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2005 Tanka Calendar Competition
Sponsors: Winfred Press & Clinging Vine Press
Deadline: In-Hand deadline of July 15, 2004
Eligibility: Open to all except editors of Winfred Press, Clinging Vine Press, contest coordinator and judges.
Regulations: Any number of tanka may be entered. Tanka may be free-form or follow the traditional 5-7-5-7-7 arrangement. Although winning tanka will be published in a calendar form, seasonal words or themes are not required (but may be used). Entries must be original, in English, unpublished, and not submitted for publication or to any other contest, either in print or online. For examples of the tanka form, please visit: americantanka.com and/or: Click Here
Entry fees: $5.00 for two tanka OR $12.00 for six tanka, which entitles entrant to one copy of the calendar (postpaid). Checks drawn on US banks only should be made payable to Clinging Vine Press or Linda J. Ward. Foreign entrants may send cash in US funds at their own risk.
Submissions: Submit each tanka on three separate 3"x 5" cards, two with the tanka only (for anonymous judging), the third with the tanka and the author's name and address in the upper left-hand corner. Please type or print neatly. Submissions that cannot be read cannot be considered.
Submit entries and fees to:
Wanda D. Cook, 10 Woodlawn
Road, Hadley, MA 01035-9604 USA
Publication: There will be 12 winners and six commended tanka. Each of the 12 primary winning tanka will appear on one month of an illustrated wall calendar, 8½" x 11". In addition, six commended tanka will appear on a separate page which will complement a 12-month arrangement.
Awards: In addition to publication in the calendar, three top prizes will be awarded from among the 12 primary winners. First Prize: $80; Second prize: $40; Third prize: $20
All awards will be in US$. Each of the 12 primary winners will receive a copy of Full Moon Tide: The Best of Tanka Splendor 1990-1999.
Adjudication: The name(s) of the judge(s) will be announced after the contest.
Rights: All rights revert to the authors after publication.
Correspondence: Entries cannot be returned. Please send a business size, SASE for a list of winning entries. For foreign entries, SAE and one IRC.
Thanks,
Linda
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--Linda Jeannette Ward
--P.O. Box 231
--Coinjock, N.C. 27923
--U.S.A.
--tankapoet@yahoo.com
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Chrispian H. Burks
Lit.Org Technomage & Founder
http://www.chrispian.com
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