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celebration and competition devoted to the haiku form of poetry
22nd Annual ukiaHaiku Festival
Sunday, April 28th, 2024
from 2–4pm
Free and open to the public
For questions, email: ukiahaikufestival@gmail.com The Ukiah Poet Laureate Committee is thrilled to announce the 22nd Annual ukiaHaiku Festival, a celebration and contest, devoted to the haiku form of poetry. This year's event takes place Sunday, April 28th, 2024 from 2-4pm at the Ukiah Civic Center. It is free and open to the public.
After the long uneasiness of the pandemic, three festivals of looking back, taking stock and imagining the ukiaHaiku festival’s future, we are excited to share that the haiku competition is returning! Please join in the celebration. Prizes will be awarded for the 10 categories, K-12th grades and adult, including the International Jane Reichhold Award. Winners are invited to attend the ukiaHaiku Festival to read their haiku.
In recognition that the Pomo people are the original inhabitants of this area and that the word Ukiah itself is from the Pomo languages, this year, we made an open call to our Pomo neighbors to share haiku that are in Pomo languages or express a Pomo perspective. Four poems have been selected to be read at the festival.
We will have two returning performances—shakuhachi music by Karl Young and classic covers by the Uketones with their trusty ukuleles.
This year’s festival was made possible in part by a grant for youth outreach from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and is supported by North Coast Opportunities.
The ukiaHaiku Festival is also sponsored in part by the Grace Hudson Museum, Mendocino Book Company, City of Ukiah (Ukiah Civic Center), Ukiah Branch of the Mendocino Library, Wave Books, Tsadik, Mendocino Book Company, Schat's Bakery, and the Arts Council of Mendocino County.
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