Haiku and haiga enthusiasts will have an opportunity to explore these forms in a new way, with the launch of DailyHaiga, this coming Wednesday, July 1, 2009.
DailyHaiga is an edited online journal of contemporary and traditional haiga, available online at http://www.dailyhaiga.org/. Following the format of sister publication DailyHaiku (http://www.dailyhaiku.org/), this journal will present a new piece each day from one of their contributors.
Those new to the form will find that haiga moves beyond the boundaries of written verse—pairing haiku with an image that expands or juxtaposes the moment explored in the haiku.
Over the next few months, DailyHaiga will feature work from renowned invited artists, including: an’ya, Susan Constable, Billie Dee, Lary Fraser, Allison Millcock, Sakuo Nakamura, Linda Papanicolaou, Carol Raisfeld, Ray Rasmussen, Emily Romano, Alexis Rotella, and Liam Wilkinson.
The site features sophisticated archiving and search functions with easy navigation between current and previous haiga. DailyHaiga also syndicates content, and is available through your favorite RSS or Atom feedreader at http://www.dailyhaiga.org/rss/
General submissions will open on July 1st. Guidelines for email submissions can be found at http://www.dailyhaiga.org/. In addition to new haiga, we will also consider haiga that pair new images with previously published literary components (e.g. haiku and related poetic forms). We will not consider haiga that have previously appeared online in any form.
DailyHaiga staff can be contacted at dailyhaiga@gmail.com.
Editor: Linda M. Pilarski
Associate Editor (Poetry): Patrick M. Pilarski
Associate Editor (Artwork): Nicole Pakan
ISSN: 1918-851X
Spring Lake Alberta, Canada
http://www.dailyhaiga.org/
