The editing board of the Journal of Romanian- Japanese cultural interferences "HAIKU" is continuing to organize the annual competition for haiku poems in fixed form, during the first trimester of 2010. The competition is open to all poets who will send on the address of Mr. Constantin Stroe, Şoseaua Giurgiului nr.125, Bloc 4ª, Scara 1, Etaj 8, Ap.31, Sector 4, Bucureşti, Of.Poştal Bucureşti, România, or on the following e- mail address:valentin.nicolitov@yahoo.fr (French), and vasilemoldovan@yahoo.com (English)a number of 6 (six) haiku poems (5-7-5), up to 31 March 2010.

Only original haiku poems will be accepted, which were not published in newspapers or journals, author volumes or in any other forms up to the date of the competition. Hand-written text will not be accepted, the texts need to be at list typed, with correct diacritical symbols and signed.

The texts of the foreign authors have to be written in English or French as well as in the original. We prefer to send the texts by e-mail, New Times Roman 12.

A jury nominated by the editing board of the HAIKU Journal will analyze the received poems, will grant qualifications and will decide for the awarded poems.
The results of the competition will be published in the HAIKU Journal nr. 43 - Semester I - 2010, and the prizes and diplomas will be sent to the winners by mail.
Quality poems which have been sent, even those who will not win awards will be selected for inclusion in International haiku anthology 2010, edition II.

(The Editing Board).