The 11th
Tanka Society of America’s
International Competition Call for Submissions
Deadline:
Postmark date of May 10, 2010.
Eligibility: Open to all, members and non-members alike,
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Entries must be original, in English, unpublished, and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 the "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. Type or print
neatly please.
Submit entries and fees to: Carole MacRury, 1636 Edwards
Drive, Point Roberts, WA 98281-8511 USA
Awards: First prize: $100; Second Prize: $50; Third
Prize: $25. Amount of prizes may be reduced if an
insufficient number of entries are received. Winning
poems will be published in Ribbons, the Tanka Society of
America journal.
Adjudication: The name(s) of the judge(s) will be
announced after the contest.
Rights: All rights revert to the authors after
publication.
Correspondence: Unfortunately, entries cannot be
returned. Please send a business size SASE for answers
to queries or for a list of winning entries. For foreign
entries, send a self-addressed envelope and one
international reply coupon.
Source:
Tanka
Society of America
