Pumpkin Festival Haiku Contest

Limit 3 haiku on the theme “pumpkin/gourd” (not necessarily mentioned in the haiku). Poets from the area of ex-Yugoslavia are welcome to send haiku in their language; it will be translated into English and judged in the international section. Results announced at the Ivanic Grad Pumpkin Festival in October 2017 and published in Iris haiku journal.

Deadline: June 30, 2017.
Cost: Free.

Send entries by email to Đurđa Vukelić Rožić  with the subject line “Pumpkin”.

Yamadera Bashō Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest

Limit 2 entries. One grand prize and two distinguished work prizes in each division (Division 4 is for non-Japanese entrants). Winners announced mid-July 2017 and posted to the website.
Deadline: June 3, 2017.
Cost: Free.
Full details:

https://australianhaikusociety.org/2017/04/04/the-9th-yamadera-basho-haiku-contest/#more-7423 

(see item 7 for the email address).

Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Award

Cash prizes totalling $US275, plus copies of Peggy’s books. Limit 5 haiku. Results announced July 31, 2017
Deadline: June 1, 2017.
Cost: Free.
Full details: http://www.theheronsnest.com/awards/awards_2017.html#pwl

THE 15th INTERNATIONAL HAIKU POETRY CONTEST

IN ITALIAN LANGUAGE - 2017

Participants: authors of any nationality and age
Admission: FREE
Individual Sections: single authors
Collective Section: schools and handicap area
Quantity: up to three UNPUBLISHED traditional haikus in Italian (5-7-5 syllables)
Submission: only by filling in the form on line www.cascinamacondo.com (by registration)
Expiry: 31st May 2017
Prizegiving: Sunday 19nd November 2017
                    at Cascina Macondo – official ceremony

INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION

Foreign poets send their haiku in Italian and in their mother-tongue. Italian poets can also send their Haiku translated in a dialect

COLLECTIVE PARTICIPATION

reserved to Italian and foreign schools of every kind, to voluntary associations working with disabled and handicapped people, to structures or institutions working with groups of people

The Haiku have to be sent EXCLUSIVELY by  filling in the form in the website:
http://my.cascinamacondo.com/gestione/login.asp?id_home 
NOT LATER THAN MAY 31, 2017
For the counting of syllables and Haiku characteristics please read “The Manifesto of Haiku Poetry in Italian” in Cascina Macondo’s website

First Montenegrin International Haiku Contest in English

Dear haiku poet/poetess!

Sending you my regards from Montenegro.

We would be honored if you join our First International Haiku Contest in English.

Thank you for your attention and time,

Best wishes

Slavka Klikovac, the coordinator

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NATURE IN MY EYE

First Montenegrin International Haiku Contest in English, 

Competition is organized by the Association of the Artists 

of the Town of Golubovci, Montenegro

Deadline: March 10, 2017

Haiku: 5 unpublished haiku in English

Theme: Nature and man as a part of it

Form: We welcome both traditional and modern haiku

Results: July 2017, the poets will be informed by an e-mail message  

E-mail address:   haikuvi zija@yahoo.com               

Subject:   Haiku contest

Awards:   Diploma and a joint collection

Please send your haiku in word .doc, letters Times New Roman 12 
with a password.   

Your password and full name and address please give in the body of 
(the same) e-mail message.

Annonymus judging, names of the judges will be announced with
the awarded haiku.

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O invitaţie din Muntenegru.

Am fi onoraţi dacă aţi participa la concursul nostru First International Haiku 
în limba engleză.
 
Coordonator Slavka Klikovac

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 NATURA IN OCHI MEI
 
Primul concurs internațional de haiku din Muntenegru în limba engleză, 

Concursul este organizat de Asociaţia Artiştilor din oraşul Golubovci, 
Muntenegru


 Termen: 10 martie 2017 
Haiku: 5 haiku-uri nepublicate în limba engleză 
Tema: Natura și omul ca o parte a ei
 Formă: haiku tradițional și modern 
Rezultate: iulie 2017, poeții vor fi informați printr-un mesaj e-mail 
Adresa de e-mail: haikuvi zija@yahoo.com 
Subiect: Concurs de Haiku 
Premii: Diplomă și o colecție comună

Vă rugăm să trimiteți haiku în document Word, Times New Roman 12,
cu parolă.  

Parola, numele complet și adresa  se scriu în același mesajul e-mail. 

Jurizare anonimă, numele juraţilor vor fi anunţate odată cu 
anunţarea premiilor.

A haiku competition

Public Institution “Green Ring”, Zagreb County, Samobor, Croatia

and Haiku Association “Three Rivers” Ivanić-Grad, Croatia

are pleased to announce the haiku competition as follows.

Theme: A WHITE STORK

The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2017.

Please send ONE UNPUBLISHED HAIKU IN ENGLISH per author, not submitted anywhere else.

Style: with one kigo (a seasonal reference – if any), three lines, no strict syllable count but in the traditional Japanese kaiku pettern (5-7-5 sylables).

E-mail: dvrozic@gmail.com

Please give your name and address with haiku in the body of your message.

The judging will be anonymous.

The judges’ names will be announced at the time of the awards.

The awards: A plaque and a White Stork haiku collection.

The results: Beginning of May at www.tri-rijeke-haiku.hr

The awarded authors will be informed by an e-mail message accordingly.

The awards will be given away on the Day of the White Stork in Croatia, August 24, 2017 or sent by mail to the awardees.

Concurs de haiku in Senegal

L’AMBASSADE DU JAPON AU SENEGAL ANNONCE LE LANCEMENT DE
LA 30^ème EDITION DU CONCOURS DE HAÏKU

Le concours de Haïku, organisé par l’Ambassade du Japon au Sénégal a trente sept ans.

L’Ambassade vient de lancer l’édition de cette année qui représente la 30^ème de ce concours de poésie qui est aujourd’hui bien inscrit dans le calendrier culturel et académique sénégalais.

Les candidats peuvent déposer ou envoyer leurs poèmes à la Section Culturelle de l’Ambassade jusqu’au 28 avril 2017, dernier délai de participation. Les prix seront remis aux lauréats lors d’une cérémonie qui sera organisée en juillet 2017.

Pour rappel ; le Haïku est un court poème traditionnel japonais, ne dépassant pas 3 vers de 5, 7 et 5 syllabes, qui décrit le sens de l’harmonie de la nature et des émotions humaines. Comme pour les années précédentes, le thème est libre, les deux langues officielles du concours sont le français et le wolof.

La dernière édition a enregistré une participation de 500 personnes. Les participants étaient de 6 nationalités différentes : le Sénégal et le Cameroun pour L’Afrique ; la France, la Belgique, et la Grèce en Europe ; et le Canada pour le continent américain.

Les poèmes des participants seront envoyés ou déposés à :

30^ème Concours de Haïku s/c Ambassade du Japon au Sénégal
Bd Martin Luther King (ex Corniche Ouest) B.P. 3140 – Dakar – Sénégal
Tél. 33 849 55 00 / 33 849 55 60 – Fax : 33 849 55 77 (Section Culturelle)
E-mail : mouhamadou.cisse@dk.mofa.go.jp

Puteti citi aici:

http://www.sn.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_fr/haiku2017.html