The 5th annual haiku contest will be closed to submissions at midnight on Friday, April 17. Winners will be announced at Wichita State’s Japan Festival at 3:30 p.m. April 24 in room 233 of the RSC.
Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry that consists of three lines in a five-seven-five-syllable pattern. They are often about nature and often include a kigo, or season word, that gives a sense of the time when the poem takes place. Entries can be made in English or Japanese.