2023 Society Events

CALENDAR FOR 2023 

Meetings and Events

Please Note: January 1, 2023 is the Annual Membership Due Date.

All times shown are Pacific Time Zone; events may be subject to change.
Check back often for the latest information.

Bring peanut-free food to all potluck sharing at in-person events, please! For additional information (directions and details for events at private homes) call Patricia Machmiller: 408-225-4946.

As pandemic precautions are lifted, we hope to have more YTHS gatherings in person. But we will still hold some meetings on Zoom to include our members who are far afield.

Zoom links for remote events will be sent out to YTHS members prior to the event date and time. 

Day/Date/Time	Event
Sunday January 1	YTHS membership Dues for 2023 due. Membership form and more details can be found here.
Saturday January 14 11 AM – 1 PM Via Zoom	“The Tokutomi Memorial Contest Unveiling: 2023 Kigo Words, Pointers, and Tips.” Presentation by Kath Abela Wilson and Patricia Machmiller. Last year’s Contest winning haiku and details here.
Sunday January 15	Submissions deadline (YTHS members only) for the first 2023 Geppo. Guidelines for YTHS members only to submit to Geppo can be found here.
Saturday February 11 11 AM – 1 PM Via Zoom	“Transitions: Winter to Spring: A Round-Table Discussion.” Facilitated by Patricia Machmiller.
Thursday February 16	Registration opens for the Annual YTHS 4-day Retreat. Details and registration form can be found here.
Saturday March 11 CANCELLED Due to Weather	Ginko in person at Hakone Gardens in Saratoga, CA. Further details will appear here when they are known.
Saturday April 15 9 AM In Person field trip	Ginko in Henry W. Coe State Park, led by Roger Abe. Gathering place: meet in Gilroy at 9 AM. Directions: 101 to Gilroy, east on Leavesley Road, right on Arroyo Circle and left into Outlet Stores; assemble in parking lot by McDonalds (8390 Arroyo Circle).  Coffee, restrooms, observation tips, last minute carpooling. Travel:  east on Leavesley, left on New Ave, right on Roop Road to Henry Coe Hunting Hollow Entrance (4826 Gilroy Hot Springs Road), about 20 minutes.  Go slow to see good things on the way. Park/Hike:  Parking fee $6/$5 seniors, self pay with iron ranger.  Short out and back hike (mostly flat) for hikers.  There are a few picnic tables near the parking lot or just drive around on the nearby country roads for scenic views. Possible side trips:  Chua Dao Trang Thon Yen Buddhist temple, on the way back ( 3555 Dryden Ave).  Lunch: Ginger Cafe (8657 San Ysidro). Contact Roger Abe for further information. Inclement weather cancels.
Saturday April 15	Submissions deadline (YTHS members only) for the 2023 YTHS Members’ Anthology. Guidelines for YTHS members only to submit to the Anthology can be found here. Also, submissions deadline (YTHS members only) for the second 2023 Geppo. Guidelines for YTHS members only to submit to Geppo can be found here.
Saturday May 13 5 PM Via Zoom	Spring Reading “Haiku at Home”, organized by Roger Abe, with Dōjin Patricia Machmiller, Emiko Miyashita, Hiroyuki Murakami, Phillip Kennedy, and the newly appointed Dōjin Roger Abe, Mimi Ahern, Johnnie Johnson Hafernik, Linda Papanicolaou, Neal Whitman, Alison Woolpert, and J. Zimmerman. Also featured will be a reading of the nijuin Bay Nuts, composed by YTHS renku jin Roger Abe, Linda Papanicolaou, Carol Steele, and J.Zimmerman; Bay Nuts received a second place award in the Haiku Society of America’s 2022 Bernard Lionel Einbond renku contest. To accommodate our Dōjin readers in Japan, this meeting will take place at 5:00 PM PDT.
Wednesday May 31	Submissions deadline for the 2023 Kiyoshi & Kiyoko Tokutomi Memorial Haiku Contest. Last year’s contest winning haiku and details here.
Saturday June 10 11 AM – 1 PM Via Zoom	Haibun workshop led by Richard Tice.
Saturday July 8 11 AM – 1 PM Via Zoom	Tanabata—Participants will send haiku and haiga to Christine Stern in advance for a slideshow on Zoom. Roger Abe will also perform his dramatized presentation of the Tanabata story
Saturday July 15	Submissions deadline (YTHS members only) for the third 2023 Geppo. Guidelines for YTHS members only to submit to Geppo can be found here.
Saturday August 12 11 AM – 1 PM Via Zoom	YTHS All-Member Annual Meeting and Planning for 2024 on Zoom. Please join the Zoom session 15 minutes early, so the meeting can begin on time. Hosted by YTHS President Linda Papanicolaou
Friday September 1	Deadline for registration and payment for the 2023 YTHS Haiku Retreat. Limited to 50 participants. Details for the 2022 Retreat can be found here. Deadline for ordering extra copies of the 2022 YTHS Members’ Anthology. Again, contact YTHS or visit the Store.
Saturday September 30 6 PM	Moon Viewing, host Linda Papanicolaou. Date corresponds with celebration of “16th-Day Moon.” Further details will appear here when they are known.
Thursday-Sunday October 12-15	Annual YTHS 4-day Retreat in person at Asilomar. Limited to the first 28 people to register. Registration details can be found here. Further program details will appear here when they are known.
Sunday October 15	Submissions deadline (YTHS members only) for the fourth 2023 Geppo. Guidelines for YTHS members only to submit to Geppo can be found here.
Saturday November 11 11 AM – 1 PM Via Zoom	Midwifing the unborn workshop—led by Patricia, and Dojins, bring unborn poems from Retreat kukai.
Saturday December 9 11 AM – 1 PM Via Zoom	Annual Holiday Party. Further details will appear here when they are known.