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2009 San Francisco
International Competition
Haiku, Senryu, Tanka and Rengay
Sponsored by: Haiku Poets of
Northern California
Deadlines for Haiku, Senryu, and
Tanka: In hand, October 31, 2009
Deadlines for Rengay: In hand,
November 30, 2009
Details
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unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere.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. For the Haiku and
rengay contests only, second and third prizes of $50 and $25
will be awarded. Contest results will be announced at the first
HPNC meeting in January and in the HPNC Newsletter. Winning
poems will be published in the Spring/Summer issue of Mariposa,
the membership journal of the HPNC. All rights revert to authors
after the contest results are announced. This contest is open to
all except the HPNC president and, for their respective
categories, the contest coordinators and the judges. The judges
for the haiku, senryu and tanka constest will remain anonymous
until after the competitions.
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
John Thompson, 4607 Burlington Place, Santa Rosa CA 95405
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 $5.00 per rengay. The 2008 rengay
judge will be announced later. Send rengay submissions, with
entry fee, to HPNC, c/o Fay Aoyagi, 930 Pine Street # 105, San
Francisco CA 94108
Entry Fees
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
notification of contest winners. No entries will be returned,
with the exception of late submissions, or those received
without payment. These will be returned using your SASE; without
an SASE these entries will be discarded.
Thank you for participating in this
year's contest
www.haiku-poets-northern-california.com
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