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THE HAIKU YEAR-IN-REVIEW

It's a writing contest, it's a collaborative grab-bag, it's a panoply of voices and visions.... it's the annual Haiku Year-In-Review (henceforth referred to as HYIR).

To celebrate, examine, and honor the coming of 2012, Broadsided Press ran a contest.

Four artists created work in response to an event that, for them, dominated a season of 2011. We then asked for submissions of haiku that address the same topics (get the guidelines).

The art and the poems selected as finalists were posted online, and YOU voted on the winning combinations. The whole shebang was published as January's Broadsided collaboration.

This is now our second year running the HYIR. You can see the 2010 HYIR haiku entries and votes here.

A LITTLE BACKGROUND...

In early America, from about 1720 to the early 1900s, newspaper carriers would present their subscribers with a poem on New Year's Day. These broadsides (ahem) were called Carriers' Addresses. Illustrated with engravings, they would chronicle the year's events. See images and information at Brown University's special collection.

The origins of haiku have a tie to the annual through their traditional seasonality. A mention of the moment is a critical element to classic haiku. For those unfamiliar with Haiku, here's a link to a site that discusses traditional formats.

Broadsided Press's commitment to street-worthy art and writing leads us to combine these forms into a modern incarnation that borrows a bit, too, from the graphic spirit of the comic book.

2011 GUIDELINES FOR WRITERS

1.) Think about this past year and the events that have dominated a given season. Write a haiku that captures a moment that illuminates such an event.

Winter (Jan, Feb, March): Earthquake/tsunami in Japan
art by Kara Searcy
 
Spring (March, April, May): The French law banning the burqa and niqab comes into effect link to news article)
art by Caleb Brown
 
Summer (June, July, August): Texas wildfires
art by Jennifer Moses
 
Fall (September, October, November): Occupy Wall Street Protests
art by Kevin Morrow

2.) Email your submissions to broadsided.subs@gmail.com. In the subject line, please write "HYIR: X" (X being the season to which you are responding).

3.) The haiku, along with a brief biographical note, should be in the BODY of your email (not an attachment).

4.) If you respond to more than one season, please send separate emails.

5.) Please limit yourself and send your best work—only one entry per person, per season.

6.) Deadline for haiku submissions: December 1, 2011.

On December 12, 2011, we will post the best haiku for each season online, along with the art created by the four artists. You will have a chance to vote for the haiku that best fits the art for each season. Deadline for voting: December 22, 2011.

The final Haiku Year-In-Review with the four winning poems and four visual responses will be published on the Broadsided site and posted around the world on January 4, 2012 (note, due to holiday travel, we have pushed back our usual date).

You may also download a pdf version of the contest guidelines.

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