2026 Anthology Submission Guidelines

The Tanka Society of America is pleased to welcome submissions for its 2026 annual members’ anthology, to be published in December of 2026. The book will be edited by Joanne Watcyn-Jones. Retired from a career in advertising, Joanne lives in Sydney, Australia; she enjoys traveling, walking, nature, and learning French and is a longtime member of Ozku, a poetry group focusing on tanka and haiku. Each TSA member will receive a free copy of the anthology as a membership benefit (you can also purchase additional copies).

Submission Guidelines

Eligibility: Open to poets who are current (2026) members of the Tanka Society of America or those who join within the submission period. If you’re not a current member, please join or renew today.

Submit: Send at least three and up to five unpublished tanka. TSA members who send five tanka will be guaranteed the selection of one tanka for the anthology (no more than one tanka accepted per member). Socially published poems (such as Twitter/X, Facebook, author blogs) are eligible for submission as long as they are indicated as such.

Submission period: July 15 to August 31, 2026.

Submissions: Please submit online using the 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 submit your poems to Joanne Watcyn-Jones at jcwjones@bigpond.com (with the subject line of “TSA ANTHOLOGY”). For those who do NOT have email or Internet access, poems can be submitted (to be received by August 31, 2026) to the editor at the following address:

Joanne Watcyn-Jones, TSA Anthology

18 Koora Avenue

Wahroonga, NSW 2076, Australia

Response: The online submission form will display a confirmation window when you click the Submit button. In addition, you will receive a separate confirmation email, which will include a record of the poems you submitted. The editor will respond to each submission by September 30, 2026. If you do not hear a response by then, please contact Joanne Watcyn-Jones to make sure she has received your submission.

Publication: December 2026. One copy will be provided free to each TSA member as a membership benefit. Additional copies will be available for purchase on Amazon or from Kathabela Wilson.