Karina Klesko, US and John
Daleiden, US
December 2009
In 2009 Sketchbook
with be published bi-monthly: February, April, June, August,
October, and December. The publication date for each issue
is the last day of the month. Submissions are due on the
20th of the month of publication.
The December 2008 Sketchbook Cover Artist
is
Doris Kasson, US with a haiga entitled
winter solstice.
Congratulations to the Kukai winners;
December 2008 "winter night" Kukai
First
Place: Robin Beshers, US
Second Place Tie: Catherine J. S. Lee, US and Jacek Margolak,
PL
Third
Place: Jacek Margolak
The December 2008 Kukai theme is "winter
night".
Read
all the
"winter night" Kukai
results.
December 2008 "dance"
haiku thread.
Read the "dance" haiku thread and the Editor's
Choice.
The theme of
the monthly haiku thread will be anything dealing with
"Spring arts and crafts" for the February 28, 2009
issue. Read the details here:
"Spring arts and crafts" thread.
The February 2009 Kukai theme is
"hazy moon".
Read the details here:
"hazy moon" kukai.
Featured this month is the third
installment of Eiko Yachimoto's
Hisajo in the Light of
English Haikai Movement:
Chapter 2: Glass Ceilings of Hisajo Renaissance.
Rengay Through The Seasons by Vaughn
Seward featuring rengay numbers fourteen through eighteen of
the year long rengay project hosts guest writer Yvonne
Myers.
Sketchbook
Global Correspondents have sent the following reports this
month:
"Christ, The Reason For Christmas" by Gillena Cox,
Trinidad;
"A Taste of My New Home" by Bob Lucky living in China, the
"2008 Winners" for the Voices of Israel by Helen Bar-Lev,
Israel.
The Book Fair
features ____books:
The Reagan Psalms CD
by A. D. Winans,
If you are looking
for a good read, try one of these books.
Contributing
Editor, Jeff Spahr-Summers, creator and editor of
The Poetry
Victims, treats
December readers to the art of Pierre Francillion and poetry
by Jan Oscar Hansen and J. A. Spahr-Summers.
Congratulations:
in 2008, Pris Campbell was nominated for the Pushcart Prize
for her poem, "Colorless Rooms", published by
In The
Fray, July 2008.
Appearing for the
first time in Sketchbook: Stephen
Nelson, UK and
Yoyai Tanida, US. We extend each of you a warm
welcome.
On going
competitions the editors recommend include the following:
Sketchbook
is now open for February submissions. Remember, the 20th of
each month is the deadline for open submissions to the poetry
pages. The Editors look forward to reading your poetry.
Please join us as we venture into our fourth year of
publishing Sketchbook.
