We are always thrilled with our haiku and vignette submissions each year for our annual Okinawa Hai Calendar. Such a fun way to give a little glimpse into this island of ours and to illustrate the beautiful photographs for our calendar.
If photography is not your thing, writing might be. And we have two options for you:
Haiku
Express your Oki Love through a 17-syllable poem known as haiku. The usual layout is three lines; five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. The following link to Japan Update has some great info on some ways to write haiku: THIS ONE HERE.
Something like…
Okinawa Hai
Readers writing great haiku
Describes our Oki love
Uhhhh… but I bet you can do better…
Vignettes
We’d also love stories about the Oki Experience that make us smile or laugh or nod or maybe even cry. Stories that paint a picture for us of the island we know and love. Stories that maybe only WE who have lived here can really get.
Please send us those stories.
Please follow these guidelines for haiku & vignette submissions:
1. Please place your writing directly into an email rather than attaching a file.
2. Limit your word count to approximately 100 words for vignettes, and the 17-syllables mentioned above for haiku.
3. Email your vignette to advertising@okinawahai.com
4. Submissions will be accepted until Tuesday, September 15.
To see some previous entries, check HERE.
Or are you more of a visual creature? Click HERE to find out how to submit your photos to this year’s calendar.