The purpose of the Haiku Society of America\'s Merit Book Awards is to recognize the best haiku books published in a given year in the English language. Every year sees a fresh crop of fine individual collections, anthologies, translations, critical studies and innovative forms. In the past, the HSA Merit Book awards were partially supported by a memorial gift. Leroy Kanterman, cofounder of the Haiku Society of America, made a gift to support the first place award in memory of his wife Mildred Kanterman.

1. Brief description

• Deadline: HSA Merit Book Awards for next year: submit books by February 15, 2025.
• Attendants: The award is open to the public.
• No entry fee

2. Award

• $250 for first place, $200 for second place and $150 for third.
• The list of winners will be published in Frogpond first and immediately thereafter on the HSA Web site.

3. Content

• The HSA encourages members, authors, and publishers to proactively submit or nominate eligible books, not only so the judge(s) will consider them, but also so that the HSA can add these books to the permanent HSA Archives in the American Haiku Archives at the California State Library. 
• Please send two copies of each book, noting them to be Haiku Society of America Merit Book Award entries. Authors or publishers should contact the first vice president before the deadline to ascertain that books have been received. In addition, authors and publishers are encouraged to communicate with each other so that duplicate entries are not submitted.

4. How to apply

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