Monday, March 21, 2011

Editors' Choices

At deadline time at South by Southeast, there are six of us who read through the submissions and give our opinions about what to publish in the upcoming issue. Although we've shared, workshopped, and debated haiku for years, it's rare that we all agree. In the "Editors' Choices" section of each issue we feature several haiku and senryu that we most agreed on.

Here are the four poems featured as Editors' Choices in the latest issue (Vol.18, No.1):




   spring breeze a spider line floats in morning sun


   - Lee Giesecke





                                    winter clouds
                                    the walnut tree's
                                    reaching hand


                                    - Lee Giesecke




first frost
on both sides
of the fallen leaf


- Gretchen Graft Batz




                                                                        homeless men
                                                                        shopping for sleep
                                                                        on Black Friday


                                                                        - Patricia Carragon




Our next deadline is coming up in a few weeks: April 15th. As you're preparing for Tax Day, don't forget to stop, breathe, and send us a few of your best haiku. (For those of you not in the U.S., please happily disregard the taxes part...)

Sunday, March 13, 2011

South by Southeast Online

We're very pleased to open this new online presence for South by Southeast.

Our submission guidelines & deadlines are available to the right. We'll also use this space to post news about new issues, Editors' Choice selections for each issue, and other information about the journal.

SxSE is now in its 18th year of publishing the finest available work in haiku and haiku-related arts -- we thank you sincerely for your continued attention, support, and submissions!