Occasionally Asked Questions

Click one of the following headings to read answers to the questions listed about National Haiku Writing Month and haiku. If you have a question about NaHaiWriMo that isn’t answered here, please contact Michael Dylan Welch.

  • What is NaHaiWriMo?

  • How do I participate in NaHaiWriMo?

  • Can I buy a NaHaiWriMo T-shirt?

  • Who started NaHaiWriMo, and how did it start?

  • Is NaHaiWriMo just in English?

  • How do I provide feedback about NaHaiWriMo?

  • Anything else I shouldn’t miss?

  • How do I find NaHaiWriMo on Facebook?

  • How do I see everyone’s daily postings on the Facebook page?

  • Where do I find the daily writing prompts?

  • How can I become a daily writing prompter?

  • Are the poems I post judged or critiqued?

  • What happens to the haiku we post on Facebook?

  • Can I post previously published or previously written haiku?

  • Why are participants limited to one posting per day?

  • Are there any special rules or other advice for posting to the NaHaiWriMo page on Facebook?

  • Are poems posted to the NaHaiWriMo page on Facebook considered published?

  • What is haiku?

  • Isn’t haiku supposed to be 5-7-5 syllables? Why do you have a “No 5-7-5” logo?

  • What are haiga and photo-haiga?

  • Where can I get more information about haiku?

  • What is the meaning of life?