Event

2001 Haiku Contest Announcement

Japan Airlines and the Japan Foundation, Bangkok annually organize a Haiku Contest with the aim to provide an opportunity for young elementary school children to express their inner minds in the form of poetic writing. Their keen observation and imagination is put together with their thought of themselves or the lives of plants and animals, including the nature around them into delicate and fine Haiku verses. It is the worlds shortest verse form consisting of three lines with a total of 17 syllables of five, seven and five syllables per line respectively.

This year's contest started in February on a nationwide scale under the theme "My Dreamland", supported by the Office of the Primary Education Commission, the Office of Private Education Commission and the Education Department of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. There were 257 schools and a total of 2,219 entries participating in the contest among which 50 top poems have been selected since last April.

Three honorable judges are namely Khun Prabhassorn Sevikul, President of Thai Writers Association Khun Duangjai Ravipricha, a well-known contemporary poet and Khun Vanit Jarungkitanan, SEA Write awardee.

The 50 winners will be presented an award of 1,000 Baht along with a certificate and a memento.