Modern English Tanka

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About

Modern English Tanka is a quarterly journal dedicated to publishing and promoting fine English tanka (including tanka written in cinquain and cinqku set forms). We are interested in both traditional and innovative verse of high quality and in all serious attempts to assimilate the best of the Japanese waka/tanka genres into a continuously developing English short verse tradition. MET specializes in single tanka but tanka in sets and sequences will be considered as well.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Media & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published 4 x per year
Print Publication Print Publication: Published 4 x per year

Poetry On Hiatus

Audience:

Unknown

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: Exactly 5 lines.

Poetry Forms:

Cinquain, Tanka.

Styles:

Literary.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026