Haiku contest in Romania

 

"Colonel Constantin Langa" Secondary School

Miroslava, Iaşi, Romania

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The First YŪGEN 幽玄 International Haiku Contest

Yūgen 幽玄 is an awareness of the universe

that triggers emotional responses

too mysterious, deep and powerful for words.

Organizer: Diana Aurora Deliu

Partner: Miroslava City Hall

Entrants: open to anyone all over the world, except for the organizing team

Period of submission: March, 1, 2021- March, 31, 2021

Entry Fee: none

Submission: only 1(one) haiku in English or French

• All entries must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere.

• All rights revert to authors after the contest results are announced.

Theme: "A simply life, close to nature"

• Nowadays, rediscovering the joy of the ordinary, lost life and dreaming about it again are values that should be pursued by everybody.

• In order to bring normality into our lives on this beautiful planet and its amazing nature with so many wonderful topics to write about, please avoid poems related to covid-19, pandemic, mask, restriction, vaccine etc.

Style: three lines, kireji and kigo, close as much as possible to the 5-7-5 pattern, no strict syllable count

Categories:

A. Students (up to 17 years old)

B. Adults (18 years old and more)

Online entry form: https://forms.gle/syB3zLL2GoezfwGT9

Coordinator: Diana Aurora Deliu

Technical coordinator: Daniela Vlăduţ

Jury: Diana Aurora Deliu, Oana Carmen Dumitriu, Eduard Ţară

Secretary: Daniela Vlăduţ

Results: by April, 15, 2021

Prizes: diplomas and anthologies for each category to

1st Prize (one haiku)

2nd Prize (one haiku)

3rd Prize (one haiku)

• A number of commendations will be selected by the jury depending on the quality of the poems.

Contest anthology: by submitting poems in this contest, each author agrees to give her/his permission to be selected and published without any financial claims into an anthology at the end of the contest