We are developing an Under the Basho, Living Haiku Anthology (online), bringing a multicultural voice of haiku to the general public.· The Living Haiku Anthology's mission is to provide numerous and varied haiku, free of charge, to readers from all over the world including schools of education at all levels.· It will be an ongoing adventure rooted in the Under the Basho website, growing poem by poem, poet by poet, as years go by.
An authentic anthology of haiku isn't complete until people from all styles are represented. Haiku is a street poem; it is a poem that reaches all walks of life; it is a poem that can be simple and unobtrusive and yet a poem that can cause, through delicately engineered reader resistance, weeks of pondering as to what it means and its ensuing significance, if any.
The Living Haiku Anthology will be populated by two avenues:
- transfers from Under the Basho bi-annual journal (automatically, following the 60th day of publication);
- through submissions of groups of 5 to 15 poems, new or previously published, by poets who want to continue to enhance their presence in the Anthology.
By staying true to these procedures, the anthology will never become outdated or cliché; and, it will be available to the public 24 hours a day for perusing.
(Please Note: the Anthology does not accept Concrete Haiku poems for anthologizing at this time.)
This is a project for everyone. Get excited; get involved. Encourage yourself and fellow poets to join in. If you are passionate about haiku, then this is another excellent project for you to become involved with.
Join your voice "in the mix".
Don
Editor in Chief
1st annual Under the Basho International Haiku Contest
1st Place - $500 (USA$); 2nd Place - $150 (USA$); 3rd Place - $50 (USA$).
Five Honorable Mentions
Submission Dates: Open October 21st to February 15th. CLOSED and in JUDGING STAGE!
Email Submissions to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Attention: Maureen Subject: Contest
Rules: Submit 2 haiku only. No additional haiku will be accepted or judged. There is no fee to enter. Results will be announced by March 31st. Awards will be delivered by April 25th which include: Cash; Certificates for 1st, 2nd, 3rd; Honorable Mention Certificates. Send only new, unpublished haiku. Facebook, forums, journals, magazines and any other form of publication disqualifies the haiku. Entries cannot have been workshopped or otherwise seen, viewed, or read. New writes only.
Contest Coordinator: Maureen Salman (the coordinator for HNA Haiku Contest - nearly 1500 haiku)
Judging: The contest coordinator, Maureen Salman, will receive the haiku entries and assign numbers to them - removing all names. She will then, at closing date, forward to the poems (without names) to Alan Summers and Don Baird. Alan will pre-screen entries and select 25 haiku from the group. He will then notify Don of the 25 numbers. At this point, Don will select winners and honorable mentions from Alan's preliminary selection. Hansha, webmaster, will post names of winners and honorable mentions on the Under the Basho website for contest year, 2014.
Who Cannot Enter: Anyone affiliated with Under the Basho as owners and/or volunteers cannot enter the contest. Current haiku students of Don Baird, Alan Summers, and Hansha Teki cannot enter the contest.
Preliminary Judge: Alan Summers - About Alan
Finals Judge: Don Baird - Contest Director and Sponsor
Thank you!
Under the Basho