Literary magazine · Japan
Hototogisu
Literary magazine. Founded 1897 in Japan.
About Hototogisu
Hototogisu (ホトトギス, "lesser cuckoo") is a Japanese literary magazine focusing primarily on haiku. Founded in 1897, it was responsible for the spread of modern haiku among the Japanese public and is now Japan's most prestigious and long-lived haiku periodical.
From the Wikipedia article “Hototogisu (magazine)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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If Hototogisu is currently open to submissions, its website will list reading periods, accepted genres, length limits and whether simultaneous submissions are allowed. Many magazines use an online submission manager and some charge a small reading fee.
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