Calendar
Celebrating our 25th anniversary in 2025!
2025 Calendar
We look forward to the following Tanka Society of America activities in 2025. Please note that some details may be tentative.
January: Time to renew your TSA membership!
January 31: Laurels deadline (see submission guidelines)
January 31: Ribbons deadline (see submission guidelines)
February 7: Laurels #3 published
April 6: 25th anniversary Zoom celebration, 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time—see complete schedule and Zoom link
April 14: Happy 25th anniversary, Tanka Society of America!
April 1–May 31: Submission window for the 2025 Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest, judged by Michael Lester and Vicki Miko
(see submission guidelines)
June 30: Laurels deadline (see submission guidelines)
June 30: Ribbons deadline (see submission guidelines)
June 1–July 31: Submission window for the 2025 Tanka Prose Contest judged by John Budan (special 25th anniversary event)
July 15–August 31 Submission window for our 2025 members’ anthology, edited by Michelle Brock (submission guidelines to come)
August 1: Laurels #4 published
September 29: Tanka Monday 2025, to be held immediately after the Haiku North America conference, in San Francisco, California