Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar Competition
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, January 2, 2017
Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar Competition
Entries should be
emailed or postmarked by January 31, 2017.
Prizes -
£360/US $600 total prize money.
12 haiku
will be selected as monthly winners and will be published prominently in The
Haiku Calendar 2018. The prize money will be divided equally between the 12
winners. 40 additional haiku will be selected as runners-up and these will also
be published in the calendar. Entrants may win more than one prize.
Haiku
should ideally include a seasonal aspect (which may or may not be an
established "season word"). This may be a direct reference to a
specific day, month or season (e.g. New Year’s Day, June, winter), or to a
phenomenon or activity associated with a particular season. Seasonality should
ideally align with the traditional Japanese (and English) consideration that
the equinoxes and solstices occur at the midpoints of their respective seasons.
(So, for example, early February is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, but
mid-late February is spring. So a February haiku might be concerned with winter
or spring; a May haiku with either spring or summer; an August haiku with
either summer or autumn; and a November haiku with either autumn or winter.
(Entrants from the Southern Hemisphere are advised to transpose certain
composition dates by six months.))
Haiku may
be free-form or 5-7-5 and must be the original work of
the entrant.
Previously
published work is acceptable, though haiku previously published by Snapshot
Press are not eligible.
Any
number of haiku may be entered.
Entry
fees: £6/US $10 for up to three haiku; £12/US $20 for up to ten haiku.
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Like finding shells on the beach, I love doing market research! And what I find, I love to share! I write in a variety of genres including children's, Christian, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, so these post follow along those lines. Check out my web site: www.sallyclark.info, for more about me.