Below are the Guidelines for Kokako #41
(May 2024 to July 2024)
All work should be original, unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere.
Please send only one set of submissions per issue of up to 8 pieces.
We do not accept simultaneous submissions.
For the time being, we are only accepting haiku, senryu, tanka, haibun, haiga and reviews.
Haibun: to be no more than 400 words.
Haiga: Normally Haiga should have a small edging or a frame, but exceptions for artistic reasons will be considered.
JPEGs only please.
The filename is to be the artist's surname followed by the identifying name of the work, eg. smith-cherryblossoms
Haiga with a poor literary component will not be acceptable.
Digital photographs, digital art, scanned photographs or scanned artwork are acceptable as haiga images. Be sure it still looks good and is easily read when scaled down to 600 pixels on its longest side.
Some kind of signature on the image is prefered.
Reviews: no more than 600 words including title, publication details and quoted poems.
Notification of acceptance will be made after the closing date of each submission period:
1st of May to 1st of July for the September 2024 issue.
1st of November to 1st of February for the April 2025 issue.
Please include poems in the body of an email, or attach a Word document.
In 2024, during the 1st of May to 1st of July window, email submissions to:
kokako.aotearoa@gmail.com
Until that time (for issue 40) the usual submission guidelines and subscription fee for the print version remain, including the email address:
kokakonz@gmail.com
You'll find the email address on Haiku NewZ, the source of this announcement: https://poetrysociety.org.nz/affiliates/haiku-nz/haiku-competitions-publications/publications/
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