification will be sent out, so your works are automatically freed up after three weeks to submit elsewhere.

The accepted tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter (You are welcome to follow me on NeverEnding Story,  http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/, or on Twitter at @storyhaikutanka). The best 66 tanka will be included in the anthology, which is scheduled to be published in July of 2016, and the poet whose poem is chosen as the best tanka of the year will be given a 3-page space to feature the tanka of his/her choice. Each poet in the anthology  will receive a copy of the e-book edition.

2014 Butterfly Dream: Call for Haiku Submissions

Send your best published haiku (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (50 words max.) with the subject heading "Published or Unpublished Haiku, Your Name, Submitted Date" to Chen-ou Liu, Blog Editor and Translator via email at neverendingstory_haiku(at)yahoo.ca  And place your haiku directly in the body of the email. DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS.

No more than 20 haiku per submission and no simultaneous submissions. And please wait for at least three months for another new submission. Deadline: December 1, 2014.

Please note that only those whose haiku are selected for publication will be notified within three weeks, and that no other notification will be sent out, so your works are automatically freed up after three weeks to submit elsewhere.

The accepted haiku will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter (You are welcome to follow me on NeverEnding Story, or on Twitter at @storyhaikutanka or @ericcoliu). Of them, the best 66 haiku will be included in the anthology, which is scheduled to be published in June of 2015, and  the poet whose haiku is chosen as the best haiku of the year will be given a 3-page space to feature the haiku of his/her choice. For those whose haiku are included in the anthology, each  will receive a copy of its e-book edition.

A haiku is an imaginative lotus pond with the real frog in it. -- Chen-ou Liu

2014 One Man’s Maple Moon: Call for Tanka Submissions

Send your best published tanka (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (50 words max.) with the subject heading "Published or Unpublished Tanka, Your Name, Submitted Date" to Chen-ou Liu, Blog Editor and Translator via email at neverendingstory_tanka(at)yahoo.ca  And place your tanka directly in the body of the email. DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS.

No more than 20 tanka per submission and no simultaneous submissions. And please wait for at least three months for another new submission. Deadline: December 1, 2014.

Please note that only those whose tanka are selected for publication will be notified within three weeks, and that no other notification will be sent out, so your works are automatically freed up after three weeks to submit elsewhere.

The accepted tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter (You are welcome to follow me on NeverEnding Story or on Twitter at @storyhaikutanka or @ericcoliu). Of them, the best 66 tanka will be included in the anthology, which is scheduled to be published in June of 2015, and the poet whose tanka is chosen as the best tanka of the year will be given a 3-page space to feature the tanka of his/her choice. For those whose tanka are included in the anthology, each  will receive a copy of its e-book edition.

A tanka is snowflakes drifting through the ink dark moon. -- Chen-ou Liu

One Man’s Maple Moon: Call for Tanka Submissions

Send your best, preferably published tanka (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (75 words max.) with the subject heading "Published or Unpublished Tanka, Your Name, Submitted Date" to Chen-ou Liu, Blog Editor and Translator via email at neverendingstory_tanka(at)yahoo.ca  And place your tanka directly in the body of the email. DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS.

No more than 20 tanka per submission and no simultaneous submissions. And please wait for at least four months for another new submission. Deadline: December 1, 2013.

Please note that only those whose tanka are selected for publication will be notified within two months, and that no other notification will be sent out, so your works are automatically freed up after two months to submit elsewhere. 

The accepted tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter (You are welcome to follow me on NeverEnding Story or on Twitter at @storyhaikutanka or @ericcoliu). Of them, the best 66 tanka will be included in the anthology, which is scheduled to be published in April of 2014, and the best of the best tanka of 2013 will be rewarded $CAD 50 and the poet will be given a 3-page space to feature the best tanka of his/her choice. For those whose tanka are included in the anthology, each  will receive a copy of its e-book edition.

A tanka is snowflakes drifting through the ink dark moon. -- Chen-ou Liu

Butterfly Dream: Call for Haiku Submissions

Send your best, preferably published haiku (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (75 words max.) with the subject heading "Published or Unpublished Haiku, Your Name, Submitted Date" to Chen-ou Liu, Blog Editor and Translator via email at neverendingstory_haiku(at)yahoo.ca  And place your haiku directly in the body of the email. DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS.

No more than 20 haiku per submission and no simultaneous submissions. And please wait for at least four months for another new submission. Deadline: December 1, 2013.

Please note that only those whose haiku are selected for publication will be notified within two months, and that no other notification will be sent out, so your works are automatically freed up after two months to submit elsewhere. 

The accepted haiku will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter (You are welcome to follow me on NeverEnding Story, or on Twitter at @storyhaikutanka or @ericcoliu). Of them, the best 66 haiku will be included in the anthology, which is scheduled to be published in April of 2014, and the best of the best haiku of 2013 will be rewarded $CAD 50 and the poet will be given a 3-page space to feature the best haiku of his/her choice. For those whose haiku are included in the anthology, each  will receive a copy of its e-book edition.


A haiku is an imaginative lotus pond with the real frog in it. -- Chen-ou Liu