TANKA Poetry Contest

What to Submit 

A TANKA  old or new. It may be a 'free verse' version so does not neccessarily need to be in the traditional defined '5:7:5 :7:7 syllabics, ..so its a matter  of your choice/inclination.Either way is acceptable to me in this contest.

5:7:5:7:7 is the traditional tanka syllabic version (the first three lines are the upper phrase(SHOW)typically contains an image,& the last two lines are the lower phrase(TELL)exposes the poet's ideas about that image.The free version also follows this guideline.

Preparing Your Entry

Submit one copy of your poem online. Format your poem. Please make your entry easy to read — no illustrations or fancy fonts. 

English Language

Poems should be in English. Poems translated from other languages are not eligible, unless you wrote both the original poem and the translation.

A Note to Poetry Contestants

You are welcome to enter this contest, whether or not you won a prize in one of my previous contests.

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