Deadline: 6 August 2013
Dear Poet, we thank you for choosing to participate in the RædLeafPoetry-India Award 2013. Please check our FAQ if you have any contest related queries before approaching us. Certainly, we would answer your query if it is not answered already.
RÆDLEAFPOETRY-INDIA AWARD 2013 IS OPEN IN TWO CATEGORIES:
For Tanka
“In form, technique, and subject matter, the modern English-language tanka shows wide variation and invention and appears disinclined to observe any rigid set of “rules” or conventions”
– Michael McClintock
Tanka is deeply grounded in concrete images, and also is laden with lyrical intensity and musicality.
It would be good to see your poem in s/l/s/l/l format, but we are not very particular about syllable count, as long as the poem comes together in a nice way to make it memorable for your reader.
A few examples of what we are looking for:
I’ve this memory–
riding my father’s shoulders
into the ocean,
the poetry of things
before I could speak – Michael McClintock
moonbathing
this autumn eve
my body
and mind float free
in a river of stars – Karen Ceser
For Haiku
Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life.
-Santoka Taneda
One to four lines, no strict syllable count, but do be brief. Seasonality is appreciated but not compulsory. Your poem should come together as a work of art, unity and resonance being integral to it.
A few examples of what we are looking for:
between the sky
and the spin of the earth
this falling leaf -Laryalee Fraser
migrating geese —
the things we thought we needed
darken the garage – Chad Lee Robinson
temple path
the dust i kick up
sticks to me – Ed Markowski
When composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breadth separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.
-Matsuo Basho
AWARDS:
Long poems:
Email your entries to awardsubmissions@rlpoetry.org
Address them as per your submission.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: awardsubmissions@rlpoetry.org
Website: http://rlpoetry.org/
Dear Poet, we thank you for choosing to participate in the RædLeafPoetry-India Award 2013. Please check our FAQ if you have any contest related queries before approaching us. Certainly, we would answer your query if it is not answered already.
RÆDLEAFPOETRY-INDIA AWARD 2013 IS OPEN IN TWO CATEGORIES:
- Long Poems (Rhyme, Freeverse, Prose poem, Doggerel etc.)
- Short Poems (haiku & tanka only)
- Entries must be original poems written in English only (no translations)
- Maximum length of each entry: 40 lines.
- Contestants may send up to 5 entries each.
- Age limit: 18 and above.
- OPEN TO INDIAN NATIONALS ONLY
- Please do not enter any previously published poems (publication includes, facebook, personal blogs and websites, journals or books)
- The contestant’s name must not appear on the poem(s) entered for the Award; instead, a separate sheet listing the titles of all poems entered should accompany the entries.
- The judges will recognize formal dexterity and innovation, stylistic energy, literary inventiveness, and refreshing originality of conception and composition, among other merits.
- 20 best poets will be Shortlisted. All Shortlisted candidates will be duly notified of what follows next.
- Make the best use of this opportunity.
- To check for expected quality standards, please refer to Poetry Lounge.
- Entries to be original poems written in English only (no translations)
- Send best 5 of haiku or best 5 of tanka or a combination of both.
- Please do not enter any previously published poems (publication includes, facebook, personal blogs and websites, journals or books)
- The contestant’s name must not appear on the poem(s) entered for the Award; instead, a separate sheet listing the titles of all poems entered should accompany the entries.
- 5 best poets will be Shortlisted in each Haiku/Tanka category or of the combination of both. All Shortlisted candidates will be duly notified of what follows next.
For Tanka
“In form, technique, and subject matter, the modern English-language tanka shows wide variation and invention and appears disinclined to observe any rigid set of “rules” or conventions”
– Michael McClintock
Tanka is deeply grounded in concrete images, and also is laden with lyrical intensity and musicality.
It would be good to see your poem in s/l/s/l/l format, but we are not very particular about syllable count, as long as the poem comes together in a nice way to make it memorable for your reader.
A few examples of what we are looking for:
I’ve this memory–
riding my father’s shoulders
into the ocean,
the poetry of things
before I could speak – Michael McClintock
moonbathing
this autumn eve
my body
and mind float free
in a river of stars – Karen Ceser
For Haiku
Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life.
-Santoka Taneda
One to four lines, no strict syllable count, but do be brief. Seasonality is appreciated but not compulsory. Your poem should come together as a work of art, unity and resonance being integral to it.
A few examples of what we are looking for:
between the sky
and the spin of the earth
this falling leaf -Laryalee Fraser
migrating geese —
the things we thought we needed
darken the garage – Chad Lee Robinson
temple path
the dust i kick up
sticks to me – Ed Markowski
When composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breadth separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.
-Matsuo Basho
AWARDS:
Long poems:
- 1st Prize – INR 20000 + Manuscript (Soft copy)
- 2nd Prize- INR 10000 + Manuscript (Soft copy)
- Haiku Prize – INR 5000 + Manuscript (Soft copy)
- Tanka Prize- INR 5000 + Manuscript (Soft copy)
Email your entries to awardsubmissions@rlpoetry.org
Address them as per your submission.
- Submit RLP AWARD 2013- General poems
- Submit RLP AWARD 2013- Haiku
- Submit RLP AWARD 2013- Tanka
- Submit RLP AWARD 2013- Haiku/Tanka (If sending both)
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: awardsubmissions@rlpoetry.org
Website: http://rlpoetry.org/
