British Haiku Society Annual Haibun Anthology 2007

Entries are invited for this prestigious international event, the purpose of which is to help raise the quality and range of the haibun genre, which combines poetic prose and haiku.

Entry fee: £5 (cheque made out to 'British Haiku Society') or US$8 (in dollar bills), plus £2/$4 for every additional haibun.

Conditions of entry: Open to all (except BHS Committee members and any others involved with the administration of the Anthology). Entries must be written in English, and between 100 and 2000 words long, including haiku. Work must be unpublished and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Each haibun should be given a title. Entries will not be returned, so please retain copies of each submission. Copyright reverts to the author after publication in the Anthology. In the unlikely event of an insufficient quantity and/or quality of submissions, those that are received will be carried forward to the following year for consideration.

Submission details: Three copies of each haibun, with each copy starting on a 'separate A4 sheet. One copy should show your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address (if applicable). The other copies should carry no identification. If you require acknowledgement of receipt of your entry, please either request an e-mail acknowledgement or send an SAE or, for those overseas, an IRC stamped by the originating office.

Address for entries: BHS Haibun anthology, 95 Winns Avenue, London, E17 5HD, UK.

Closing-date: In hand by 1 August 2007.

Assessment and appraisal of entries: The process of assessment and appraisal will be undertaken by Colin Blundell (ex-editor of Blithe Spirit and haiku writer) and Helen Robinson (haiku, tanka and haibun writer). They will select at least ten quality haibun for publication in the Anthology, and will provide an explanation of, and commentary on, their selections. It is anticipated that the Anthology, whose title will be drawn from the selected haibun, will be published by Christmas 2007. The authors of all the selected haibun will receive a free copy of the Anthology.