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The Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards for 2022
Maximum number of haiku allowed: five (5) haiku in English
Judging criteria: Selection will be blind to authorship and the sole criterion will be excellence
Judge: to be identified with the winners
Entry fee: none
Eligibility: all haiku poets other than the staff of The Heron's Nest and the contest judge
Awards:
First Place - $150, a copy of To Hear the Rain and a miniature crystal turtle
Second Place - $75, a copy of To Hear the Rain
Third Place - $50, a copy of To Hear the Rain
Honorable Mention (up to five recipients) - award certificates and recognition on our "Awards" page and in our annual print edition.
NOTE: monetary awards to non-US winners will be made through PayPal, where possible, in order to avoid the high cost of bank processing fees.
Deadline for entries: June 1, 2022
How to enter: By email to John Stevenson at ithacan@earthlink.net (put "Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards" in the subject line; provide haiku in the body of the email only-attachments will not be opened. Include your name and your location as you would like to see each listed.)
The submitted poems must not have been published; not accepted for publication; not under consideration by anyone other than us until we announce the contest results.
Announcement of results: July 31, 2022 on our website.