About the Tanka Society of America

           How to Become a Member

           What is Tanka?

           The Tanka Niche

           Ribbons: Tanka Society of America Journal  
           Now featured in our Winter 2009 issue:
           -- Over 150 new tanka
           -- Featured Poet Julie Thorndyke
           -- "Historically Speaking: Higuchi Ichiyo,
               Against All Odds" by Carmen Sterba
           -- "In Search of the Plum's Fragrance:
               A Brief Examination of Hermitage Literature (Part 2)"
               by Marjorie A. Buettner
           --  "Report on the International Tanka Festival in Tokyo"
               by Amelia Fielden
           -- Book reviews, columns, news and more

           From our Pages: "An Interview with Sanford Goldstein"
           Part I, II, III

           An Invitation and a Few Verses from the Tanka Café

           The TSA 2009 International Tanka Competition Results:
           Winning poems and judges comments
              
           Tanka Contest Winners & Judges' Comments 2000-2008

           Tanka Favorites Essays from TSA Publications

           Tanka and Poet -- featuring TSA members and their poems

           The TSA Members Anthologies 2001-2007 
          
           The Tanka Teachers Guide
        
           Selected Tanka from Ribbons

           Tanka Links