As most of us know, the last Tanka Contest died. This is the new Tanka Contest! Ta-daaaaa!
Tanka consists of five units (often treated as separate lines when Romanized or translated) usually with the following mora pattern: 5-7-5-7-7. The 5-7-5 is called the kami-no-ku ("upper phrase", and the 7-7 is called the shimo-no-ku ("lower phrase". Tanka is a much older form of Japanese poetry than haiku.
Rules 1) Must be original. NO PLAGARIZING ALLOWED! 2) Has to fit the Theme. 3) Submition deadline will be inforced. 4) Only one submission per user 5) The winner cannot win twice in a row. 6) The Tanka MUST be created for this contest.
Easy enough? And If you are questioning Rule #5, it is because some people may be Beastly at any type of poetry and have really good submissions every week, and I am sure that you would want to win too right? See? Fairness makes the world go round. (not really) And if you are questioning Rule #6, it is on here because if you made something beforehand, that is giving you a better chance at winning, and it isn't fair to the other participants *if any) The Frist Theme is...... ..... .... ... .. . .. ... .... ..... Music! Deadline is the May 29th, 2010 Judging will be Either the 30th or 31st.
Also, Me and Thepossum will be the judges. I am the first judge, Next week will be possums. Good Luck to all!
Yeay! First place. Hmmm, I'll have to think about water, don't really know how to write about it. Luckily, I've got a week with no school, so there's time to think!
Yeay! First place. Hmmm, I'll have to think about water, don't really know how to write about it. Luckily, I've got a week with no school, so there's time to think!
[quote]I assume that judges who don't happen to be judging this week are allowed to judge. XD
That's fine, but we'd have to discuss and then decide how to rank the entries, so that we don't get two completely different judgments to confuse everybody!
Though, since you made an entry for this Water theme, I guess it wouldn't be fair if you judged, right? Lol, send me a message about it.
(Messed up on the quote tags...I really wish there was an edit function on this board.)
I assume that judges who don't happen to be judging this week are allowed to judge. XD
That's fine, but we'd have to discuss and then decide how to rank the entries, so that we don't get two completely different judgments to confuse everybody!
Though, since you made an entry for this Water theme, I guess it wouldn't be fair if you judged? Lol, send me a message about it.
We're taking turns on the judging. This week is yours, so you get to do all the judging. I get next week. So me entering doesn't really affect the judging for this week. For instance, either you or MoonFairy could enter next week and there wouldn't be a problem.
But it can empower us all.
That line is eight syllables. Therefore, it's not a Tanka. Try again.
