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Competitions: Haiku text competition

Ancient Narrative, Modern Text

SMS your haiku poem to: 0423 335 313

During the week of the St Kilda Writers’ Festival
(24th to 30th April) we're asking poets, participants, patrons and any other interested parties to SMS us haikus.

That's right, seventeenth century Japanese poetry meets twenty-first century digital technology. Text us an original haiku and you could be up for some great prizes.

What constitutes a haiku?
A short poem. It can be about anything – a mood, a tone, the weather, whatever – but for the purposes of this competition it must consist of three lines containing 5, 7 and 5 syllables respectively.

No correspondence will be entered into regarding meter, history, modern haiku or “the one true breath” method of composition.
Haiku must be the original work of the individual entrant. No collaborative entries will be considered.

Entries must have name and postcode at the top of the text

First Prize – $50 Readings Voucher, St Kilda Writers’ Festival T-Shirt and St Kilda Writers’ Festival Zinology by Cha-Ya Clancy.

Runners up Prize x 2- St Kilda Writers’ Festival T-Shirt and St Kilda Writers’ Festival Zinology by Cha-Ya Clancy and a bottle top.

Judged by Myron Lysenko, a poet, author, editor, small press publisher, poetry organizer, lyricist, workshop convenor and humourist.

Competition closes midnight Sunday 30th April.

Winners will be announced mid-May at the Writers’ Festival Zinology launch.

Download flyer.

Competitions: Post it pieces

You're invited to write the great Australian novel, an epic poem, a three-act play, graphic novel or a killer first line ... just as long as it fits on a post-it note.

Create your masterpiece, pop your name on the back and drop it off at participating cafes or any branch of the Port Phillip Library Service.

Get it in by Sunday 30th April.

Look out for entry forms (post-it note included) in cafes and libraries near you, as well as at the St Kilda Library Festival events.

Above: An image from the Poet Tree at last year's festival, a collaborative poem written by many festival participants and punters.
(Photo by Cindy Kitt.)