What style of haiku is being considered?
The 2026 Exhibit will be baseball-themed, a sport with a long history in the Midwest. The exhibit will consist of previously-published haiku and senryu.
What forms are being considered?
Although the majority of the poems will be 3 lines, monoku and vertical haiku will also be considered. In order to ensure the lettering on the rock isn't too small, monoku are limited to 46 characters including spaces.
Are submissions limited to poets in the Midwest?
For the Baseball-Themed 2026 Exhibit of previously-published poems, submissions are open to poets worldwide.
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Submission Details
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Please submit up to ten of your published haiku/senryu using the Google Forms link at the top of this page. Submission indicates your permission for the poem to be placed on a rock and to be included in the rock garden when it is on display to the public, and submission indicates your permission for photos of the rock(s) to be shared on the website, social media, and on slides during presentations. All rights remain with the poet.
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Even if you’ve had only a couple baseball haiku published, please send them along—or even just one. I’d love to see it!
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Please include a citation for each poem indicating where it was first published, along with the issue number, if applicable, and the year it was first published.
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The plan is for future submission windows to also be May 1st - May 31st.
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Submissions are limited to one submission per submission window. Poets are welcome and encouraged to participate in future submission windows as well.
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Relevant Dates:​​​​
- 5/31/26 - Submission window closes.​
- 7/1/26 - Poets notified via email (acceptances only) which poem or poems were selected.
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Late Summer/Early Autumn 2026 - Poets receive an email with a photo of their rock(s) for a final proofread.
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Autumn 2026 - The list of poets will be announced on the Facebook page (The Midwest Haiku Traveling Rock Garden) and the Instagram page (haikurockgarden).
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Autumn 2026 - After the list of poets is announced, one poem per day will be released on the Facebook page. Once all the poems have been shared on Facebook, the poems will be added to the Online Gallery on this website. The poems will be sequenced.
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Future displays and events will be announced on the homepage of this website and on social media.
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For questions, please email Matthew Markworth at haikurockgarden@gmail.com, and most of all, thank you!