The Haiku Dreaming Australia Awards
Deadline. 1st July, 2009
Background. Writing haiku that are relevant to, and understood by everybody, everywhere, can lead us from the ‘here and now’ into a haikuland where we forgo connection to our real world. Haiku Dreaming Australia was formed to encourage Australian poets to locate their haiku where they live, and this competition is part of that effort. [See haikuland for amplification.]
The Haiku Dreaming Australia Awards is an international competition for haiku which are relevant in and to Australia.
We are not necessarily looking for haiku about kangaroos, wattle or other things exclusive to Australia. On the other hand please remember we are looking for poems to publish in the Dreaming Collection. Thus those that resonate with Australians might be received more sympathetically than those dealing with moose, Dolls Festival, The Thames, and snow at Christmas. Haiku already published in The Dreaming Collection are a good guide to what judges will consider relevant.
Eligibility. Everybody except competition judges and secretary/editor.
Prizes. Three monetary prizes: 1st AU$200; 2nd AU$100; 3rd AU$50 The prize-winning haiku plus those awarded Honorable Mentions, as recommended by the Judges and approved by the Dreaming Editor, will be published in the Dreaming Collection for a minimum of three months, perhaps as long as forever.
Entry Fee. None.
Dreaming Australia Awards – Entry Procedure Send up to three haiku, written in English, within the body of one email to: haiku.dream.awards@gmail.com before 1st July, 2009.
By entering this competition you affirm that you hold copyright over the entries, that they are unpublished and will not be offered for publication elsewhere prior to 30th September, 2009, and you grant the Editor of Dreaming the one-time right to publish your haiku in the Dreaming Collection.
JudgingThere will be four judges. Only the Competition Secretary will know the identity of authors and judges prior to announcement of the results.
Results. Authors of prize-winning and honourably mentioned haiku will be advised by email and a copy of the results will be posted on the Dreaming website by 25th September 2009. All other haiku are released for submission or publication elsewhere with effect from 30th September, 2009.
John Bird
Dreaming Editor / Competition Secretary
haikudreaming@fastmail.fm / haiku.dream.awards@gmail.com
Source of link:
http://users.mullum.com.au/jbird/dreaming/ozku-about-comp.html
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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