Prizegiving: Sunday 22nd November 2009 at Cascina Macondo - official ceremony

Prizes: 114 classed haiku (57 individual section + 57 collective section) published in a volume

1st-2nd-3rd prize individual section: a precious Raku bowl, certificate, haiku book

to the 1st PRIZE also a one week stay for two people at CINQUE TERRE guests in a villa at Villaggio La Francesca (Bonassola-La Spezia-Italia)

to the 2nd PRIZE also a one week stay for two people guests at Pensione Signorini (Castiglioncello-Livorno-Italia)

1st-2nd-3rd prize collective section:

-ceramic Raku plaque to the School

-certificate and haiku book to the student

-book to the teacher

To the FIRST TEN classed in every section: a merit certificate

Note 1: all submitted haikus will be published on the website of Cascina Macondo

Note 2 : visitors of the website will be able to vote for their favourite haiku

(visitors' votes are a useful reference in cases in which a haiku obtained by the jury an equal number of votes)

click here for the complete announcement in 14 LANGUAGES (thank you to print it and hang it in some places)

http://my.cascinamacondo.com/site/bando.asp

jury

Alessandra Gallo (writer-poetess-teacher)

Annette Seimer (translator)

Antonella Filippi (writer-poetess-Haijin)

Domenico Benedetto (photographer)

Fabia Binci (writer-Haijin-teacher)

Fabrizio Virgili (Haijin- teacher)

Giorgio Gazzolo (Haijin)

Michele Bertolotto (web master-Haijin)

Pietro Tartamella ((writer-poet-Haijin-teacher)

honorary members of the jury

Ban'ya Natsuishi (Japan)

Danilo Manera (Italy)

David Cobb (UK)

Jim Kacian (USA)

Max Verhart (Holland)

Nico Orengo (Italy)

Visnja McMaster (Croatia)

Zinovy Vayman (Russia)