What does Earth Day mean to you? Can you write a poem about it? If so, you could win a prize and your writing might be published in Sketchbook, a Journal for Eastern and Western Short Forms.The international Kids Count for Earthday Haiku Contest 2010 is looking for haiku poetry (17 syllables or less) written by children and young adults ages 7 - 20 years. Poems must be written by individuals; each person can only enter once. There is no fee to enter. The theme of this year's contest is "What Earth Day means to you".
According to the Kids Count for Earthday website,
"The contest is designed to combine the love of earth with the sheer simple fun of writing Japanese haiku in English!"
The deadline for this haiku contest is May 23rd (postmark of May 22nd). For more details about where to send your entry and what information to include, please visit Kids Count for Earthday 5-7-5 Haiku Contest 2010.
Good luck!
[Update 10/9/10: Read the winning entries here!]
1 comment:
Thanks Mama Joules, no worries, thanks for promoting the competition! ;)
Alan
www.withwords.org.uk
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