2010 International Poetry Competition

Haiku and Haiku Junior Sections (including Senryu) Instructions

Entries MUST BE RECEIVED BY 31 May 2010

Judges:

Haiku: Tony Beyer - http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/tonybeyer

Haiku Junior: Karen Peterson Butterworth - http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/karenpetersonbutterworth

We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our sponsors, Community Post, and the Asia:New Zealand Foundation for our Haiku Junior Competition. Visit our sponsor site at www.asianz.org.nz

Entry information

The entry form is available for download at the bottom of this page. We suggest you read the information between here and there before you download it.

All entries are to be the original work of the entrant, and may not have been previously published, broadcast on radio or TV, or awarded any prize or payment.

The author's name must be recorded only on the entry form.

Entries must be in English and typed or very clearly written on an A5 page, one haiku/senryu per page. (That's half the size of normal photocopy paper.)

Please enclose two copies of each poem, each on a separate sheet of paper.

Unlimited number of entries.

Overseas entries welcomed in both sections.

Entries will not be returned but will be destroyed, so please keep a copy.

Poems must not be submitted elsewhere until 31 August 2010, by which time entrants will be notified if their poems have won or been accepted for publication.

Entry constitutes acceptance of all terms herein. Submissions not complying with the rules will be disqualified and entry fees will not be returned.

Haiku Section

Prizes: The top five haiku/senryu will be awarded NZ$100 each. In addition, the 1^st prize winner will be awarded the Jeanette Stace Memorial Prize of $150.

Entry fee: NZ$1 per haiku; for NZPS members every 5th haiku is free.

Haiku Junior Section

- Open to entrants who are 17 years of age or younger on 31 May 2010.

Prizes: Primary/Intermediate: three prizes of NZ$50; Secondary: three prizes of NZ$50. In addition, the best of the two 1^st prize winners will be awarded the Jeanette Stace Memorial Prize of $100.

Entry fee: NZ$1 for 2 haiku, or $1 if only 1 haiku is submitted.

Overseas entries are welcomed in both sections.

Haiku help: Modern English haiku do not follow a 5/7/5 format, which is usually too wordy, but poems should capture the ‘haiku moment'. Innovation in haiku and senryu is encouraged. Please visit the HaikuNZ pages of our website at www.poetrysociety.org.nz or read previous NZPS anthologies for examples of past winning entries.

Results will be published in our bimonthly magazine, posted on our website, emailed by request, or enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope (SSAE) with your entry for a personal copy.

Publication: All poems entered must be made available for publication in an anthology to be published by the NZPS in November 2010. Entrants will be notified by 31 August 2010 if their poems have won or been selected for publication. NZPS has the right of first publication of all poems accepted for the anthology.

Promotion: Winners consent to the use of their poems for promotional purposes by the NZPS including but not limited to our website, brochure, and newsletter.

Copyright in individual poems will remain with the poet, but copyright in any book produced by The New Zealand Poetry Society with remain with the NZPS.

Questions? e-mail: competition@poetrysociety.org.nz

Entry Fees

These may be paid by cheque, cash, or NZ postal note. (We no longer accept IRCs as payment for entries.) Overseas entrants may pay the $NZ equivalent in Australian, US, or Canadian dollars, Pounds Sterling, or Euros. See www.xe.com for the exchange rate. Payment through PayPal is available below. Please do not send coins in any currency. For NZ entries 50c stamps are accepted. No change or overpayments of less than $5 will be refunded.

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