Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial
Haiku Contest for Grades 7-12

To see an anthology of past winners, visit the Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku Competition Collection.

Eligibility: Any student in grade 7-12 enrolled in a school as of Sept. 2006 may enter.

Regulations: Submit up to three haiku per student. All haiku must be previously unpublished, original work, and not entered in any other contest or submitted elsewhere for publication. Please follow the guidelines carefully. Publication is defined as an appearance in a printed book, magazine, or journal (sold or given away) or in any online journal that presents edited periodic content. The appearance of poems in online discussion lists or personal web sites is not considered publication.

Submissions: Each haiku must be typed in triplicate on 3" by 5" cards. The haiku must appear on the front of each card; your name, address, age, grade level, and school (please include the school address) must appear on the back of (only) one of the cards for each haiku. Please do not send self-addressed stamped envelope with your entries. All winners will be notified. Winning haiku and commentaries will appear in Frogpond. No home-schooled student entry will be accepted. Do not use staples for any purpose. Failure to follow this format will make it impossible to judge an entry and may result in the disqualification of the submission without notification.

Entry fee: None. Submit entries to: Tony Virgilio
Nick Virgilio Haiku Association
1092 Niagara Road
Camden, NJ 08104-2859

Adjudication: Judges named by the HSA. Awards: Six haiku will be selected and each awarded $50.00. The winning haiku and list of winners will be published in Frogpond and on the HSA Web site. The high school of each student winner will receive a one-year subscription to Frogpond. Rights: All rights revert to the authors after publication. Correspondence: Please keep a copy of your haiku; entries cannot be returned.