2010 Think TANKA Contest

31 August 2010
2010 Think TANKA Contest
Deadline: 31 August 2010
Eligibility: no restrictions
Reading Fee: $2
Accepts (genre): tanka
Prize/Payment: $100

GUIDELINES:

Only previously unpublished tanka poems accepted. Seeking high quality tanka poetry. There is no theme for this contest. Please type "TANKA" in subject line to avoid deletion. Enter as often as you like by email (no attachments please) or by snail mail and you can make 1 total payment by paypal, US check or US money order. Simply email your poems, then click on the paypal button and enter the total cost for the amount of poems that you have submitted. Eg. 10 poems = $14 or 2 poems = $4. If entering by snail mail, please provide one entry with contact information and one anonymous entry (only the poems). All contact information will be removed from entries for judging. Snail mail entries must be postmarked by August 31, 2010 to qualify.

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine
c/o Raquel Bailey
P.O. Box 17331
Arlington, VA 22216

Entry Fee: $2.00/tanka or $7.00/ collection of 5 tanka

Winners and Honorable Mentions will be posted on website.

Requires first rights, electronic rights and possibly publication reprint rights (but you would be notified).

Open January 30, 2010 - August 31, 2010

Awards:

1st Place Prize - $ 100.00 (US) & Certificate
2nd $ 50.00
3rd $ 25.00

More information here.
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