Tanka Society of America

Tanka Society of America After thinking about it for many years, and planning it for about a year, I founded the Tanka Society of America. I organized and led the inaugural meeting on 14 April 2000, at the Global Haiku Festival at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. Fourteen poets were present for this inaugural meeting, mostly at my invitation. By the end of December 2000, ninety-six poets had joined the society as charter members, and the society thrives today with nearly 250 members, primarily in the United States. For more information about the Tanka Society of America, please see the following links: Tanka Society of America A Chat about Tanka (see postscript at the end about TSA’s formation) Inaugural Meeting (see also the attendee list) A Tanka Turning Point (about the first TSA conference in 2003) Coming Into Our Own: The Tanka Society of America’s Fifteenth Anniversary