This year the judging will be done only by the persons who have entered the contest. All valid entries will be given a number and posted without names here on the AHApoetry site. Each contestant will receive an e-mail announcement when the contest is open for judging. Then by e-mail the contestants are invited to declare their choices for the best single tanka and best sequence. After tabulating these votes the 31 single tanka and three sequences which receive the most votes will be published as Tanka Splendor 2001 as an AHA Books Online and winners will be notified with the gift certificates.
Rights return to authors upon publication.
Entries cannot be returned. Send your tanka entries to the Tanka Splendor Awards Contest with this form . Read the winning entries in Tanka Splendor 2000 . Tanka Splendor Awards Contest and rules are Copyright AHA Books 1989 - 2001. To read the winning poems of previous contests go to AHA Books Online .