After a successful round of tweets for our 2018 Poetry Prize #IRSpring Twitter contest, Indiana Review is happy to announce the winner and runner-up. While we received so many wonderful haikus, these two kept the spirit of spring alive for us as it seems we’re going through a second winter here in Indiana.
Congratulations to our winner, @a_taiyib, who will receive free entry into our 2018 Poetry Prize as well as an IR prize pack!
The 2018 Poetry Prize is open until March 31st! For this Twitter contest, we’re asking you to Tweet us a haiku about spring. It’s a subject that’s been visited by lots of poets…How will you make it new? If you’re unfamiliar with the form, a haiku is a “Japanese verse form most often composed, in English versions, of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. A haiku often features an image, or a pair of images, meant to depict the essence of a specific moment in time” (Poetry Foundation). Be sure to hashtag your poem with #IRSpring. Entries are due by Sunday, March 18th.
