{"id":6193,"date":"2011-03-14T22:42:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T02:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehaikufoundation.org\/?page_id=6193"},"modified":"2025-07-15T13:13:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T17:13:49","slug":"touchstone-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thehaikufoundation.org\/touchstone-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"The Haiku Foundation Touchstone Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row gap=&#8221;35&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1604601377669{padding-right: 3% !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Rewarding Excellence and Innovation in the Haiku Genre<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Haiku Foundation, as part of its mission to expand possibilities for English-language haiku, created the <strong>Touchstone Awards Series<\/strong> in 2010. The goal: to reward excellence and innovation in the haiku genre. The Awards recognize work published during every calendar year. The results are determined through a year-long nomination and selection process, and are released in April of the following year. Award-recipients are selected by independent panels comprised of authorities in the field.<\/p>\n<p>Deadlines for the latest awards are announced on our\u00a0 blog. See <a href=\"https:\/\/thehaikufoundation.org\/category\/features\/touchstone\/\">Touchstone Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For current and past award-recipients, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/thehaikufoundation.org\/touchstone-archive\/\">Touchstone Awards Archive<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space]<style>.vcex-icon-box.vcex_69b4bfa7e61b5:hover{background:#f2f2f2;}.vcex-icon-box.vcex_69b4bfa7e61b5 .vcex-icon-box-heading{color:#6d6187;}<\/style><a class=\"vcex-module vcex-icon-box vcex-icon-box-two vcex-icon-box-has-link wpex-inherit-color wpex-no-underline wpex-block vcex-icon-box-wo-icon wpex-text-center vc_custom_1601077784665 vcex_69b4bfa7e61b5\" href=\"https:\/\/thehaikufoundation.org\/touchstone-book-awards\/\"><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-text\"><h3 class=\"vcex-icon-box-heading wpex-heading wpex-text-md wpex-mb-10\">Touchstone Distinguished Books Award<\/h3><\/div><\/a><style>.vcex-icon-box.vcex_69b4bfa7e68a8:hover{background:#f2f2f2;}.vcex-icon-box.vcex_69b4bfa7e68a8 .vcex-icon-box-heading{color:#6d6187;}<\/style><a class=\"vcex-module vcex-icon-box vcex-icon-box-two vcex-icon-box-has-link wpex-inherit-color wpex-no-underline wpex-block vcex-icon-box-wo-icon wpex-text-center vc_custom_1653136482888 vcex_69b4bfa7e68a8\" href=\"https:\/\/thehaikufoundation.org\/touchstone-poem-awards\/\"><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-text\"><h3 class=\"vcex-icon-box-heading wpex-heading wpex-text-md wpex-mb-10\">Touchstone Award for Individual Poems<\/h3><\/div><\/a><style>.vcex-icon-box.vcex_69b4bfa7e6d70:hover{background:#f2f2f2;}.vcex-icon-box.vcex_69b4bfa7e6d70 .vcex-icon-box-heading{color:#6d6187;}<\/style><a class=\"vcex-module vcex-icon-box vcex-icon-box-two vcex-icon-box-has-link wpex-inherit-color wpex-no-underline wpex-block vcex-icon-box-wo-icon wpex-text-center vc_custom_1653134050439 vcex_69b4bfa7e6d70\" href=\"https:\/\/thehaikufoundation.org\/touchstone-award-for-haibun\/\"><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-text\"><h3 class=\"vcex-icon-box-heading wpex-heading wpex-text-md wpex-mb-10\">Touchstone Award for Individual Haibun<\/h3><\/div><\/a><style>.vcex-icon-box.vcex_69b4bfa7e72cc:hover{background:#f2f2f2;}.vcex-icon-box.vcex_69b4bfa7e72cc .vcex-icon-box-heading{color:#6d6187;}<\/style><a class=\"vcex-module vcex-icon-box vcex-icon-box-two vcex-icon-box-has-link wpex-inherit-color wpex-no-underline wpex-block vcex-icon-box-wo-icon wpex-text-center vc_custom_1601077823550 vcex_69b4bfa7e72cc\" href=\"https:\/\/thehaikufoundation.org\/touchstone-archive\/\"><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-text\"><h3 class=\"vcex-icon-box-heading wpex-heading wpex-text-md wpex-mb-10\">Touchstone Awards Archive<\/h3><\/div><\/a>[vc_empty_space][vc_media_grid element_width=&#8221;3&#8243; css=&#8221;&#8221; initial_loading_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1752599613786-ad8bcc05-db05-3&#8243; include=&#8221;35047,67725,70976&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Listed top to bottom, left to right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Bruce H. Feingold:<\/strong> Chair of the Touchstone Awards Committee, and Coordinator, Touchstone Distinguished Books Award<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vandana Parashar:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Coordinator, Touchstone Award for Individual Haibun\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Matthew Markworth:<\/strong> Coordinator, Touchstone Award for Individual Poems<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;fadeInRight&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;36221&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row gap=&#8221;35&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1604601377669{padding-right: 3% !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Rewarding Excellence and Innovation in the Haiku Genre The Haiku Foundation, as part of its mission to expand possibilities for English-language haiku, created&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":24,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"wf_page_folders":[],"class_list":["post-6193","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry","no-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Haiku Foundation Touchstone Awards - The Haiku Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thehaikufoundation.org\/touchstone-awards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Haiku Foundation Touchstone Awards - The Haiku Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row gap=&#8221;35&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; 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