Invitation
to the 9th annual Mainichi Haiku Contest!
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The Mainichi Newspapers is inviting participation in the 9th Annual Mainichi Haiku Contest.
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One key word of the 21st century is the "environment" that people share with nature. Haiku that are in line with nature are now the most seasonal type of verse.
We look forward to receiving original Japanese, English or French entries that will help add a touch of inspiration to the world of haiku.
Judges for the contest are haiku experts Akito Arima, Akira Omine, Namiko Ogawa, Yuko Kagiwada, Nobuko Katsura, Tota Kaneko, Momoko Kuroda, Toru Haga, Kai Hasegawa, Naoto Hirose, Tetsunosuke Matsuzaki and Toge Morita.
Toru Haga, an internationally renowned expert on comparative literature, will judge international section entries.
Participants will compete for prizes in three sections -- general, children(those of junior high school age and under), and international (for haiku composed in English or French).
Applications are easy and can be posted or made over the Internet. For the blind, applications can also be submitted in Braille.
Entries must be original haiku and must not have been published or submitted anywhere else. Double submissions will not be accepted. The release and publishing copyrights of any of the entries that are published in subsequent haiku collections will remain with the Mainichi Newspapers.
Those taking part in the international division can submit a maximum of two haiku and it costs nothing to apply. --international and children's entries and entries in Braille are free.
Together with your haiku, please include your name, age, address, telephone number, and the name of any haiku organization to which you belong with your entry. Also indicate which section you are applying for.
To apply over the Internet, simply fill out the entry form.
Please use the provided online form to submit entries. E-mails sent directly to the Mainichi Haiku Contest Office will not be accepted.
The overall winner will take home the grand prize of 500,000 yen, while the runner-up will receive 300,000 yen. Two other prizes of 100,000 yen will be awarded for distinguished compositions in the general section.
Certificates of merit and mementos will be awarded for haiku in international, children's, organization, and school categories.
Results for the winners of the international section will be announced on the Mainichi Daily News Web site in June 2004. Other winners will be announced in the Mainichi Shimbun and Mainichi haiku publications, in June 2004.
The deadline for entries by e-mail is March 25, 2005
About the general section
Entries in the general section cost 2,000 yen for each pair of haiku. Money for general section entries should be sent by postal transfer to the Mainichi Haiku Taisho Jimukyoku (Mainichi haiku contest head office), account No. 00140-0-404438.
For questions, please e-mail the organizers : miki.n@mbx.mainichi.co.jp
Supporters
Among the supporters of the contest are the Modern Haiku Association, the Association of Haiku Poets, the Association of Japanese Classical Haiku, the Japan Children's Haiku Association, the Haiku International Association, the National Committee for the Welfare of the Blind in Japan, and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
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