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THE
WORLD HAIKU CLUB: Central
Website:
http://www.worldhaikuclub.org
Important Announcement!
The World Haiku Club is pleased to
announce the creation of an annual haiku-related award, called “R. H. Blyth
Award” at WHC. This will be a top award among a number of high-standard awards
which WHC will be introducing and will aim at becoming one of the most
prestigious and important haiku-related awards in the world. Several other WHC
awards are being planned, including the one which is under discussion with
another organisation run by eminent haiku poets. UPDATE: 17/04/02
Nearly all the preparations are completed and all that remains to be done is to receive the submissions of your best works for this new and important development in the world haiku scene. Watch this space for more announcements. The World Haiku Festival 2002
Yuwa, Akita, Japan
Haiku poems in any form, style,
subject or convention. They can either have kigo or be muki (no season words).
In other words, each poem will be judged in its own merit. However, they should
reflect your understanding of what all, or some or one of these four great
individuals mean to you: Rogetsu, Shiki, Basho & R. H. Blyth. Highest standards and quality will
be sought in this competition. English (haiku written in any other languages must be translated into English. Please, therefore, aim at top-quality translation. Other languages will not be considered) Eligibility Open to everybody in the world.
Your works must be new, original, unpublished and not being considered
elsewhere. By submitting them, you shall be deemed to have agreed to give
permission that the works may be published in the announcement, publication or
any other use which the organisers deem fit. The copyrights shall revert to the
authors once their works are published. Any work in breach of these
requirements, or any other normal practice of international haiku contests,
including those under WHC, which the organisers deem reasonable, will be
rejected and prizes awarded will be rescinded. You can submit up to 3 haiku. As
already mentioned, they should be written in, or translated into, English. Type
your works, your first names, your SURNAME (in capital letters), address, tel/fax,
e-mail address, haiku pen name, if any, with a brief bio. How you lay your poems
on paper may not necessarily be observed in the event of publication. Friday 31 May 2002 (Midnight your
local time, or postmark). The deadline is tight because the works to be
published must go to the printers by end June. ￡5 or US$ 10 or Yen1000 per entry regardless of the number of works submitted. Send International Money Order or sterling cheque drawn at UK banks in favour of “World Haiku Festival” to Headquarters of the World Haiku
Club Payment in cash (sending banknotes) is a preferred option to avoid high commission costs (no problems have been experienced so far, but make sure to put the banknotes within at least two sheets of your folded letter paper) but will be at the sender’s risk. The fees will be used to help finance prizes, publications and administrative costs but will not cover copies of the proposed anthology etc. How to submit works Send your works to aminetoxford@cwcom.net
with the subject line “WHF2002 Haiku Competition” This is the preferred
method. Even if you have not your own e-mail facilities, please try to send your
works by e-mail with the help of your friends or at an Internet cafe, or work. If you cannot use e-mail, send your works etc. by post (snail mail) to: Headquarters of The World Haiku
Club The submission must be typed,
otherwise it could be rejected. A panel of judges shall consist of
leading international haijin (to be announced) On 20 September 2002 in a ceremony
during the Lord Mayor’s Reception of the World Haiku Festival 2002 at Yuwa,
Akita (venue: Yuwa Town Gymnastic). No individual enquiries regarding works
submitted to be answered. The World Haiku Club has created
an important annual award, called the “R. H. Blyth Award”. This year,
considering the fact that the WHF2002 is partly dedicated to R. H. Blyth, it has
been decided that the R. H. Blyth Award will be appropriated to WHF2002 Haiku in
English and English Translation Competition. The details will be finalised by
the panel of judges. There is a possibility for other awards or prizes to be
considered as well. All submissions will be considered
for publication in the proposed World Haiku Festival Anthology 2000 & 2002.
For further information and/or invitation, please contact Head Office, The World Haiku Club (see letterhead. THE
WORLD HAIKU CLUB: World
Haiku Festival: Patrons, His Excellency Mr. Sadayuki Hayashi, Japanese
Ambassador; Sir Peter Parker,
KBE LVO Supporting
Organisations: Poetry
Society, Global Haiku Festival, Haiku Society of America, Modern Haiku
Association of Japan, Haiku North America, Oxford Brookes University, National
Poetry Day, Ehime-Ken Matsuyama Declaration, Gunma Prefectural Museum of
Literature, Constantza Haiku
Society-Romania, Association of
Croatian Haiku Poets, Obayashi
Seisakusho, Japan Festival Education Trust, Barbican Centre, British Library,
SOAS, Donnington Grove Society, Embassy
of Japan, BBC, Great
Britain Sasakawa Foundation, Japan Foundation, Japan Society, Daiwa
Anglo-Japanese Foundation
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