THE AJET CONNECT MONTHLY HAIKU CONTEST
This Months Haiku ENGLISH Seasonal Love captured by Summer seduced with Autumn's colors Winter, I surrender.
Kezumie Weekley
On the horizon Bigger than the summer sun Is the autumn moon
Julia Mace
VOTE at ajet.net/haiku
Entries due January 15, 2012
Submissions should be original haiku accompanied by:
1_ your name 2_ your mailing address (this will not be published) 3_ your JET number (this will not be published) 4_ written in English or Japanese (if written in Japanese, your haiku must be accompanied by furigana and an English translation) Contestants may submit one haiku (per category) each month. This contest is for JET participants only. Current National AJET coun-
Send your entries to contest@ajet.net
cil members are not eligible to enter.
Create a haiku? and maybe even a few? don’t mind if I do…
Ownership/ Use Rights: Haiku authors retain the rights to their haiku. By entering the contest, the authors agree to have their submitted haiku published in the AJET Connect magazine, displayed on the AJET website and posted on AJET Facebook sites. Haiku will be credited to the author named in the entry form.
Whether you’re an experienced poet, or have never written poetry before, let inspiration strike and send us your haiku! Every month we accept haikus from JETs across Japan. Readers can vote on the best, and the winning entry will be entered into the annual contest next spring! Voting is underway now please vote for your choice.
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