Namaste! Hello!
We welcome you to the 34th 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.
We
request you to bookmark or follow our blog, Indian Kukai @ http://indiankukai.blogspot.com/
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.
We have chosen MILKY WAY as the
topic for Indian Kukai #34.
The word need not be used in the haiku, but the haiku
should be showing the topic clearly.
Submission Period:
TUESDAY – 3rd NOVEMBER to TUESDAY – 17th NOVEMBER 2020
(12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
Voting Period:
THURSDAY –19th NOVEMBER to THURSDAY – 26th NOVEMBER 2020(12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
( Note that INDIAN STANDARD TIME is 5:30 Hours ahead of GMT)
Results not later than 5th DECEMBER,2020
Guidelines:
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Participants may
send no more than ONE
HAIKU ENTRY on the topic. No haiga entries please. Only haiku in English shall
be accepted.Please do not leave extra gap between lines of the haiku.
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If you keep extra
gap intentionally,please mention it.
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Please do not
enter any previously published haiku. Publication includes personal blogs,
journals, Facebook, print or websites. Also, please do not use any obscene
words in your haiku. We wish to keep the Indian Kukai free of such words.
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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.
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If you
submit a haiku to the kukai, then voting is mandatory.
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If you fail to
vote during the voting period, then your haiku will be shown without ranking
points in the results.
How to enter?
- Send one haiku to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com
- Only haiku in English shall be accepted.
- The subject for correspondence will be “Indian Kukai #34(MILKY WAY) – My Entry”
- Please sign your haiku with your name and place
of residence (city, country).
- The acknowledgement for the same will come at
most by the weekend after we receive your entry.
- 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:
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Those who
have submitted an entry to this edition of the kukai can vote.
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We will send you
an e-mail with the entries numbered and made anonymous.
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You will have 6
points to use in total. You can vote only for three haiku. You have to award 3 points to one haiku,2 points to another
one and 1 point to the last one of your choice.You have to use all 6 points
this way.You can't go for 2+2+2 option of voting.
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Send all your
votes in one e-mail to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com with the subject
for correspondence as "Indian
Kukai #34(MILKY WAY) - My Votes". We request you not to reply to the
ballot mail itself, as it will help us to tally your votes easily.
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The
acknowledgement for the same will come at most by the weekend after we receive
your vote mail.
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Please do not
vote for your own entry. Such votes will result in all your votes being
rejected.
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Order your votes
in the same order as in list.
For eg:
#01 -- 3
points
#06 -- 1
points
#25 -- 2
points
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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.
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