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Call for Submissions:
The 2018 International Women's Haiku Festival on Inner Voices
https://jenniferhambrick.com/2018/01/13/call-for-submissions-the-2018-international-womens-haiku-festival-on-inner-voices/

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The weblink seemed to be not working, at least for me, so here it is again, just to make sure:


The Robert Spiess Memorial 2018 Haiku Awards Contest
http://www.modernhaiku.org/spiesscontest/spiesscontest2018.html


Postal or email entries accepted.

Quote from: Billie Wilson on January 10, 2018, 11:48:35 PM
March 13 is the deadline for entries in The Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Awards Contest for 2018. Submission guidelines are set out at the Modern Haiku website.

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Quote from: flowerfox on January 07, 2018, 11:28:05 PM
Do you think understanding the artist, as much as we can, gives that white space within a painting when viewing?

I write and continue to write about whitespace/negative space. Do we need to know anything about an artist or any other kind of author? I feel both no, and yes. We are coloured by what we think and what we think is coloured by what is out there, mostly incorrect.

The Van Gogh Museum website is a good source, and I enjoyed visiting the actual venue more than once, and the surprise the first time when there was the comparative Van Gogh/Munch exhibition.

white paintings:
http://area17.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/negative-space-in-haiku-writing-poetry.html

Dr Who and Van Gogh when Science Fiction can become an invaluable tool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubTJI_UphPk

warm regards,
Alan

Quote from: flowerfox on January 07, 2018, 11:28:05 PM
Thanks Alan. The one I find most intriguing is the first painting with the second link.

I'm assuming this painting was was done from memory because of the time of year, and wonder is it more of a symbolic panting of his state of mind and an emotion within. Do you think understanding the artist, as much as we can, gives that white space within a painting when viewing?
We all have differing opinions, see things differently, we see this in our workshop threads.
Such fascinating subjects.

I am guessing this one of the eleven Sowers as it appears close to Pointillism:
https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection/d0302V1972r

Here are all eleven:
https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/search/collection?Q=The%20Sower

Quote from: flowerfox on January 07, 2018, 12:06:47 PM
Hi, Anna, you mentioned 'The Sower' which one?

I particularly like this painting - Arles June 1888, a wonderful movement to it.

The one that struck me when you mentioned this particular painting - the sower- which there are a few.
The Sower - Arles- November 1888 could have the 'ma' element. Here we have a close-up of a sower of seeds, a dark painting, these seeds well depicted in the painting.Is van Gogh representing his own seeds (in the brothels a dark and desolate place) and not producing the one thing he so dearly wanted, a crop of his own making.
A marvellous subject for haiku

Hi Anna,

I see I didn't get around to sharing the link, which was an interview by Shloka Shankar of Sonic Boom. Here's a blog post which includes the link:
http://area17.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/negative-space-in-haiku-writing-poetry.html

Quote from: Anna on November 25, 2016, 07:51:57 AM

Quote from: Alan Summers on November 25, 2016, 06:16:23 AM
Hi Martin,

I will be saying more about MA etc... in an interview, but in the meantime I feel outside Japan we can do MA and kigo, but in our own different ways.   After all the planet is as old equally to whatever country is writing haiku. :)

Alan

Yes Alan, please share the link

The direct link to submissions is this:
https://stardusthaiku.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page.html

Look forward to the January issue!

Quote from: Valentina Ranaldi-Adams on January 04, 2018, 04:08:06 PM
Stardust Haiku is accepting submission for the January Issue through January 14, 2018.  Complete submission instructions can be found on the web site at https://stardusthaiku.blogspot.com/

Quote from: Valentina Ranaldi-Adams on January 04, 2018, 04:08:06 PM
Stardust Haiku is accepting submission for the January Issue through January 14, 2018.  Complete submission instructions can be found on the web site at https://stardusthaiku.blogspot.com/

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National Haiku Contest
For writers living in Canada, or Canadians living abroad.
http://poets.ca/haiku/

Just a few days to the deadline!!!

DEADLINE: January 15th, 2018


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The massive task of updating is still ongoing, but Mike is determined to continue to give us an excellent online presence.

Some of the web links have now changed.

e.g.

Biographies of the officers are now photos only:
http://unitedhaikuandtankasociety.com/officers-biographies

Home page:
http://unitedhaikuandtankasociety.com

To join is free!
Simply make use of this webpage:
http://unitedhaikuandtankasociety.com/join

Send Iliyana Stoyanova a lovely request to join UHTS. :-)

To check out the UHTS journal just click anywhere on this page:
http://www.cattailsjournal.com


warm regards,

Alan

Alan Summers
President, United Haiku and Tanka Society

Quote from: AlanSummers on September 07, 2017, 08:09:49 AM
From Michel Montreuil

Hi all,

Just a heads up that the "old" UHTS website will be shut down for good this weekend as we enable the "new" website with a new hosting service.  The old site has been backed up, and all the old issues of cattails have been saved.   Sometime this fall, the old web issues of cattails will be converted to PDF format.   However, not all features from the old issues will be available in PDF.

The new United Haiku and Tanka Society website will be up and running by the end of Sunday,
September 10, 2017.   The existing UHTS website will be shut down accordingly.   

Cheers
Mike

Alan's note:
Old website up for a while:
http://www.unitedhaikuandtankasociety.com/home.html
http://www.unitedhaikuandtankasociety.com/biographies.html

Cattails journal website:
http://www.cattailsjournal.com/welcome.html


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The Results of VII Polish International Haiku Contest 2017   
2018/01/02
http://psh.org.pl/vii-pihc-2017-results/

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE ANNUAL UHTS AHA HAIKU/SENRYU CONTEST OPEN ON 1st JANUARY AND CLOSE ON 15th APRIL 2018. 


For further details on how to submit please check the contest guidelines here: 
http://unitedhaikuandtankasociety.com/contest-submission-guidelines

Please do "not" use the cattails submissions guidelines for contests.

RESULTS: The names of winners (only) will be notified by email and the winning poems will be published with the Judge's commentary in an upcoming issue of Seedpods, our e-newsletter.

To receive a copy of Seedpods, please join UHTS by contacting our Secretary, Iliyana Stoyanova at uhts_secretary@fastmail.co.uk, with the subject heading "UHTS MEMBERSHIP".
or
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Marianna Monaco
UHTS CONTEST COORDINATOR
email: marianna.monaco@gmail.com


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Submissions for April 2018 issue of cattails

SUBMISSIONS FOR APRIL 2018 ISSUE OF cattails
OPEN 1st JANUARY (midnight) GMT AND CLOSE 15th FEBRUARY (midnight) GMT.

Please make sure you submit your work to the correct editor.

N.B. Kathy Kituai is the new tanka editor.

Sonam Chhoki is the haibun editor for the April issue and Mike Montreuil, the October issue.


1. Send your work in the body of an email only – attachments will not be opened. You must include your country, full name, and email address in the body of the email to be considered.



2. We consider only works that have never been previously published elsewhere, either online or in print, (this includes on social media sites, blogs, and websites).



3. We do not consider works submitted elsewhere simultaneously, including to journals or competitions.



4. The work presented must be yours exclusively or if it's collaboration, all persons involved in the collaboration must be included in the submission.



5. We encourage, but do not require you to submit your works in your native language, along with the English version.



6. You may make one submission per reading period of:
Not more than 10 tanka
Not more than 12 haiku
Not more than 12 Senryu
Not more than 3 haibun

7. What we do not accept:
Haiga/Tankart
mainstream short form poetry
tanka prose
sequences of any type
linked verse
rhymed work
books for review

Response Time:

Members of the editorial team will acknowledge your submission within a week of receipt.

Final acceptances or rejections will be sent once the final selections are complete. If you happen to experience a delay, please contact the principal editor, Sonam, at allthingshaibun@gmail.com



REMINDER:
Please send any/all other submissions (within the "body" of an email), with the Subject heading for the appropriate form you are submitting to, all in CAPITAL LETTERS.


Submit your work according to the following genre editors: (see definitions page if you're unclear about these distinctions): http://www.cattailsjournal.com/definitions.html



Tanka Editor: Kathy Kituai, Australia

submittocattails+TANKA@gmail.com 
with the subject heading: TANKA


Haiku Editor: Geethanjali Rajan, India

submittocattails+HAIKU@gmail.com 
with the subject heading: HAIKU


Senryu Editor: Gautam Nadkarni, India

submittocattails+SENRYU@gmail.com 
with the subject heading: SENRYU


Haibun Editor: April Issue: Sonam Chhoki, Bhutan

submittocattails+HAIBUN@gmail.com 
with the subject heading: HAIBUN


Haibun Editor: October Issue : Mike Montreuil, Canada

submittocattails+HAIBUN@gmail.com 
with the subject heading: HAIBUN


Youth Corner Editor: Kala Ramesh, India

submittocattails+YOUTH@gmail.com 
with the subject heading: YOUTH


Managing Editor: Mike Montreuil, Canada

submittocattails+TECH@gmail.com 
with the subject heading: TECH
UHTS

Secretary: Iliyana Stoyanova
submittocattails+JOIN@gmail.com 
with the subject heading: JOIN
Or:
http://unitedhaikuandtankasociety.com/join

To see the last issue (October 2017):
http://www.cattailsjournal.com/issues/cattails_final_Oct2017.pdf

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Hi Lorraine,

Merry Twelve Days of Christmas the coming New Year!

From Alan

Quote from: Lorraine Pester on December 23, 2017, 07:43:09 AM

Quote from: AlanSummers on December 22, 2017, 02:24:03 PM
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Happy Winter Festival, Yuletide, Yulemas, Christmas, and a wonderful New Year!
http://area17.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/merry-christmas-everyone-enjoy-yuletide.html

Now back to being Santa to thousands of families visiting Bristol (U.K.):
https://www.facebook.com/galleriesbristol/photos/a.162037010529462.41355.126044034128760/1632465613486587/?type=3&theater

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Merry Christmas to you and yours Allen

Lorraine

Santa always wears spectacles! :-)

Quote from: justlikeyou on December 23, 2017, 12:03:21 PM
I had no idea you wore glasses Alan :-) Merry Christmas!

Happy Coming New Year!

Alan

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Happy Winter Festival, Yuletide, Yulemas, Christmas, and a wonderful New Year!
http://area17.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/merry-christmas-everyone-enjoy-yuletide.html

Now back to being Santa to thousands of families visiting Bristol (U.K.):
https://www.facebook.com/galleriesbristol/photos/a.162037010529462.41355.126044034128760/1632465613486587/?type=3&theater

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Haiku and The Reader as Second Verse
http://area17.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/haiku-and-reader-as-second-verse-by.html


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