WHCWORLDKIGO
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES.......
WORLD HAIKU REVIEW
Editor: Cristian Mocanu
DEADLINE FOR AUTUMN ISSUE (WHR 5-2): Midnight Friday,
30 September 2005, your local time.
WORLD KIGO and ESSAY SUBMISSIONS
1. WHO CAN SUBMIT: Submissions are open world-wide to readers of the World Haiku
Review online
2. WHAT IS WORLD KIGO: Kigo are season words and/or phrases which are integral
to traditional haiku, as composed in Japan. Flora, fauna, weather, celestial and
human events, food and other topics related to regional seasons world-wide are
compiled in a database for study and use at WHCworldkigo.
3. Please submit up to 3 seasonal topics (in words/phrases) for your
region or country, with a short paragraph of explanation or background about
its appearance, use, history, etc. ( Also send your original photos or other
images—or send links to internet pages, if possible, which illustrate the kigo.)
To find out more about world kigo and
the WHCworldkigo project, please visit the WHC World Kigo Database blogspot
at:
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/
4. ESSAYS, ARTICLES and NEWS: Limit 1 new,
original essay per author and per issue on topics concerning kigo. There is
not a limit on essay length at this time. For essay submissions, include your
brief biography, footnotes, and an introduction to yourself and your work as
related to poetry. Articles and news of interest to Italian-language poets of
haiku and related poetry may also be submitted. Single space main body of
manuscript texts except where other formatting is necessary. Send manuscripts
separately. (BOOK REVIEWS & PUBLICATION NEWS
MUST BE SENT SEPARATELY TO SUSUMU TAKIGUCHI)
5. Works in non-English languages must be accompanied by good English
translation, which will be used for selection purposes.
6. Single-space kigo submissions, except where special formatting is necessary.
7. Include your name (and nom de plume, if applicable); Surname in capital
letters (EX: John BUNYON; Sara Elizabeth JAMES; SUZUKI Tatsuo, Susumu TAKIGUCHI;
Indicate title such as Ms, Mrs., Mr. if needed or desired.
Include your state or province, and country of
residence (if more than one, please include all).
Include your e-kmail address.
8. Please use HTML formatted e-mail (not "Plain Text" or MS
Word format). Please type your text, poems and manuscripts directly onto the
body of the e-mail; do not copy and paste your text into the
e-mail from a word-processing document.
9. Send submissions in the main body of the e-mail, not as an
attached file. (Exception: .jpg/.jpeg photos and other images for kigo or essays
may be sent as attachments).
10. SUBJECT FIELD OF EMAIL for WHCKIGO: "WHCworldkigo Submissions for World
Haiku Review"
Send submissions for WHCworldkigo in one email to Cristian Mocanu at:
crismoc at smart dot ro
DEADLINE FOR AUTUMN ISSUE (WHR 5-2): Midnight Friday,
30 September 2005, your local time.
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