Auroras & Blossoms

Hello everyone!

We are back with a new announcement.

Today, we are unveiling the cover for the three volumes of our upcoming Haiku Anthology.

(Feel free to click on the image to see the full-size version.)

At Auroras & Blossoms, we believe in simplicity. As such, we feel that this cover reflects both the essence of the haiku and the message of our platform.

Next week, we will share the release dates for all the volumes in this series. We can barely wait!

Before we go, we would like to, once again, congratulate the contributors whose work will be featured in our anthology. Check out their names below.

Volume 1

Sergio Coronel, Paula Frew, Precious Gauthier, Joelle A Godfrey, Tom Heath, Molly James, Stephanie Jane, Diane Meyer Lowman, Steven-Mark Maine, Isabella Mori, Kari Moss, Nichola Napora, Samantha Ortega, Felicia Prevo, Marjolein Rotsteeg, Pallavi Suri, Ellen Tandojo, Amanda Weir-Gertzog, Jamie Wimberly, Julia Yong LaFrance, and Jade Young.

Volume 2

Sissel Almgren, Kristen Balyeat, Julie Blitzer, Bonnie L. Boucek, Bill Cox, Prisha Dalal, Erinola Daranijo, Mawadda Elbanhawy, Hanna Melo Fugulin, Patricia Henery, Jane Hunter, Tom Islava, Raveena Kaur Potiwal, Jim Landwehr, Robert Miller, Sean Patrick, Abby Pepple, Larissa Pereira Moraes, Moe Phillips, Nicole Reese, Lydia Ruanna, Isabella Stoddart, and Jasmine Wang.

Volume 3

Sarah Ambata, Ruby Appleby, Flo Au, Papp Győző Benedek, Joshua Blaine, Sierra Conn, Lauren Cuppy, Danny Daw, Mary Beth Defer, Timothy Dillehay, Connor Flinn, Darby Goulden, Farah Aqeelah Marwilis binti Helmi, Edward Cody Huddleston, Govind Joshi, Chris Langer, Ella Leith, Leo Liu, Fionntán Macdonald, Jemma Marie, Beth McCoy, Alex McMahon, Templeton Moss, Yvette O’Kay, Siddhi Pawar, Vishnu Rai, Archer Roehrig, Ayodele Sasegbon, Thomas Shaw, Ruben Whitter, and Ting Ze Zhi, Isaac.

Be sure to leave a comment below to congratulate our featured contributors.

Have a wonderful week!

Cendrine & David

Hello everyone!

As we mentioned previously, the submission call for our Haiku Anthology was our most successful to date. With almost 1,500 haiku received, we are sure that you can imagine how challenging the selection process must have been!

One thing that you may not know about us. We have a higher rate of acceptance than most publications, because we believe in giving a voice to as many creatives as possible. If your work is inspiring / uplifting, and (of course) follows our rules, we will do our best to include it in our anthologies. 

That is the reason why, when we saw how many excellent haiku we would have to reject, we decided that one volume would not be enough. And in fact, we settled on three volumes, each of which will contain about 90 haiku!  

Today, we would like to share the names of our featured contributors. Check out the list below.

Volume 1

Sergio Coronel, Paula Frew, Precious Gauthier, Joelle A Godfrey, Tom Heath, Molly James, Stephanie Jane, Diane Meyer Lowman, Steven-Mark Maine, Isabella Mori, Kari Moss, Nichola Napora, Samantha Ortega, Felicia Prevo, Marjolein Rotsteeg, Pallavi Suri, Ellen Tandojo, Amanda Weir-Gertzog, Jamie Wimberly, Julia Yong LaFrance, and Jade Young.

Volume 2

Sissel Almgren, Kristen Balyeat, Julie Blitzer, Bonnie L. Boucek, Bill Cox, Prisha Dalal, Erinola Daranijo, Mawadda Elbanhawy, Hanna Melo Fugulin, Patricia Henery, Jane Hunter, Tom Islava, Raveena Kaur Potiwal, Jim Landwehr, Robert Miller, Sean Patrick, Abby Pepple, Larissa Pereira Moraes, Moe Phillips, Nicole Reese, Lydia Ruanna, Isabella Stoddart, and Jasmine Wang.

Volume 3

Sarah Ambata, Ruby Appleby, Flo Au, Papp Győző Benedek, Joshua Blaine, Sierra Conn, Lauren Cuppy, Danny Daw, Mary Beth Defer, Timothy Dillehay, Connor Flinn, Darby Goulden, Farah Aqeelah Marwilis binti Helmi, Edward Cody Huddleston, Govind Joshi, Chris Langer, Ella Leith, Leo Liu, Fionntán Macdonald, Jemma Marie, Beth McCoy, Alex McMahon, Templeton Moss, Yvette O’Kay, Siddhi Pawar, Vishnu Rai, Archer Roehrig, Ayodele Sasegbon, Thomas Shaw, Ruben Whitter, and Ting Ze Zhi, Isaac.

What’s Next?

We are currently working on the manuscripts and the book cover. We hope to be able to share the latter with you within the next two weeks. And then, we will announce the release date for each volume.

In the meantime, be sure to leave a comment below to congratulate our featured contributors.

Have a wonderful week!

Cendrine & David

Hello everyone!

A quick update about our Haiku Anthology, whose submission period closed yesterday.

We are delighted to announce that our submission call was a resounding success. Over 260 talented poets sent us almost 1,500 haiku! 😱 😍

While we have already sent congratulatory emails to several contributors, we still have many haiku to read. As such, we ask for your patience.

Please, do not email us to ask for a publication date. We don’t know when it is yet. We first have to wait for all selected poets to confirm their interest in being in our anthology. We will only be able to start working on the manuscript when that step is complete.

We will be back with an update for you around the third week of June. So watch this space. 😉

Have a wonderful weekend!

Cendrine & David