Guidelines for YTHS Haiga

 

Haiga is an art form that combines artwork with poetry;  oftentimes, the poetry is a haiku. Traditionally, in China and Japan, the haiga form combined brush painting with the poetry rendered in calligraphy. The calligraphy became an element of the composition.

Modern haiga may be in any form including a collage, photograph, or painting in sumi (ink), in watercolor, acrylic, or oil. The poem can be rendered in calligraphy or fonts; it can be incorporated directly as an element of the artwork or it can be presented adjacent to the artwork.

 

In contemporary haiga the artwork does not necessarily depict the image(s) in the haiku. In fact, the greater the play between the art and the poem the better the result will be. The best haiga combine well-written haiku (see Haiku Guidelines) with well-rendered artwork. When they come together, they create a third creation with even greater impact. In other words, the whole (the haiga) is greater than the sum of its parts (the haiku and the artwork).

Mechanics of Submitting Haiga for Web Publication

• Maximum image size is 650 pixels high or wide, and 72 pixels per inch resolution. Larger files will be resized to fit our page format. JPEG files are preferred.

• Each member may submit a maximum of seven (7) haiga. We will accept up to five (5) from each submitting member. The work may be unpublished or published. The artwork should be original (no use of images found on the web, please). The work may be a collaboration provided that at least one of the collaborators is a member.
• Include “YTHS Haiga” in your subject heading. If the work has been published, in the body of your email give full footnote information using the Chicago Manual of Style as a guide. Submissions that do not include full source citation cannot be accepted.
• Copyright to all work published on yths.org remains with the contributing author/artist, and no haiga may be copied, reproduced or republished without their written permission. Artists and authors are free to republish work.

Submissions to yths.org should be in digital form by email to the Web minder,  David Sherertz (ddsherertz@gmail.com).

* This haiga was published; the reference is: Dahlen, Martha and Patricia J. Machmiller. Haigaonline, “Melting Snow” Gallery. (December 2007).

Mechanics of Submitting Haiga for Print Publication

The editor of any YTHS Publication (Geppo, Anthology, etc.) sets the guidelines for submission that are in keeping with the general haiga guidelines on the Web. Contact the editor for specific requirements.