YTHS CALENDAR FOR 2025
Meetings and Events
Please Note: January 1, 2025 is the Annual Membership Due Date.
All times shown are Pacific Time Zone (PST or PDT); 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 relaxed, 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 |
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| Wednesday January 1 |
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| Saturday January 11 11 AM – 1 PM Via Zoom (Pacific Time) |
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| Wednesday January 15 |
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| Friday January 31 |
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| Saturday February 8 11 AM – 1 PM Via Zoom (Pacific Time) |
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| Saturday March 1 |
Registration opens for the Annual YTHS 4-day Retreat. November 6-9, in person at Asilomar, CA. A flyer with details and registration information for the 2025 Retreat can be found here. |
| Saturday March 8 11 AM – 1 PM Via Zoom (Pacific Time) |
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| Saturday April 12 11 AM – 3 PM In Person field trip |
Haiku walk at the Stanford University art collections, led by Linda Papanicolaou. Details will be emailed to members at the beginning of April and will be posted here when known. |
| Tuesday April 15 |
Submissions deadline (YTHS members only) for the 2025 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 2025 Geppo. Guidelines for YTHS members only to submit to Geppo can be found here. |
| Friday May 9 4:30 PM–7 PM In Person and Via Zoom (Pacific Time) |
Mark your calendar for this year’s Spring Reading organized by Roger Abe, YTHS dōjin, and featuring current and past Geppo editors:
as well as a reading of selected haiku by former Geppo editors who have passed or are unable to attend. This year’s event will be in person and on Zoom from 5:00–7:00 PM Pacific Time. The in-person event will be held at Works/San Jose, 38 South Second Street, San Jose, CA, with doors opening at 4:30 PM. The entrance to a public parking garage is located at 25 South Third Street. Please RSVP for the in-person Spring Reading by emailing Roger Abe at rogerakio@gmail.com by April 10, 2025. Please indicate if you will be bringing guests and include the total number in your party. A Zoom link will be emailed to all YTHS members prior to the event. |
| Saturday May 10 3:00 PM–7 PM In Person |
The YTHS 50th Year Dinner Celebration will be at the Okayama Room at the Leininger Center, 1300 Senter Road, San Jose, CA, on May 10, 2025, from 3:00–7:00 PM. We have a special day planned. Ellen Brooks, a kyogen master, will perform “The Poet’s Journey,” which she is creating using members’ haiku.
Geppo editors will give a reading from Best of Geppo over the years; attendees will receive the publication as an anniversary gift; and we will have a special bento box dinner with an anniversary cake for dessert. Please RSVP to Alison Woolpert by April 10 at awool@cruzio.com. |
| Saturday May 31 |
Submissions deadline for the 2025 Kiyoshi & Kiyoko Tokutomi Memorial Haiku Contest. Last year’s contest winning haiku and details here. |
| Saturday June 14 In Person field trip |
Nature ginkō walk with haiku at a California park. Further details will be available here as they become known. |
| Saturday July 12 In Person |
Tanabata celebration hosted by Rebecca Davies at the Homan house. For further information and directions, RSVP to the notice that will be emailed to all members. |
| Tuesday July 15 |
Submissions deadline (YTHS members only) for the third 2025 Geppo. Guidelines for YTHS members only to submit to Geppo can be found here. |
| Saturday August 9 11 AM – 1 PM Via Zoom (Pacific Time) |
YTHS All-Member Annual Meeting and Planning for 2026. Please join 15 minutes early, so the meeting can begin on time. Hosted by President Linda Papanicolaou. |
| Monday September 1 |
Deadline for registration and payment for the 2025 YTHS Haiku Retreat at Asilomar, CA. Details for the 2025 Retreat will be available here when they are known.
Also deadline for ordering extra copies of the 2024 YTHS Members’ Anthology at preproduction prices. For more information email Greg (haiku) Longenecker at gjlongenecker@yahoo.com or visit the Store. |
| Sunday September 7 In Person |
Moon Viewing Celebration, in CA. Note change from second Saturday, to coincide with the full moon. Further details will be available here as they become known. |
| Wednesday- Sunday September 24-28 In Person |
Haiku North America, San Francisco, CA. Details at www.haikunorthamerica.com/2025 |
| October | No meeting this month. |
| Wednesday October 15 |
Submissions deadline (YTHS members only) for the fourth 2025 Geppo. Guidelines for YTHS members only to submit to Geppo can be found here. |
| Thursday-Sunday November 6-9 |
YTHS 50th Anniversary Retreat, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA.
A flyer with details and registration information for the Retreat can be found here. |
| Saturday December 13 11 AM – 1 PM Via Zoom (Pacific Time) |
Virtual Holiday Celebration. Further details will be available here as they become known. |