10th Anniversary
Tanka
Society of America
International Tanka Competition—2009
Deadline: Postmark
date of May 10, 2009
Eligibility: Open to all except TSA officers and judges.
Regulations: Any number of tanka may be submitted. Entries
must be original, in English, unpublished, and not submitted
for publication or to any other contest.
Entry fee: $1.00 per tanka, U.S. funds only. Please make
checks/money orders payable to "Tanka Society of America."
Submissions: Submit each tanka on three separate 3 x 5 inch
cards, two with the tanka only (for anonymous judging), the
third with the tanka and the author's name and address in the
upper left-hand corner. Please type or print neatly.
Submit entries and fees to: TSA Tanka Competition, Carole
MacRury, Coordinator,
1636 Edwards Drive, Point Roberts WA 98281-8511.
Awards: First prize $100; Second prize $50; Third prize $25.
Amount of prizes may be reduced if an insufficient number of
entries is received. Winning poems will be published in the
Summer 2009 issue of Ribbons: Tanka
Society of
America Journal,
Adjudication: The name(s) of the judge(s) will be announced
when the results are made public.
Rights: All rights revert to the authors after publication.
Correspondence: Unfortunately, entries cannot be returned.
Please send an SASE for answers to queries or for a list of
winning entries. For foreign entries, please send a
self-addressed envelope and one
international reply coupon.
