Thank you for your interest in our annual Haiku contest. This contest coincides with the Wrightwood Arts and Wine Festival, a free event which is held annually in the Spring.
This year's festival is Saturday, May 20st, from 10AM – 5PM. The Festival exemplifies the Arts Center’s commitment to make Wrightwood a destination for dynamic engagement with the arts in Southern California. This one-day, juried event will feature a wide variety of visual, culinary, literary, musical, textile, and performing arts, along with wine-tasting presented by regional wineries, and a poetry slam in the evening. This years poetry slam will be hosted by the award winning slam poet
Joaquin Zihautanejo. For information about the festival, visit the festival's website at
https://www.wrightwoodarts.com/festivalTo enter the Haiku contest, please fill out this form. Be sure to include your correct contact information and your haiku. Incomplete entries, entries that do not address the topic, or multiple entries from the same contestant will be disqualified.
This contest closes at 5:00pm PST on May 20, 2023.One entry per person. Winners will receive a cash prize of $100 and publication on a custom designed soap. Winners will also receive six free soap bars with their haiku incorporated into the soap. Past winners are ineligible.
Below is last year's winning poem on it's custom soap.
If you'd like to enter the contest, please start with your email address. Good luck!