57577 Tanka Awards Return With Poet Satoshi Chiba as Judge
The tanka-only SNS app 57577, with over 11,000 monthly active users and 34,000 monthly submissions, will hold its second Tanka Awards starting July 1, 2026. Poet Satoshi Chiba judges the free theme category. Collaborations with sake retailer IMADEYA and Sanseido Bookstore turn winning poems into neck hangers and bookmarks.