Namaste!
We welcome you to the inaugural edition of Indian Kukai.
Indian Kukai comes to you from IN haiku group, which was formed by few like-minded haiku poets at the Haiku Utsav in February of 2013 – for exploring, promoting, enjoying and sinking deeper into the intricacies of this beautiful art form.
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Topics and results will be posted to this blog only. We’ll send you the ballot to the mail ID you use to enter the kukai.
The topic for Indian Kukai #01 is MUSIC.
The word need not be used in the haiku, but the haiku should be showing the topic clearly.
silent dawn...
calmness broken
by a shankh*
Vinay Leo R.
August 2013
(* a shankh is a conch shell blown to initiate religious ceremonies and a major Hindu article of prayer)Submission Period: SUNDAY – 1ST SEPTEMBER 2013 to SUNDAY – 15TH SEPTEMBER 2013 (11:59PM IST)
Voting Period: MONDAY – 16TH SEPTEMBER 2013 to SUNDAY – 22ND SEPTEMBER 2013 (11:59PM IST)
Results no later than: SUNDAY – 29TH SEPTEMBER 2013
Guidelines:
- Participants may send no more than ONE HAIKU ENTRY on the topic. No haiga entries please.
- Please do not enter any previously published haiku. Publication includes personal blogs, journals, facebook, print or websites.
- All haiku entries are to remain anonymous till we publish the results.
- If you submit a haiku to the kukai, then voting is mandatory.
- If you fail to vote during the voting period, then your haiku will be shown without ranking points in the results.
- Send one haiku to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com
- The subject for correspondence will be “Indian Kukai #01 – My Entry”
- Please sign your haiku with your name and place of residence (city, country).
- We will acknowledge your entry once we receive it.
- Write your entry in the body of the mail, left aligned. Attachments will not be considered.
- We will send a ballot mail with the entries to those who have entered, once the submission period closes.
Guidelines for Voting Period:
- We will send you an e-mail with the entries numbered and randomized.
- You will have 7 points to use in total, no more than 3 marks to any one haiku entry. All 7 points must be used.
- Please do not vote for your own entry. Such votes will result in all your votes being rejected.
- Order your votes in the same order as in list.
For eg:
#01 -- 3 points
#06 -- 1 points
#25 -- 2 points
#55 -- 1 points - Once voting period closes, the results will be published on this blog. We will intimate the publishing of results on blog via a mail as well.
Welcome again, and we hope you enjoy this edition of Indian Kukai.
Cheers!
Organizers, Indian Kukai.
