Can you believe it’s that time already? Are you ready to write & submit your best tanka, tanka prose, & your experimental tanka forms for this year’s anthology?

FIRST: Take Note!

The Sunflower Tanka Anthology will soon be open for submissions. Stay tuned to learn this year’s theme, which will be revealed on July 15th. MARK your calendars!

Do you need some practice? Join us on TankaTuesday.com and practice the forms we write for the anthology.

If you need help, email us. We’re always happy to help with the forms.

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  Happy July!
  by Colleen Chesebro
  July 2, 2026
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  How to Create a Tanka Puente
  by Colleen Chesebro
  June 9, 2026
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  Experimental Tanka: Garland tanka
  by Colleen Chesebro
  May 12, 2026
  Experimental tanka are syllabic forms made using the basic structure of a tanka using the 5/7/5/7/7 or s/l/s/l/l syllable counts. For example, the garland tanka below consists of six tanka in which the last stanza is formed from the preceding five tanka. Typically, line one from stanza one, line two from stanza two, etc. Like tanka, they… Read more: Experimental Tanka: Garland tanka
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  How to Create Rensaku
  by Colleen Chesebro
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  How to Craft Tanka & Tanka Prose
  by Colleen Chesebro
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  Let’s brush up our tanka & tanka prose writing skills. Don’t forget, you can write tanka and tanka prose with us on tankatuesday.com. tanka Tanka are written in a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure, or s-l-s-l-l. Tanka consists of 5 lines written in the first-person point of view from the perspective of the poet. Jenny Ward Angyal,… Read more: How to Craft Tanka & Tanka Prose