HAIGA Contest: Announcing the winners!

sorry it took so long. we have a problem ironing out the problem of a triple tie in the third place... now it is solved~!

so here is the result:

1st place goes to:

I keep the track by breamgappy

I keep the track
I keep the track
in spite of the pouring rain
leading towards home

2nd place goes to:

Gardenias (a haiga) by RetroZombie



3rd place goes to:

Star flare by Formel



two honorable mentions:

Wind Resistance by Iscariot-Priest

Wind resistance
herds of clouds
the shepherd winds guide
my plane and

Noces/Wedding (haiku) by Exnihilo-nihil

Noces / Wedding (haiku)
J’ai vu dans la neige
la forme de nos refus
épouser le vide
I saw in the snow
the form of our denials
marrying the void
Frantz, février / february 2013

Thank you all for following the contest, reading the entries and the journal and everything~!

the comments on the entries by the judges are posted on the deviations. please visit them and give them some more love!

till the next contest/event in the haiku club, stay tuned!

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the contest is close. we are currently working on the voting process among the judges.


REMINDER:
some of you are probably caught up with real life and might miss the deadline of this haiga contest...
SO i am extending it for 5 days to 20th March 2013!
look forward to seeing your entries!

check out the the interview on BeccaJS's journal on projecteducate week's feature on haiku and eastern poetry form!

and a little more info for affiliate groups:

ProjectComment's Comment Contest!
~ All you have to do is constructively comment on a deviation and that's it, it is that simple!

Start: March 1st
End: March 31st, 10pm GMT

Open to all members!

Prizes include: A lot of Premium Memberships, , comments and features!

Link: 3wyl.deviantart.com/journal/Pr…

SixWordStories's Open Theme Contest!
~ Submit a six word story on any theme of your choosing!

Start: March 1st
End: March 31st, 10pm GMT

Open to all members!

Please the article and spread the word. It would really help with things.

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after a three month break and some struggle to (eventually) clearing up all the contest backlog, we are now free to host a new contest.

the contest HAIGA will be open from the day this journal goes public till 15:59:59 Friday 15 March, 2013 in GMT.

this contest is looking for haijin to write an original haiku/tanka and make a minimalistic, relevant and matching picture to accompany the haiku.

the picture can be either a photograph or a painting/drawing.

rules and regulation for the contest are as follow:

please submit your entries to the contest folder "2013 - Haiga". the entries will be automatically approved. you can submit entry as long as you are a member of this club.

every member can submit up to two entries, only one can win.

the entries have to be new deviations made after today. the picture must be made by the haijin him/herself. please do not use stock images or images from any search engines.

you must submit the entries to the contest folder before 15 March, 15:59 GMT. the folder will be close after this time, and no more entries will be accepted.

the haiku/tanka must be able to stand-alone apart from the image, i.e. can be understood without the image. verses that relies on the image to explain the meaning cannot win the contest.

the haiku must follow all the rules of traditional haiku. 5-7-5 syllables' pretty sentences that do not show the spirit of haiku (minimalism, clear mental image) will be moved to the "is this a haiku?" folder.

only one haiku to an image, no chain/set of multiple haiku/tanka allowed in one single entry.

depending on the number of entries we will have the first, second and third place and honorable mentions.

the panel of judges include



the judges can participate but they cannot win the contest.

prizes are:

first: a free calligraphy commission from moyanII
a three month premium from haijinik
50 points from norui (deliver by moyanII )
50 points from almcdermid
a approx. 5 x 11 cm, black, spiral-spine notebook, with blue, yellow and white pages from Formel
journal feature by the-haiku-club.
journal feature and a critique by indiana-w
a contributor status in the-haiku-club.

second: a one month premium from Iscariot-Priest
one month premium from HaikuKitty
50 points from norui (deliver by moyanII )
25 points from almcdermid
journal feature by indiana-w
journal feature by the-haiku-club.

third: one month premium from moyanII
50 points from norui (deliver by moyanII )
25 points from almcdermid
journal feature by the-haiku-club.

please comment here or note me if you like to contribute prizes.

feel free to ask any questions related to the contest and we await your haiga.