17th International “Kusamakura” Haiku Competition in Kumamoto
17th International “Kusamakura” Haiku Competition in Kumamoto
Applicants: Open to anyone
Deadline:
September 10, 2012 Postmarked on this day OK
Received by September 10, 2012 (overseas only)
Application guidelines:
Entry must be submitted by mail or homepage.
Each applicant can enter up to two haiku poems. Entries via the homepage are only possible in English . Please include: name, current address, gender, e-mail address, and phone number
Fee: Free. One person can send two pieces of Haiku (only unpublished works)
Contest results: Winners will be informed by mail at the beginning of November 2012
awards ceremony: An awards ceremony will be held at the Kumamoto City General Gymnasium and Youth Center on November 17., 2012, but overseas applicants will have their prize money mailed to them.
Publications
Publications will only be sent to winning individuals during the latter half of Febuary 2013.
Winning haikus will be displayed on our homepage.
Judges: Morio Nishikawa (Professor emeritus at Kumamoto University), Richard Gilbert (Associate Professor at Kumamoto University )
Prizes:
Kusamakura Taisho (Grand Prize) to one winner :50,000
Chikasuitoshi Kumamoto Shou (Kumamoto ‘City of Artesian Waters’ Haiku Award) to one winner : Commemorative gift
Tokusen (Second Prize) to 8 Winners : 5,000
Nyusen (Third Prize) to 20 winners
Please send your haiku to
“Kusamakura” Haiku Competition Office
c/o Bunka shinko Ka
( Cultural promotion Section ) City of Kumamoto
1-1 Tetorihoncho, Chuou-ku, Kumamoto City 860-8601 Japan
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