Earlier this year, I entered some haiku into a local competition associated with the Arizona Matsuri Festival. Having had some success last year, (see A Haiku Victory!), I decided to give it a go, again.
This time around, I decided to write contemporary haiku that doesn’t abide in the “traditional” 5-7-5 syllable format. Even though the competition defined haiku as having strict syllable rules, there was a tiny mention of how contemporary English language haiku does not follow the same rules. Seeing as most of my haiku fall between 9 and 12 syllables, I was thrilled to get the chance to compete with my chosen format of haiku.
The gamble paid off! I ended up getting published in the Haiku Expo 2016 eBook, with a haiku that earned the rank of Outstanding in the competition. Only 41 out of 830 entries received an Outstanding rank, so I’m pretty excited to see my name listed in that group!
The eBook is free and is well worth downloading. It’s a beautiful collection of haiku from all different age ranges.
During the festival, my haiku was on display at the Haiku Expo booth along with other Outstanding and Honorable Mention winners.
Publication in any form is a nice way to start the writing year! 🙂
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c.b.w. 2016
Congrats! so exciting.
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Thank you! 🙂
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Wonderful. I’m so happy for you and the public display of your work. Congratulations.
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Thank you! It’s was great to make it into the Expo, again! 🙂
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Congratulations. How lovely to see your words out there in the word!
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Thanks so much! 🙂
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Well done. Many people think they understand haiku. Few do.
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It’s much more complicated than people think. I’ve been playing haiku for more than a year and I’m still working out minutiae of the genre. I think that’s what I like about it – it’s deceptively simple. 🙂
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Congratulations 🙂
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Thank you! 🙂
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Congrats! Great way to start the year, and definitely more to come!
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I hope so! 🙂
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Congratulations! That’s incredible! I love the way they display the haikus. It’s so creative. : )
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I do, too! This year they printed the poems instead of writing them out by hand. We’re moving up in the world! 🙂
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So very proud of you! This is fantastic!
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Thank you Lissa! I keep the book you sent me last year close to my haiku journals. It is such an inspiration both as a beautiful book of poems and as a symbol of fellow writers who believe in me. 🙂
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Congratulations, CB!! I’m so happy for you! I love your haiku always. Thank you, for the link to the haiku ebook as well!!
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There is some fantastic haiku in this year’s collection. I hope you enjoy it! 🙂
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Thank you…I’m sure I will!
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Congratulations!!
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Thanks so much!
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