YTHS CALENDAR FOR 2026
Meetings and Events
Please Note: January 1, 2026 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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| Thursday January 1 |
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| Saturday January 10 11 AM – 1 PM Via Zoom (Pacific Time) |
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| Thursday January 15 |
Submissions deadline (YTHS members only) for the first 2026 Geppo. Guidelines for YTHS members only to submit to Geppo can be found here. |
| Saturday February 14 11 AM – 1 PM Via Zoom (Pacific Time) |
Haiku workshop “A Simple Way to Teach Haiku to Newbies,” presented by Roger Abe. |
| Sunday March 1 |
Registration opens for the Annual YTHS 4-day Retreat at Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove CA. See details under the September entry below. |
| Saturday March 7 11 AM – 1 PM Via Zoom (Pacific Time) |
Haiku poet and artist Annette Makino will describe her recent hiking tour in Tohoku, Japan, where she followed part of Matsuo Bashō’s 1689 route that led to his classic haiku-laced travelogue, Narrow Road to the Deep North. |
| Wednesday April 1 |
Submissions deadline (YTHS members only) for the 2026 YTHS Members’ Anthology. Guidelines for YTHS members only to submit to the 2025 Anthology can be found here. |
| Saturday April 11 11 AM – 1 PM Via Zoom (Pacific Time) |
Featured speaker Susan Antolin. Further details will be available here as they become known. |
| Wednesday April 15 |
Submissions deadline (YTHS members only) for the second 2026 Geppo. Guidelines for YTHS members only to submit to Geppo can be found here. |
| Thursday April 30 |
Submissions deadline for the 2026 Kiyoshi & Kiyoko Tokutomi Memorial Haiku Contest. The contest kido and other details 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: “Haiku at Home,” organized by Carol Steele and Kae Bendixen Further details will be available here as they become known. |
| Saturday June 13 In Person field trip |
In-person field trip in the Bay Area, California. Further details will be available here as they become known. |
| Saturday July 11 In Person |
In-person Tanabata Celebration, Bay Area California. Further details will be available here as they become known. |
| Wednesday July 15 |
Submissions deadline (YTHS members only) for the third 2026 Geppo. Guidelines for YTHS members only to submit to Geppo can be found here. |
| Saturday August 1 |
Deadline for registration and payment for the 2026 YTHS Haiku Retreat at Asilomar, CA. Details for the 2026 Retreat can be found below
Also deadline for ordering extra copies of the 2025 YTHS Members’ Anthology at preproduction prices. For more information email Greg (haiku) Longenecker at gjlongenecker@yahoo.com or visit the Store. |
| Saturday August 8 11 AM – 1 PM Via Zoom (Pacific Time) |
YTHS All-Member Annual Meeting, Election of Officers, and Planning for 2027. Please join 15 minutes early, so the meeting can begin on time. Hosted by President Linda Papanicolaou. |
| Thursday-Sunday September 10-13 In Person |
YTHS Annual Retreat, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA.
A flyer with details and registration information for the 2025 Retreat can be found here. |
| Wednesday October 14 |
Submissions deadline (YTHS members only) for the fourth 2026 Geppo. Guidelines for YTHS members only to submit to Geppo can be found here. |
| Saturday October 24 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. |
| Saturday November 14 |
Details to be announced and will be available here as they become known. |
| Saturday December 12 11 AM – 1 PM Via Zoom (Pacific Time) |
Virtual Holiday Party with Patricia Machmiller, “The Line Break,” and members’ haiku/ haiga/photo-ku slideshow |