MAYFLY
Randy & Shirley Brooks started MAYFLY in 1986. All submissions are judged competition style, reading all submissions one month before publication. We publish an issue every summer and winter. a
mayfly ~ Peggy Lyles We feel it is the duty of the editors and writers to make careful selection and proper presentation of only the very best, the most evocative, the truly effective haiku. We publish only 26 haiku per issue. The writer receives $20.00 credit with Brooks Books per haiku. If you are planning to submit to MAYFLY, email us |
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In 2022 we redesigned MAYFLY to be slightly smaller than previous issues, maintaining the square pages featuring one haiku per page. We also switched from the black and white haiga to original color artwork by studio artist, Jessica Sebok. Each cover features a "best of issue" haiku selected from the previous MAYFLY. Learn more about Jessica Sebok and her art work: jessicasebok.com.
In 2000 MAYFLY was designed by Lidia Rozmus in order to continue featuring individual haiku on each page, and in order to also feature a haiga painting of a selected "best of issue" from the previous issue. The first haiku featured was the following haiku by R.A. Stefanac: splitting open —R.A. Stefanac Click on the cover above for a full screen version of the haiga. Learn more about Lidia Rozmus and her art work: Lidia Rozmus Web Studio. |
Special Features: Each issue features 26 top-quality haiku. That's all. No book reviews, no prose pieces, no announcments of new publications. Just a couple dozen haiku worth reading and re-reading again. Subscription: Subscription is $10 for one year (two issues) US plus $5.00 postage and handling. If you live in the United States you may subscribe to MAYFLY online as a secure transaction with your credit card through paypal.com: Save $5 postage with a 2-year subscription of MAYFLY (next four issues). The button below will automatically place your order for 2 years of MAYFLY issues. ($20 for 2 years & $5 postage) Do not "choose" 2 of this button or you will be ordering 4 years of MAYFLY issues. Thanks.
INTERNATIONAL MAYFLY subscription: Subscription is $10 for one year (two issues) US plus $6 postage overseas and Canada. Instead subscribe or renew your international subscription online with this button: Save $6 postage with a 2-year INTERNATIONAL subscription of MAYLFY (next four issues). ($20 for two years & $6 postage): Brooks Books Print Copies of Back Issues Available: Issues 06, 09, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77 Back issues of MAYFLY are available for $5.00 each. Please indicate the issue number you are ordering in the Paypal shopping cart below: Contact brooksbooks@gmail.com for purchase of multiple back issues (5 or more). Ask about our discount for multiple print copies. Teachers, we love to help get copies of back issues of MAYFLY to students.PDF Copies of Back Issues published over three years ago are available. You may purchase access for one week to these PDF back issues. Your access lasts for one week upon confirmation of PAYPAL payment. PDF copies of Issues 01-28 (1986-1999) are available for $30 by ordering one-week access with this PAYPAL button: ~ ~ ~ PDF copies of Issues 29-75 (2000-2023) are available for $30 by ordering one-week access with this PAYPAL button: During your week of access, you may read or download any of these issues. |
Submissions: Submit up to 5 haiku by email per issue: Summer issue deadline is May 15. Winter issue deadline is November 15. Be sure to include your postal address with all submissions. We like to include the author's location upon publication. Writers also need to be selective, so we limit submissions to only five per issue. If you are planning to submit to MAYFLY, email us While we prefer e-mail submissions, we also consider snail-mail submissions from addresses within the United States. Please submit no more than 5 haiku per issue. Include a SASE with snail mail submissions. Do not submit work under consideration by other magazines or contests. Send your snail mail submission to this address:
We pay authors $20 credit toward Brooks Books publications for all submissions published. MAYFLY authors retain rights to their work: All rights return to authors upon publication, with proper acknowledgement of previous publication in MAYFLY magazine. We retain the right to re-issue back issues in electronic format. |
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Editors: Randy & Shirley Brooks Published by: Brooks Books |
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