Creation
Participants may create haiku in Korean, English, Japanese, or other languages, capturing their own sensibility and world within a short poem.
Connecting the World through Short Poems
Nature, seasons, life, peace, and everyday moments.
A single short poem connects different languages and cultures,
opening new possibilities for Korea Haiku around the world.
Korea Haiku World Youth Festival 2026 is an international literary exchange program
where youth, young creators, and participants interested in Korea Haiku share
the senses of nature, seasons, life, peace, and everyday moments through short poetic forms.
Participants may create haiku in Korean, English, Japanese, or other languages, capturing their own sensibility and world within a short poem.
Young creators from different languages and cultures meet through poetry and form an international literary network centered on Korea Haiku.
Selected works will be extended into an international anthology, online exhibitions, readings, and educational resources as a sustainable literary record.
Participants in Korea may apply individually or as a group. Adults living overseas may apply individually. For the protection of personal information and clear guardian consent procedures, minors living overseas are generally required to apply through a group representative.
Youth, young adults, general adult participants in Korea, and adults living overseas may submit their works through the official individual application form.
Schools, literary groups, cultural institutions, youth organizations, overseas Korean schools, and international exchange organizations may submit participant lists and works through a representative.
Minors living overseas are generally required to apply through group entry. The group representative must confirm guardian consent and consent for personal information collection and use.
This festival goes beyond collecting works. It aims to become an integrated literary program with lectures on Korea Haiku, creative workshops, translation workshops, youth networking, and collaborative creation projects.
Open to young creators around the world. Each participant may submit up to three haiku works.
Lectures on Korea Haiku, creative workshops, and translation workshops will support participants in expanding their creative capacity.
Selected works will be connected to an international haiku anthology and online archive, followed by readings and publication-related programs.
The following schedule may be adjusted depending on operational circumstances. Final details will be announced on the official website.
The official application system will operate separate tracks for individual and group entries. Please check the guidelines and notices before the submission period begins.
This track is for participants in Korea and adults living overseas. Each participant may submit up to three works, and the process includes consent for publication and use of submitted works.
Apply as IndividualThis track is for schools, literary groups, cultural institutions, overseas Korean schools, youth organizations, and other representatives submitting participant lists and works together.