Open to anyone September 10 ,2007 Entry must be submitted by mail or homepage. Each entrant can enter up to two haiku poems, and they must be in English. Please include: Name, address, and telephone number Free Winners will be informed by mail at the beginning of November 2007. Prizes will be awarded at the Kumamoto City Industry and Culture Center Hall on November 24, 2007. We will send a magazine with all submitted haiku to applicants during the latter half of February 2008. Morio Nishikawa (Professor at Kumamoto University) Richard Gilbert(Associate Professor at Kumamoto University) Kusamakura Taisho (Grand Prize) to one winner: Round-trip airfare to Kumamoto and accomodations for 4 days, 3 nights at a local hotel and \50,000 Tokusen (Second Prize) to 8 winners \5,000 Nyusen (Third Prize) to 20 winners \1,000