Haiku Contest

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Fifth Annual Rowayton Library Haiku Contest Rules

Each year -- March 15 through April 15: Haiku Contest to Celebrate "April as Poetry Month" the Rowayton Library invites you to participate in the Annual Rowayton Library Haiku Contest.

The winners will be invited to read their winning Haiku at The Rowayton Library at a reception in April as well as have their Haiku published in our monthly newsletter and on our website.

The definition for Haiku for this contest is as follows:

An original poem of 17 syllables in 3 lines written in the format of
- line 1 in 5 syllables,
- line 2 in 7 syllables, and
- line 3 in 5 syllables;
Depicting a season;
Describing an event of nature;
Without violence.

Each Haiku must be submitted on a separate sheet of paper and must contain the author's name, address, and telephone number on the reverse side of the poem . Each Haiku submitted must be accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope.

Please send your Haiku to:

Haiku Contest - The Rowayton Library
33 Highland Avenue
Rowayton, CT 06853

The contest will end on April 15th. All winners will be notified by telephone and snailmail and the winning Haiku will be published in the next issue of the This Month at the Rowayton Library and on the Library's website at www.Rowayton.org . Participants will receive a Rowayton Library pencil.

P.S. You may also submit your Haiku via email (but still must submit a stamped envelope to receive the pencil) to Haiku@Rowayton.org.

Everyone is invited to celebrate April as Poetry Month.

Haiku Contest Winners: