Wednesday, September 24, 2003
New contest: Passing along another haiku contest announcement here:
2003 San Francisco International Competition for Haiku, Senryu, Tanka and Rengay
Sponsor: Haiku Poets of Northern California
Deadline: In hand, October 31, 2003
All entries must be original, unpublished, and not under
consideration elsewhere. There is no limit to the number of
submissions. A first prize of $100 will be awarded in each of the
four categories. Second and third prizes of $50 and $25 will be
awarded for Haiku only. Contest results will be announced at the
first HPNC meeting in January. All rights revert to authors after the
contest results are announced. Winning poems will be published in the
Spring/Summer issue of Mariposa, the membership journal of the Haiku Poets of Northern California. This contest is open to all except the HPNC
president and, for their respective categories, the contest coordinators
and the judges (who will remain anonymous until after the competition.)
Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka Submission Guidelines
Type or print each entry on two 3 x 5 cards. In the upper left corner of
each card identify its category as Haiku, Senryu, or Tanka. On the back of
one card only, print your name, address, telephone number and e-mail
address (optional). The entry fee is $1.00 per poem. Send haiku, senryu
and tanka submissions, along with entry fee, to HPNC, c/o Carolyn Hall, 26
Buena Vista Terrace, San Francisco CA 94117.
Rengay Submission Guidelines
All rengay must be titled. For two people (Poet A and Poet B) follow this
linked format: 3 lines/Poet A, 2 lines/Poet B, 3/A, 3/B, 2/A, 3/B. For
three poets (A, B, and C) the format is: 3 lines/A, 2 lines/B, 3 lines/C,
2/A, 3/B, 2/C. Type or print each rengay on three letter-size sheets.
Include full authorship information, stanza by stanza, as well as all
poets' names, addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses (optional)
on one copy only. On the other two copies, mark stanzas with letters only
(poet A, poet B, poet C) to indicate the sequence of authorship. The entry
fee is $5 per rengay. Send rengay submissions, along with entry fee, to
HPNC, c/o Fay Aoyagi, 930 Pine Street, #105, San Francisco CA 94108.
All Submissions
Make checks or money orders payable in U.S. dollars to "Haiku Poets
of Northern California (HPNC)." Cash (in U.S. currency) is OK.
Enclose a business-size SASE (U.S. first class postage or an IRC) for
response to queries and for notification of contest winners. No entries
will be returned, with the exception that late submissions, or those
received without payment, will be returned using your SASE; without an
SASE these entries will be discarded.
Thank you for participating in this contest.
Contact: Dan Brady, Email List Manager for Haiku Poets of Northern
California: hpnc at creativeideasforyou.com
2003 San Francisco International Competition for Haiku, Senryu, Tanka and Rengay
Sponsor: Haiku Poets of Northern California
Deadline: In hand, October 31, 2003
All entries must be original, unpublished, and not under
consideration elsewhere. There is no limit to the number of
submissions. A first prize of $100 will be awarded in each of the
four categories. Second and third prizes of $50 and $25 will be
awarded for Haiku only. Contest results will be announced at the
first HPNC meeting in January. All rights revert to authors after the
contest results are announced. Winning poems will be published in the
Spring/Summer issue of Mariposa, the membership journal of the Haiku Poets of Northern California. This contest is open to all except the HPNC
president and, for their respective categories, the contest coordinators
and the judges (who will remain anonymous until after the competition.)
Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka Submission Guidelines
Type or print each entry on two 3 x 5 cards. In the upper left corner of
each card identify its category as Haiku, Senryu, or Tanka. On the back of
one card only, print your name, address, telephone number and e-mail
address (optional). The entry fee is $1.00 per poem. Send haiku, senryu
and tanka submissions, along with entry fee, to HPNC, c/o Carolyn Hall, 26
Buena Vista Terrace, San Francisco CA 94117.
Rengay Submission Guidelines
All rengay must be titled. For two people (Poet A and Poet B) follow this
linked format: 3 lines/Poet A, 2 lines/Poet B, 3/A, 3/B, 2/A, 3/B. For
three poets (A, B, and C) the format is: 3 lines/A, 2 lines/B, 3 lines/C,
2/A, 3/B, 2/C. Type or print each rengay on three letter-size sheets.
Include full authorship information, stanza by stanza, as well as all
poets' names, addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses (optional)
on one copy only. On the other two copies, mark stanzas with letters only
(poet A, poet B, poet C) to indicate the sequence of authorship. The entry
fee is $5 per rengay. Send rengay submissions, along with entry fee, to
HPNC, c/o Fay Aoyagi, 930 Pine Street, #105, San Francisco CA 94108.
All Submissions
Make checks or money orders payable in U.S. dollars to "Haiku Poets
of Northern California (HPNC)." Cash (in U.S. currency) is OK.
Enclose a business-size SASE (U.S. first class postage or an IRC) for
response to queries and for notification of contest winners. No entries
will be returned, with the exception that late submissions, or those
received without payment, will be returned using your SASE; without an
SASE these entries will be discarded.
Thank you for participating in this contest.
Contact: Dan Brady, Email List Manager for Haiku Poets of Northern
California: hpnc at creativeideasforyou.com
