Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Award 2015
John Stevenson, Managing Editor of “The Heron's Nest”, invites haiku poets to enter the Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Award for 2015.
Entry fee: None.
Maximum number of haiku allowed: Five (5) haiku in English.
Deadline for entries: June 1, 2015.
How to enter: Email entries to John Stevenson at [email protected].
Put "Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Award" in the subject line.
Place haiku in the body of the email only (attachments will not be opened).
Include your name and your location, as you would like to see each listed.
Haiku suitable for entry: Submitted poems must neither be published; nor accepted for publication; nor under consideration elsewhere before “The Heron’s Nest” announces contest results.
Date for announcement of results: July 31, 2015.
Judging criteria: Selection will be blind to authorship. The sole criterion will be excellence.
Judge: To be identified at the same time as the winners.
Eligibility: All haiku poets are welcome to enter, other than the staff of “The Heron’s Nest” and the contest judge.
Awards:
First Place - $150 plus a copy of “To Hear the Rain” (as well as a copy to a library of the award winner's choice) plus a miniature crystal turtle;
Second Place - $75 plus a copy of “To Hear the Rain” (as well as a copy to a library of the award winner's choice);
Third Place - $50 plus a copy of “To Hear the Rain” (as well as a copy to a library of the award winner's choice);
Honorable Mentions (up to five recipients) - a copy of “phosphorescence”, a soft-bound selection of Peggy's work from Red Moon Press (part of its Postscript Series).
Note regarding prizes for overseas entrants: Monetary awards to non-US winners will be made through PayPal, where possible, in order to avoid the high cost of bank processing fees.