Laurels

Laurels: Tanka Society of America Online Journal

Laurels is the twice-yearly online publication of the Tanka Society of America, launched in 2024, for members only (nonmembers and members are welcome to submit to our print publication, Ribbons). Each issue of Laurels focuses on an announced theme, with members serving as guest editors. Laurels is for individual tanka only, and does not include sequences, tanka prose, essays, or reviews, and will accept no more than one poem per member per issue. We invite members to submit up to three unpublished tanka for each issue. Please, no simultaneous or multiple submissions (submit only once).

Submission Deadlines

Laurels submission deadlines are in-hand no later than the following dates:

• January 31

• June 30

Each Laurels guest editor will typically respond to all submissions within one month of each submission deadline.

Laurels #3 Submission Guidelines for members only

• Guest editor: Margaret Tau

• Theme: Choice

We make many choices every day. The act of choosing can be a luxury or a burden, depending on the circumstances and outcomes. Write some tanka about the paths you choose and the dilemmas or joys you face along the way. Here’s a poem to get your creative juices flowing:

a toothpick

stuck into the cake

comes out clean . . .

wishing it were as easy

to know when I’ve said enough

Susan Constable

Submissions (TSA members only): Please submit by January 31, 2025 using our online submission form. The form should work correctly for nearly everyone, but if it does not work for you, please try accessing it using a different device. If it still does not work correctly for you, please inquire with Margaret Tau at margarettau@hotmail.com.