The Betty
Drevniok Award 2010
Haiku Canada
established this competition in memory of Betty Drevniok,
Past President of the society. With the exception of members
of the
executive of Haiku Canada, the contest is open to everyone,
including
Regional Coordinators of Haiku Canada.
• Haiku must be unpublished and not under consideration
elsewhere.
• A flat fee of $5 Cdn (in Canada) or $5 US (for entries
outside Canada)
for up to 3 haiku is payable to “Haiku Canada”.
• Submit 2 copies of each haiku, each copy typed or neatly
printed on a
3X5 card; one card in each set must include the author’s name,
address
and telephone number in the upper corner, while the other card
with the
identical poem must contain no identifying marks.
• Postmark Deadline:
February 14, 2010.
• Winners will be announced at the Annual General Meeting in
May 2010.
First Prize $100; Second Prize $50; Third Prize $25 for haiku.
The top
eleven poems will be published in a Haiku Canada Sheet and
distributed
with the Haiku Canada Anthology.
• No entries will be returned. If you are NOT a member of
Haiku Canada
and wish a copy of the broadsheet with the winning haiku,
include a
SASE (business size, Cdn stamps) or a SAE and $1 for postage
and
handling.
• Send entries to The Betty Drevniok Award, c/o Ann Goldring,
PO Box
97, 5 Cooks Drive, Leaskdale, Ontario, Canada L0C 1C0.
• Contest Coordinator: Ann Goldring
