The admission of The 29th ITO EN OiOchaNew Haiku Contest will begin in 3 November 2017.
We are looking forward to seeing your entry.
Contestants maywrite about any subject they like. The poems do not need to include seasonalreferences or the other Haiku conventions. Contestants are encouraged toexpress themselves freely in the 5-7-5 form.
Japanese Haikudivisions
· Primaryschool students and younger children
· Juniorhigh school students
· Highschool students
· Adultcategory A (younger than age 40)
· Adultcategory B (age 40 and older)
English Haikudivision
· EnglishHaiku (All ages and nationalities)
The Ministry ofEducation, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award (One winner from theJapanese divisions)
· \500,000in prize money
· Aframed copy of the winning poem
· Aset of OiOcha products with the winning poem on the package
· Inclusionin an anthology of the winning poems
· Awardcertificate
Special Award
(One winner fromeach of the 6 divisions,for a total of 6)
· \200,000in prize money
· Aframed copy of the winning poem
· Aset of OiOcha products with the winning poem on the package
· Inclusionin an anthology of the winning poems
· Awardcertificate
HonorableMention
(7 winners fromeach of the five Japanese divisions and 9 winners from the English division,for a total of 44)
· \50,000in prize money
· Aset of OiOcha products with the winning poem on the package
· Inclusionin an anthology of the winning poems
· Awardcertificate
Judges' Award
(9 winners fromthe Japanese divisions and 2 winners from the English division, for a total of11)
· \30,000in prize money
· Aset of OiOcha products with the winning poem on the package
· Inclusionin an anthology of the winning poems
· Awardcertificate
Sponsors' Award
(9 winners fromthe Japanese divisions and one winner from the English division, for a total of10)
· \20,000in prize money
· Aset of OiOcha products with the winning poem on the package
· Inclusionin an anthology of the winning poems
· Awardcertificate
Regional Award
(5 winners fromeach prefecture in Japan and 5 winners from overseas, for a total of 240)
· \5,000in prize money
· Aset of OiOcha products with the winning poem on the package
· Inclusionin an anthology of the winning poems
· Awardcertificate
Special MeritAward
(1,688 winnersfrom the Japanese divisions)
· Aset of OiOcha products with the winning poem on the package
· Inclusionin an anthology of the winning poems
· Awardcertificate
Merit Award
(5,000 winnersregardless of division)
· Inclusionin an anthology of the winning poems
· Awardcertificate
Excellent SchoolAward
(The ExcellentSchool Award is given to a school from which 5 or more students win a prizefrom among those entering in groups.)
· Aset of OiOcha products with the winning a prize name of school on the package.
· Inclusionin an anthology of the winning poems
· Awardcertificate
Group Award
(Awarded to 100groups with excellent results.)
· Inclusionin an anthology of the winning poems
· Awardcertificate