Call for Entries - Indian Kukai #12 - July 2015

Dear haiku friend,

We welcome you to the 12th edition of Indian Kukai.

Indian Kukai, which will be held once every two months, 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.

We request you to bookmark or follow our blog, Indian Kukai @ http://indiankukai.blogspot.com/

The topic for this edition is BOOMERANG.
The word need not be used in the verse. Please feel free to interpret it as your muse desires.

An example:

distant village
an empty house awaits
my return

- - Samar Ghose
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Submission Period:
Now - 22 JULY 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Voting Period:
23 JULY 2015 - 1 AUG 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
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Submission Guidelines:
• Participants may send no more than ONE ENGLISH 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.

• Please do not use any obscene words in your haiku. We wish to keep the Indian Kukai free of such words.

• All haiku entries are to remain anonymous till we publish the results. Any shared information or discussion about your entries in any group or forum, will be considered a violation of the rule.

• If you submit a haiku to the kukai, then voting is mandatory.

• Once the submission period closes, a ballot mail with the anonymous entries will be sent only to those who have submitted. The e-mail will arrive to your email ids used during submission.



How to enter?
• Send one haiku to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com

• The subject for correspondence will be “Indian Kukai #12 (BOOMERANG) – My Entry”

• Please sign your haiku with your name and place of residence (city, country).

• Write your entry in the body of the mail, left aligned. Attachments will not be considered.

• We will acknowledge the receipt of your entry.


A request: PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MAIL WITH YOUR ENTRY.



Voting Guidelines:

• Only those who have submitted an entry to this edition of the kukai can vote.

• If you submit a haiku to the kukai, then voting is mandatory.

• We will send you an e-mail with the entries numbered and made anonymous.

• You have six points to use in total, no more than three points to any one haiku entry. All six points must be used.


How to vote?

• Send all your votes in one e-mail to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com with the subject for correspondence as "Indian Kukai #12 (BOOMERANG) - My Votes".

• We will acknowledge the receipt of your votes.

• Please do not vote for your own entry. Such votes will result in all your votes being rejected.

• If you fail to vote during the voting period, then your haiku will be listed without ranking points in the results.

• Order your votes in the same order as in list.
For eg:
#01 -- 3 points
#06 -- 1 points
#25 -- 2 points

• Once voting period closes, the results will be published on this blog. We will intimate the publishing of results on the blog via email.


There will be e-certificates awarded for the top five winners of the kukai.


With much thanks for your support in the first eleven editions, and looking forward to your participation again. We hope you enjoy this edition of Indian Kukai.



Regards,
Jayashree Maniyil
Organiser, Indian Kukai.