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The wait is over! The Auroras & Blossoms Haiku Anthology: Volume 2 is here!

Welcome to an incredible series of haiku and senryu compiled by Cendrine Marrouat and David Ellis from Auroras & Blossoms.

Feast your senses on a unique collection that is moving, thought-provoking, inspirational, hauntingly beautiful and deeply insightful.

This anthology is a delightful showcase of superbly crafted poetry that is extremely easy to get into but handsomely rewards the reader with each subtle nuance and twist. It is like spending time with loved ones and old friends, comforting in the extreme, endlessly endearing and so compelling, you will never want the experience to end!

Contributors to Volume 2 include 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.

Price: $3.99 $1.99. (This limited offer ends on September 5, 2023.)

NB: We do not accept direct payment for the anthology. You have to purchase directly from one of the online stores on the page. That is how our contributors can be paid.

If you don’t see your favorite online store in the list, please wait a couple of days, and it should appear.

Promo Banner for Our Contributors!

For those interested in sharing the news with their audiences, here is a promo banner. Display it proudly on your website, blog, and/or social media!

Don’t forget to link to the book’s page: https://abpositiveart.com/haiku

The banner for volume 1 is below.

What’s Next?

Volume 3 will be released on September 28, 2023.

Next week, we will resume our series of blog posts, in which some contributors share what inspired the haiku we selected.

That’s it for today! We hope you will enjoy Volume 2 as much as we do!

Have a wonderful week!

Cendrine & David

The wait is over! The Auroras & Blossoms Haiku Anthology: Volume 1 is here!

Welcome to an incredible series of haiku and senryu compiled by Cendrine Marrouat and David Ellis from Auroras & Blossoms.

Feast your senses on a unique collection that is moving, thought-provoking, inspirational, hauntingly beautiful and deeply insightful.

This anthology is a delightful showcase of superbly crafted poetry that is extremely easy to get into but handsomely rewards the reader with each subtle nuance and twist. It is like spending time with loved ones and old friends, comforting in the extreme, endlessly endearing and so compelling, you will never want the experience to end!

Contributors to Volume 1 include 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.

Price: $3.99 $1.99. (This limited offer ends on August 1, 2023.)

NB: We do not accept direct payment for the anthology. You have to purchase directly from one of the online stores on the page. That is how our contributors can be paid.

If you don’t see your favorite online store in the list, please wait a couple of days, and it should appear.

Promo Banner for Our Contributors!

For those interested in sharing the news with their audiences, here is a promo banner. Display it proudly on your website, blog, and/or social media!

Don’t forget to link to the book’s page: https://abpositiveart.com/haiku

What’s Next?

The next two volumes in our series will be released later this year:

• Volume 2 – August 22, 2023
• Volume 3 – September 28, 2023

Next week, we will start a series of blog posts, in which some contributors share what inspired the haiku we selected. We know you will love it.

That’s it for today! We hope you will enjoy Volume 1 as much as we do!

Have a wonderful week!

Cendrine & David

Hello everyone!

That’s it, The Auroras & Blossoms Haiku Anthology will soon be here!

How soon? Well, check out the answers below:

• Volume 1 – July 18, 2023
• Volume 2 – August 22, 2023
• Volume 3 – September 28, 2023

Check out our trailer!

A Few of Your Questions Answered

Many of you have emailed us with questions regarding the Haiku Anthology. Here are our answers.

• Special release price: People interested in purchasing copies of each volume of the anthology, will be able to do so at 50% off of the retail price for two weeks, starting on publication day.
• Availability: Each volume will be available for purchase from every major online bookstore except for Amazon. The company has a zero-tolerance policy towards non-original content. If something is freely available on the Internet (and social media), Amazon does not allow you to use it in a paid ebook.
• Print copies: There are no immediate plans for print versions.

That’s it for today! We cannot wait to release Volume 1!

In the meantime, have a wonderful week!

Cendrine & David

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