The editors of
Sketchbook invite all readers to participate
in the haiku kukai on the "cold night" or "night chill" poems
for October. The twenty-three poems entered in the contest are numbered and printed without author names.
A kukai is an
anonymous vote by all eligible voters to determine which poems the haiku
readers view as the most significant poems in the group—in
this case the "cold night" or "night chill" haiku.
Voters should select
the poems which represent the best haiku written with the kigo
"cold night" or "night chill". The exact kigo words should
appear in the haiku.
Read the poems and
enjoy them. Then take time to send the editors your vote. Voting
directions appear below the haiku.
CALL
FOR
October 2007 “cold night” kukai ballots.
Thursday, November 01, 2007 – Sunday, November 25, 2007 Midnight
Above is the Sketchbook ballot for the October
2007 "cold night" or
"night Chill" Kukai
Please
NOTE that the votes should come to daleidenj@yahoo.com
1.
All the entries are listed above by number without author names.
2. Any
reader of Sketchbook is eligible to vote, whether
or not they have entered haiku in the kukai or not.
3. Email
your votes to: daleidenj@yahoo.com
When voting, please use the words
cold night kukai ballot
in the subject line of your e-mail. (Please do not post your
votes to a public list).
4. Each
voter has SIX (6) points to use; voters may distribute the
points in increments of 1, 2, or 3. Please do not cast more than
3 points for any single poem.
5. If you
are the author of one of these haiku, please do not vote for
your own poem(s). Any such votes will be disqualified.
6. Please use the following format to submit your votes (listing
by numerical order, rather than order of preference, as the
sample below):
To: daleidenj@yahoo.com
Subject:
cold night
kukai ballot
(Each
voter has 6 points). See the two examples below:
#
03--3 pts.
# 11--2 pts.
# 22--1 pt.
or:
#
02--1 pts.
# 11--2 pts.
# 15--1 pt.
# 18--1 pts.
# 22--1 pt.
Remember, no more than a
total of 6 points can be submitted per voter.
7. All
votes will be compiled and the results will then be published in
the November Sketchbook listed with votes received
and poets' names revealed. The votes will appear as per the
following sample:
Vote
Count example: 027 = 11
Which
means:
No voter
gave 3 points, 2 voters gave 2 points, 7 voters gave 1 point =
for a total of 11 points
CALL
FOR
October 2007 “cold night” kukai ballots.
Thursday, November 01, 2007 – Sunday, November 25, 2007 Midnight
John
Daleiden, Sketchbook
editor
