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Editor Interview: LEAF

Describe what you publish in 25 characters or less.

LEAF THE DAILY HAIKU

What other current publications (or publishers) do you admire most?

www.facebook.com/groups/THEDAILYHAIKU
https://redmoonpress.com
Blithe Spirit Journal of The British Haiku society http://britishhaikusociety.org.uk/journal/
thehaikufoundation.org
haiku, conversations, video from THE DAILY HAIKU thegreatmargin.org
Wales Haiku Journal https://www.waleshaikujournal.com
HaikuKATHA https://www.trivenihaikai.in/haikukatha
Panorama Journal of Travel, Place and Nature www.panoramajournal.org

If you publish writing, who are your favorite writers? If you publish art, who are your favorite artists?

Writers exploring modern haiku today and writers across a wide range of genres fiction and non-fiction

What sets your publication apart from others that publish similar material?

LEAF is a dedicated Journal for members of THE DAILY HAIKU, an accessible, inclusive and engaging group writing haiku with a membership of almost 20000 online FB and instagram. We have three issues a year, invite submissions within monthly windows and also promote the work of U18s writing haiku. We also publish haiga, where image and haiku meet. We have regular contributing editors who write commentaries on selected haiku and haiga. Ravi Kiran is our resident editor and founder of the Journal. We have an online presence with a dedicated website supported by Panorama Journal and are always keen to initiate collaborations and grow. We hope to produce print copies of the Journal with funding and more support.

What is the best advice you can give people who are considering submitting work to your publication?

Read the guidelines which are very clear which we publish in February, June and October on the website.

Describe the ideal submission.

We look for haiku and haiga that are unpublished, original and fulfil our guidelines.

What do submitters most often get wrong about your submissions process?

Do not exceed haiku and haiga number of submission restrictions, 5 haiku, 2 haiga only. Read the guidelines fully to understand what we are looking for. Take part in the group THE DAILY HAIKU and seek mentoring from other members too and post work for discussion.

How much do you want to know about the person submitting to you?

Name, address, location

If you publish writing, how much of a piece do you read before making the decision to reject it?

The whole of it as haiku and haiga are short!

What additional evaluations, if any, does a piece go through before it is accepted?

We have a thorough, robust and speedy process.

What is a day in the life of an editor like for you?

Ravi Kiran our editor is very thorough and responds to every submitter within a given time

How much do you edit an accepted piece prior to publication?

Ravi Kiran communicates individually with contributors

Do you nominate work you've published for any national or international awards?

Yes we contribute work to The Haiku Foundation's Touchstone awards (we currently have two from our Journal on the longest for this year) and Red Moon Anthology have asked for contributions. We expect this list to grow.

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