Saturday, December 3, 2011

A Hundred Gourds: A Call for Work

Photo by R. Kiser


An announcement and call for work, courtesy of William Sorlein:

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A Hundred Gourds 1:1 is now online

The first issue of A Hundred Gourds: a quarterly journal of haiku, haibun, haiga and tanka poetry is now online.

The Editorial Team of A Hundred Gourds extends warmest thanks to everyone who submitted their work for consideration for this, our inaugural issue. Thanks to your enthusiastic welcome, it's a bumper edition.

As well as haiku, tanka, haiga and haibun you'll find essays, interviews and a review in the Expositions section. There is also a memorial Feature dedicated to the late Janice M. Bostok, Australia's haiku pioneer.

Please join us in welcoming three new editors to the AHG team:

* William Sorlien, of St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, is Renku Editor, already organising A Hundred Gourds' first renku section, which will be published in AHG 1:2.
* Susan Constable, of Vancouver Island, Canada, is the new Tanka Editor. Susan's first tanka section will be published in AHG 1:2.
* Mike Montreuil, of Ontario, Canada, is the new Haibun Editor. Mike's first haibun section will be published in AHG 1:3.
* Lorin Ford, Haiku Editor.

A Hundred Gourds welcomes your submissions to the New Years' editions.
· Special notice for tanka & renku submissions to AHG 1:2 & 1:3
The submission period for tanka and renku only has been extended for the March issue, AHG 1:2. Submissions of tanka and renku received up to the 31st December will be considered for AHG 1:2. Tanka and renku submissions received between January 1st and March 15th will be considered for AHG 1:3. Please read the submissions guidelines page on the AHG website for further details.
The deadline for haiku, haibun, haiga and for the Expositions section of AHG 1:2 remains at December the 15th.

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a hundred gourds
  from the heart
   of one vine
Chiyo-ni
translation by P. Donegan & Y. Ishibashi







the aging gourd
and I
cast our shadows
Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue








best,
Don



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4 comments:

  1. Geez, Don, thanks for your vote of confidence in our quality.

    Love the photo.

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  2. W.:

    I know it will be great, solid team you've got there.

    The photo is from morguefile, in the public domain:

    http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/228187

    So, there you go.

    best,
    Don

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