2007 International Tanka Contest — Call for Submissions

Deadline: In hand, April 15, 2007

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Entries: Must be original, in English, unpublished, and not submitted for publication or to any other contest.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: Kirsty Karkow, 34 Indian Point, Waldoboro, ME 04572.

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 TSA 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, SAE and one IRC.

Make checks/money orders payable to the "Tanka Society of America" and mail to Kirsty Karkow, 34 Indian Point, Waldoboro, ME 04572.