HAIKU INVITATIONAL

VANCOUVER CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL 2008
HAIKU INVITATIONAL

We are delighted to announce that the third annual Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival will take place in Vancouver, Canada, during March and April 2008.

We invite poets from around the world to submit ONE unpublished haiku on the theme of cherry blossoms. Submissions must be received by December 19, 2007.

Top selected haiku will be memorialized in stone, along with 2006 and 2007 top poems, and placed among the new cherry tree plantings at the world class VanDusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver. Selected haiku will also be displayed on TransLink city buses and SkyTrain cars for a period of two months.

Other works of merit will be published on the VCBF Website and featured at readings throughout the festival.

You may find submission details at http://www.vcbf.ca/ by following the link to haiku.

Thank you for sharing your passion and appreciating the cherry tree.