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HPNC 2002 San Francisco International Competition:

Haiku, Senryu, Tanka, Rengay

 

Come one!  Come all!  A new invitation:

 

• 2002 San Francisco International Competition
  

• Genres: Haiku, Senryu, Tanka, Rengay
  

• Deadline in hand: October 31, 2002
  

• Sponsor: Haiku Poets of Northern California (HPNC)*

All entries must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere. There is no limit on the number of submissions. A first prize of $100 will be awarded in all four categories. Second and third prizes of $50 and $25 will be awarded for Haiku. Contest results will be published in the HPNC quarterly newsletter. All rights revert to authors after the contest results are announced.

This contest is open to all except the HPNC president and, for their respective categories, the contest coordinators and the judges (who will remain anonymous until after the competition.)

• Submission guidelines: Haiku, Senryu, Tanka:

Type or print each entry on two 3 X 5 cards. In the upper left corner of each card identify its category as being Haiku, Senryu, or Tanka.

On the back side of one card only, print your name, address and telephone
number.

The entry fee is $1.00 per poem. Make checks or money orders payable in U.S. dollars to "Haiku Poets of Northern California (HPNC)".

Send submission of your poems with entry fee to:

HPNC c/o Janeth Ewald
727 Hunt Ave. #13
St. Helena CA 94574
USA

• Submission Guidelines: Rengay:

Rengay is a collaborative form of 6 links for two or three poets. A rengay is titled, with links centered on a common theme or shared experience.

• For two people, Poet A and Poet B, follow this linked format:

3 lines/Poet A, 2 lines/Poet B, 3/A, 3/B, 2/A, 3/B.

• For three poets (A, B, and C) the format is:

3 lines/A, 2 lines/B, 3 lines/C, 2/A, 3/B, 2/C.

Submit each rengay on a separate sheet of paper, make three copies of each rengay with only one copy identified by the poets’ names or initials. The entry fee is $5 per rengay. Make checks or money orders payable in U.S. dollars to: "Haiku Poets of Northern California (HPNC)".

Send submission of your rengay with entry fee to:

HPNC c/o Paul Miller,
1739 Pine St. - Suite 40
San Francisco CA 94109-4557
USA

All submissions: Enclose a business-sized SASE (U.S. first-class or IRC.) An SASE is required for us to respond to any query, for us to request that you resubmit or for you to receive notification of the contest winners. No entries will be returned, with the exception that late submissions, or those received without payment, will be returned using your SASE; without an SASE these entries will be discarded.

HPNC thanks you for participating in this contest.

Dan Brady, Coordinator
HPNC International Competition
hpnc@creativeideasforyou.com
San Francisco California, USA

*HPNC is an independent, regional haiku association, not affiliated with WHC. WHC supports the activities and efforts of HPNC and other haiku groups through friendship.