芭蕉記念館、英語俳句を募集
江東区芭蕉記念館は第5回国際英語俳句大会の俳句を募集しています。
英語の俳句であれば誰でも応募できます。選者は藤田直子、ドゥーグル・J・リンズィー、長谷川櫂の3人。とくに外国語を母国語とする人にお勧めください。
締め切りは日本時間で2022年11月10日(木)。大会ウェブサイトから応募してください。
Entry Rules for The 5th Basho-an International English Haiku Competition
Applicants
This contest is for anyone, regardless of experiences and nationalities.
Deadline
All submissions must be received between August 10 and November 10, 2022. (Japan standard time)
Application guidelines
Entries must be submitted via form, using the entry form available in the website of this contest.
A participant can send one piece of Haiku in each entry form. However, each participant can enter up to 10 Haiku by sending multiple entries. (We will appreciate it if the Japanese translation is attached to the Haiku, though it is not required.) A seasonal word is not required. Each haiku piece should be written in 2 to 3 lines.
The entry must include the participant’s name, current address, gender, age, and e-mail address. (Gender and age are optional.)
The haiku must be original and unpublished work.
Errors in spelling English Haiku will be corrected by the office.
The haiku work should not counter public order and morality.
Submitted work cannot be altered nor returned.
Fee
No entry fee is required.
Contest results
Winners will be notified via e-mail at the end of December, 2022.
Publications
Awards will be announced on the contest’s website and on Koto-ku Culture and Community Foundation’s newsletter “Culture Navi KOTO”.
In addition, winning pieces will be published in the “42th Sigureki Haiku Competition’s Selected Haiku Anthology” in October 2023.
Personal information
Personal information submitted in application is strictly used for this competition’s purpose only.
A prize winner’s submitted pen name (or name) and hometown will be made public.
(Information such as age, gender, address details and email address will remain confidential.)
Copyrights
The copyright regarding the announcement and publication of the award-winning works, including the secondary use, remains with the Basho Museum.
Judges
Kai Hasegawa (Haiku poet, Haiku critic)
Naoko Fujita (Haiku poet, Supervisor of haiku circle and journal “Shurei”, Councillor of Association of Haiku Poets)
Dhugal J.Lindsay (Haiku poet, Marine biologist)
Prize
Each of the three judges awards a “Basho-an Award”.
Each of the three judges will choose ten other winners.
Organizer
Koto-ku Culture and Community Foundation
Basho Museum
Contact
bashoan2018@kcf.or.jp