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ABOUT ~ EXPLORE ~ CONTACT
ABOUT
photo by Gary Yost
CHUCK BRICKLEY
1947 - b. San Francisco
1964 - After a high school teacher noted my poetry was similar to haiku, I experimented with the form, employing surreal, concrete, e. e. cummings-style techniques.
1971 - Moved to Hope, a small town in British Columbia. Rediscovered haiku, this time at the source: a personal communion with nature.
1979-1986 - Associate Editor, Modern Haiku (rode shotgun for Bob Spiess). Haiku, senryu, and book reviews published in haiku magazines and anthologies.
1986-2006 - Mostly work, family, musical pursuits (three songs nominated for Junos). Some haiku.
2006 - Moved back to the Bay Area. Joined Haiku Poets of Northern California (HPNC); several years later, the Haiku Society of America (HSA), Haiku Canada, and Yuki Teikei Haiku Society (YTHS). Once again discovering the source of haiku, here.
2014-2025 - Snapshot Press Calendar Contest: Winning and/or runner-up haiku in every calendar 2015-2026.
2017 - earthshine, my first collection of haiku, published by Snapshot Press.
2018 - earthshine, Winner of a Touchstone Distinguished Book Award for 2017 (The Haiku Foundation).
2018 - earthshine, winner of an HSA Merit Book Award for 2017, Honorable Mention (Haiku Society of America).
2018 - “Is Where The Car Is,” a haibun first published in Modern Haiku, nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
2019 - “A Banishing,” a haibun first published in Modern Haiku, nominated for a Sonders Best Small Fiction Award.
2019 - Elected 2nd VP, Haiku Society of America.
2020 - earthshine, Winner of the inaugural Marianne Bluger Book Award 2020, Honourable Mention (Haiku Canada).
2020-2022 - Judge on The Haiku Foundation’s Touchstone Award for Individual Poems panel.
2020-2023 - Contest coordinator for six international contests sponsored by the Haiku Society of America.
2020-2025 - Mentor in the HSA Mentorship Program.
2021 - Featured poet, Seabeck Haiku Getaway 10/28-10/31.
2024 - “sunken hardhat,” a haiku published in Frogpond 47.2, receives the Museum of Haiku Literature Award.
2025 - earthshine, without distribution or Amazon availability, blessed with a 5th printing!
2025 - downhill home, my sophomore effort, published by Snapshot Press.
Chuck reading a selection of haiku, senryu & hay(na)ku on YouTube . . .
INTERVIEW for New At Haiku at The Haiku Foundation . . .
INTERVIEW for whiptail: journal of the single-line poem…
ESSAY for whiptail: journal of the single-line poem…
Chuck’s presentation on HAIKU FELLOWSHIP with members of the Haiku Poets of Northern California . . .
For haiku bio, click the HAIKU REGISTRY button . . .
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