Haibun Contest
Write a contemporary or traditional haibun about any topic. You may use artistic presentation.
Haibun is a Japanese form, pioneered by the poet Matsuo Basho, and comprising a section of prose followed by haiku. They are about a slice of life, a journal page, a story, etc. In the best examples, the prose and haiku should work together to create an organic whole. The prose portion tells the story and the haiku moves it forward.
Example
The Importance of Goldfish
Michael McClintock
In our eyes and our sleep and our answers to everything and the way we ate our food and left our personal odors and debris around the house, like strands or clippings of hair, or a fingernail, or wadded tissue with spit, and seldom coordinated our clothes or speech or opinions when we went out or had people over, preferring different books by different authors about different things, and the feelings we kept to ourselves, harboring them like warts or bleeding punctures, until now, we grew apart and we knew it, had known it for over four years---since the day you lost the goldfish down the toilet and never said you were sorry. You even laughed about it.
"only temporary" ---
about our separation
we agree to lie
click here to read guideline
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me. Thank you.
Gypsy Blue Rose
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool which is based on the number of entries. The second and third place winners will each share the remaining prize pool. The prize pool is currently 35.00 member dollars. There are 11 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 90.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Wednesday, April 19, 2017.
Full Contest Listing
Haibun is a Japanese form, pioneered by the poet Matsuo Basho, and comprising a section of prose followed by haiku. They are about a slice of life, a journal page, a story, etc. In the best examples, the prose and haiku should work together to create an organic whole. The prose portion tells the story and the haiku moves it forward.
Example
The Importance of Goldfish
Michael McClintock
In our eyes and our sleep and our answers to everything and the way we ate our food and left our personal odors and debris around the house, like strands or clippings of hair, or a fingernail, or wadded tissue with spit, and seldom coordinated our clothes or speech or opinions when we went out or had people over, preferring different books by different authors about different things, and the feelings we kept to ourselves, harboring them like warts or bleeding punctures, until now, we grew apart and we knew it, had known it for over four years---since the day you lost the goldfish down the toilet and never said you were sorry. You even laughed about it.
"only temporary" ---
about our separation
we agree to lie
click here to read guideline
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me. Thank you.
Gypsy Blue Rose
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool which is based on the number of entries. The second and third place winners will each share the remaining prize pool. The prize pool is currently 35.00 member dollars. There are 11 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 90.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Wednesday, April 19, 2017.
