Tag: WiK Competition

Seventh Writing Competition Results: Australia Prize (Simon Rowe)

July 10, 2022 /

This year, the Australia-Japan Society of Victoria warmly collaborated with Writers in Kyoto in offering a complimentary one-year membership for an exemplary piece submitted by an Australian author to our Kyoto Writing Competition. Simon Rowe’s “Diary of a Rickshaw Puller” was selected for this honor. Simon is an Australian writer based in Himeji, Japan and …Read More

Structures of Kyoto: Writers in Kyoto Anthology 4

July 16, 2021 /

On sale now from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp and other Amazon marketplaces in print and Kindle formats. Edited by Rebecca Otowa and Karen Lee Tawarayama Foreword by Judith Clancy Structures of Kyoto explores the physical, spiritual, and artistic elements of Japan’s ancient capital and beckons one to “step through the gate” to interact with them. Bookended by the insights of authors Judith …Read More

Haiku Discoveries

January 16, 2021 /

New to HaikuBy Sydney Solis While living and traveling in Japan for nearly four years, I indulged myself full-steam in Japanese culture and arts. At midlife, I was looking to shift my writing focus away from the Storytime Yoga work I created, so I spent my days exploring rakugo, shodo, kamishibai, kimono dressing, chado, and …Read More

About Writers in Kyoto

Writers in Kyoto is a group of published and self-published English-language authors working or living in the city. It is run on a membership basis and its purpose is for writers to help each other by creating opportunities for promotion, book launches, readings, the exchange of information, and social events. Read more

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