7th Jane Reichhold Memorial Haiga Contest (First Runner-Up, Traditional Category)

I'm so ecstatic! My haiga in the traditional catergory won first runner-up in the Jane Reichhold Memorial Haiga Contest. Thank you so much to the judges, Steve Hodge and Hemapriya Chellappan. Congratulations to all the winners - Julie Schwerin, Julie Bloss Kelsey, Bona Santos/Susan Burch and others.

This haiga by Chrissi Villa presents itself as stomach-turning butterflies, a pounding heart and never-ending nervousness. We don’t know who the “he” is, but we sense a palpable tension. When you’re in love you find yourself unable to think straight, you feel ecstatic, you don’t know what’s next. You don’t think about the future because what could possibly go wrong? But then life happens, and you move on. There is nothing better than reliving those moments with your ex-whomever-it-is. Bittersweet moments maybe before and now but everyday seems like the first time again.

                                                                                                                  -Hemapriya Chellapan

See all the winners and commentaries here.

 

Haiku Page edited by John Zheng

So honored and blessed to be the featured artist of Haiku Page! I didn't know that I will be having my own section with all these poems with alcohol ink art below. John Zheng sent me the pdf and I was blown away. :-) Soon you will be able to view the full issue on the The Haiku Foundation digital library here.

Frameless Sky Issue 3

     Frameless Sky Issue 3 is hot off the press and available to purchase! - http://framelesssky.weebly.com/purchase.html

     I thank all the 40 contributors turning this issue into a successful poetry video. I wouldn't have done it without their support, patience, and cooperation.

 

 

     And of course, I haven't forgotten my team.

 

 

      I am also thrilled to announce that there is a special feature added to the array of poetic gems. In this current issue, you'll be able to watch the video recording of Claire Everett and David Terelinck's tanka sequence, "Whispered Vows," being read by the poet Beverley George and her husband.

     I can't wait for those who are interested in getting a copy to see the full video. For the meantime, here's a sneak peek ~ https://youtu.be/DgHgIhO528Y

     By the way, I've created a Frameless Sky account on Pinterest. So if you are one of those hook on Pinterest, start pinning away! I'm in the process of updating it.

 

     I've also created my own dvd covers. Shades of violet with butterfly stickers. :-)

    

  

Frameless Sky Issue Two

     It's great to be back blogging again. I know I keep promising to update my blog, but life gets in the way. To make up for it, I'm back with a big bang! I'm here to announce that the 2nd issue of Frameless Sky is now available! Thank you so much to the team who worked with me and to all the contributors:

 

Frameless Sky team:

 
Artist:

Rick Daddario

art blog: http://19planets.wordpress.com

website: http://www.rickdaddario.com

 

Musicians:

 

Alex Bett

https://www.youtube.com/user/AlexBettMusic

 

David Hollandsworth

website: http://davidhollandsworth.com

 

Proofreader:

 

Shloka Shantar

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shloka-Shankar-a-rasikas-musings/745965042120215?fref=ts

 

 

Contributors:

Traci Barlow (US), Willie R. Bongcaron (Philippines), Helen Buckingham (England), Anne Curran (New Zealand), Stephen Chase Gagnon (USA), Hazel Hall (Australia), Devin Harrison (Canada), Josie Hibbing (USA), Judit Hollos (Hungary), Mary Holman (USA), Alegria Imperial (Canada), Violette Rose-Jones (New Zealand), Annie Juhl (Denmark), Arvinder Kaur (India), Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy (UK), David Kuhlmann (USA), Vibeke Laier (Denmark), Chen-ou Liu (Canada), Kumarendra Mallick (India), Jayashree Maniyil (Australia), Elizabeth Moura (USA), Archana Kapoor Nagpal (India), Kathy Uyen Nguyen (USA), Veronika Zora Novak (Canada), Rita Odeh (Israel), Sandi Pray (USA), Kala Ramesh (India), Shloka Shankar (India), Debbie Strange (Canada), André Surridge (New Zealand), Paresh Tiwari (India), Julie Warther (USA)

For those who haven't heard of it, Frameless Sky is a biannual haiga and tanka art video journal showcasing poets, artists, and musicians in a collaborative project. It seeks high quality tanka—either as stand-alone poems or poems that would be paired with artwork—and artwork that would be paired with tanka. There are three different submission categories. To find out more about the submission guidelines, please click this link http://framelesssky.weebly.com/submissions.html.

 

   Here is the sneak preview of Frameless Sky Issue 2.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t7Z1j2rct8

 

 

Frameless Sky - The First Haiga and Tanka Art Video Journal

     Finally, the journal I've been dreaming about! Frameless Sky is now in full swing! This is a biannual VIDEO journal, showcasing poets, artists, and musicians in collaborative projects. I invite you to submit until October 31 for the debut issue. For more details, please visit the website http://framelesssky.weebly.com/

Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Frameless-Sky/1481464328775667

Please share with everyone who might be interested!

 

 

The New Haiga Editor of A Hundred Gourds

   Aubrie Cox of Yay Words! has just officially announced that she will be the editing the haiga section of A Hundred Gourds starting March 2013. This is exciting news! I'm sure she will be do a fantastic job for this online journal. I was able to participate in a few of her projects on Yay Words! and all of them were a huge success.

    Submissions period is from September 15 to December 15. You can find more details on the submission page. 

  

    Her haiga guidelines:

    On the most  fundamental  level,  I consider  haiga to be the combination of an image and short poem. However, the poem should not explain the picture or vice versa. Rather, the poem should expand upon what’s presented in the image and vice versa. This expansion may play off an emotion, theme, or detail that’s presented in either or both the image and poem; the image/poem may also alter the audience’s perception of the poem/image. The best haiga do not always have an obvious connection between the poem or image, but resonate and create an experience that would not be possible by the poem or image alone—the two art forms come together to create something new when put together that would not exist otherwise. That being said, both the poem and image must be well crafted and be able to carry their own weight.

   I accept the combination of image and haiku, senryu, tanka, kyoka, and short haibun. Play is an important part of haikai to me, so I strongly encourage the use of all mediums for artwork including, but not limited to: photography, brushwork, collage (digital and handmade), pencil/ink sketches, and computer graphics. Please do not send haiga made with stock and/or creative commons images.

     Haiga images must be JPEG/JPG format with a maximum height/width of 750 pixels including any decorative borders and a minimum height/width of 600 pixels. Include your signature as part of the artwork itself. Please make sure the text within the graphics is readable, and keep in mind we may resize images when necessary to fit our format. If a haiga is a collaboration, both parties must give permission to publish and include name and contact information.