Quendryth Young: Winner – 2016 NZPS Haiku Competition

Link: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/2016competitionresults

Opening of Judge’s Report by Cynthia Rowe

“I was delighted to be asked to judge the Haiku section of the 2016 NZPS International Poetry Competition.  A challenging but rewarding task. From 602 entries, over two-thirds were rejected as unpublishable, lacking a basic knowledge of haiku, and therefore unable to be considered. A number of poems failed to make the shortlist due to shortcomings which included an overreliance on adjectives and adverbs, anthropomorphism, ‘lists’, double entendre, aphorisms, rhetorical questions, too many syllables, jokes, jingles, and hackneyed descriptions which led to prosaic imagery.”
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Spring AHS Haiga Kukai: Seasonal

ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED

The Spring AHS Haiga Kukai is now open for entries.  We would like to invite poets to send one haiku per image until 7th September.  The winning haiku will be displayed on the AHS website.

Please note that if more than one haiku per image is submitted by any individual, only the first haiku sent will be considered.

Submissions will only be accepted if entered in the comments section.

By entering the competition, entrants agree to make their haiku available for use on the AHS website, although the copyright will remain with the author.

No correspondence will be entered into regarding winning entries.

Good luck!

To enter, select the post title (or click here) and enter your haiku in the comment box below the post.

Spring AHS Haiga Kukai: Non Seasonal

ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED

The Spring AHS Haiga Kukai is now open for entries.  We would like to invite poets to send one haiku per image until 7th September.  The winning haiku will be displayed on the AHS website.

Please note that if more than one haiku per image is submitted by any individual, only the first haiku sent will be considered.

Submissions will only be accepted if entered in the comments section.

By entering the competition, entrants agree to make their haiku available for use on the AHS website, although the copyright will remain with the author.

No correspondence will be entered into regarding winning entries.

Good luck!

To enter, select the post title (or click here) and enter your haiku in the comment box below the post.

tinywords submissions close August 31

Submissions for tinywords will close on August 31 (with contributions needing to be received in the United States by 6.00 p.m. Pacific time on that date). Preferably unpublished, up to five haiku, tanka or other small poems can be offered. Using the form supplied online, interested poets will need to have created their own account in order to submit, if they do not have one already. Further details can be accessed through: http://tinywords.com/submit/ – enquiries can be made through: editors@tinywords.com.

AHS Haiga Kukai – Call for submissions 

The AHA is delighted to announce that it will be holding its first Haiga Kukai on the first day of spring.  Two images by Ron Moss will be displayed on the AHA website from 1st September and poets are invited to submit one previously unpublished haiku inspired by each image from that time until 7th September.  Ron will then select the winning haiku which will be displayed on the AHA website.

Please note that if more than one haiku per image is submitted by any individual, only the first haiku sent will be considered.

Submissions will only be accepted if entered in the comments section.

By entering the competition, entrants agree to make their haiku available for use on the AHS website, although the copyright will remain with the author

No correspondence will be entered into regarding winning entries.