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• All entries must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere.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

 

International Haiku Contest of the Haiku Society of Constanta (Romania)

The Haiku Society of Constanta in Romania (founded by Ion Codrescu in 1992) establishes an international haiku contest on the following subject : the raging sea, in remembrance of the Fukushima nuclear disaster ten years ago.

This contest is opened to adults and children (7-19 years old).

Submit two haiku (not previously published in any form and not submitted in any other contest) within the 5-7-5 syllable pattern (no strict syllable count) in English and in your original language, from March 15th, 2021 to May 15th, 2021.

Write your haiku in the body of the email, stating your city and country.

For the adult contest, email your haiku to: albatrosconstanta@gmx.fr

For the children contest, email your haiku to : danivarvara@yahoo.com

stating the age and the class of the child, and the name of the teacher.

Composition of the jury for adults :

Nicole Pottier (FR) – president of jury

Iulia Ralia (RO)

Jean Antonini (FR)

Florin Grigoriu (RO)

Vasile Moldovan (RO)

Composition of the jury for children :

Daniela Varvara (RO)- présidente du jury

Virginia Popescu (RO)

Vasile Conioşi-Mesteşanu (RO)

Camelia Suciu (RO)

Anastasia Dumitru (RO).

Prizes will be some diplomas : 1st prize « Albatros », 2nd prize, 3rd prize and up to 10 commendations.

Criterias for selection: all the haiku have to be related with the chosen theme : the raging sea, kigo, solid construction, original association between two distinct parts, the exhibition of sentiments and a simple description should be avoided.

Winners will be announced mid-August 2021, in Constanta (Romania). Jury’s decision is definitive and irrevocable.

Good luck to all !

Nicole Pottier