Join The 49 Haiku (Haikai) Chapbook Challenge!
Sept 7th-Sept 14th 2020

You asked for more challenges, so we're delivering! Local Gems Press is VERY excited to bring this new poetry challenge to you! Welcome to the 49 Haiku (Haikai) Challenge! A 7 day challenge to write 7 Haiku (Haikai) a day for a total of 49 Haiku! 

Note: We are calling it 49 Haiku but all types of Haikai will be accepted for this challenge. (Senryu, Zappai, etc...all 5-7-5 syllable form types.) 

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How Does It Work?

Step 1:
You register for the challenge.

Step 2:
For the duration of the challenge, you write 7 Haiku (Haikai) a day. The challenge is 7 days, so this should equal 49 Haiku. 

Each day you will get a video for the challenge including prompts, examples and exercises to help with your challenge. 
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Step 3:
​If you complete the challenge, you will have an opportunity to get the chapbook printed! 

How To Haikai
​Book Included! 

Basho Book Included! 

Participation:

Each day of the contest the participants will be emailed a prompt video for the day which will include haiku examples, word banks, prompts and exercises to help them write their 7 daily poems. They will also receive the How To Haikai Guide to 5-7-5 Forms of Japanese Poetry and the Basho Haiku Chapbook. (Downloadable materials will be sent the day before the challenge begins.) For the 7 days that week, the goal is to write 7 Haiku for a total of 49. (There is wiggle room if you do 6 one day and 8 the next day, as long as you have 49 by the end of the challenge!) 
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Printing 

If the challenge is completed, the participant can inform us of the completion and then have the opportunity for Local Gems Press to print a chapbook for them--the finished chapbooks will be pocket-sized books, 4 by 6 

Registration: Closes Sept 5th
​Midnight EST (Or When Full)

Because of high demand, at this time we have to limit this challenge to the first 120 people who register. We will keep you updated with how many spots we have left, but we expect it to fill up quickly. 

​Will you accept the challenge? 

Challenge Full
See You For The Next One!