We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the authors who trusted us with their poems and to our judges, Marta Chociłowska Iliyana Stoyanova, Frank Williams, Vessislava Savova, Gergana Yaninska, and Iliyana Deleva for their time and work!
This year we received 208 haiku in the Bulgarian section and 420 haiku in the English- language section - from Algeria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Ireland, Israel, Malaysia, Montenegro, Nepal, New Zealand, Netherlands, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, UK, and USA.
Here are the winners:
https://vidahaiku.wordpress.com/maya-lyubenova-international-haiku-contest/the-second-annual-maya-lyubenova-haiku-contest/second-annual-maya-lyubenova-haiku-contest-the-winners/
Submission Guidelines:
Theme: HOPE
Rules:
The contest is open to everyone but the members of the Jury, the contest coordinator, and their relatives.
The submitted haiku must be original work of the author, unpublished (online or in a printed edition) and not shared on any social media (including closed/private groups).
Poets may submit in English or in Bulgarian.
Number of haiku:
Each poet may submit no more than 2 haiku.
Submission period:
January 1, 2021 – February 15, 2021
Jury:
Marta Chociłowska
Iliyana Stoyanova
Frank Williams
Coordinator: Tzetzka Ilieva
Email for submission: tzetzka2019.en@gmail.com
Please write your poems, name, and country of origin in the body of the email. Attachments will not be opened.
https://vidahaiku.wordpress.com/maya-lyubenova-international-haiku-contest/the-second-annual-maya-lyubenova-haiku-contest/second-annual-maya-lyubenova-haiku-contest/?fbclid=IwAR39hVCxTOUSsv2xRgFJMTzS2mp2I5uqMc4Kdt2nzHG7ktD8uzaQ_QGz3ik
Just a reminder that the deadline is February 15.
Thank you to those who have already submitted!
https://vidahaiku.wordpress.com/maya-lyubenova-international-haiku-contest/the-second-annual-maya-lyubenova-haiku-contest/second-annual-maya-lyubenova-haiku-contest/
The results:
https://vidahaiku.wordpress.com/maya-lyubenova-international-haiku-contest/the-second-annual-maya-lyubenova-haiku-contest/second-annual-maya-lyubenova-haiku-contest-the-winners/