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		<title>HaikuNow! Contest Opens Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce the start of our third annual HaikuNow! contest today! Prizes will be awarded for English-language haiku in three categories: traditional, contemporary and innovative. Please see the main HaikuNow! page for deadlines and other requirements. Our two final judges are Jane Hirshfield and Jim Kacian. Many of you will know Jane [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hope You Like Our New Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 19:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the spiffed-up web site of The Haiku Foundation! Our main goal for the new design was make it easier for you to find our content&#8211;especially our haiku collections and discussion areas. We reorganized the main menu and added a site index in the footer on every page. We added a slider on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THF Haiku: Our New iPhone App</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re happy to announce THF Haiku, The Haiku Foundation’s app for the Apple iPhone! THF Haiku brings contemporary haiku to your mobile device with a shake of your hand—literally. Shake your phone or other mobile device and a new poem appears. The app is loaded with 365 haiku from poets around the globe, showing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Haiku Foundation Contest Archive</title>
		<link>http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2011/05/06/the-haiku-foundation-contest-archive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 02:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m posting this on behalf of Paul Miller, who created the Contest Archive. Paul writes: &#8220;English-language haiku has grown substantially over the last forty years, both in the number of poets, as well as in the number of haiku organizations. This healthy growth has been a boon for budding and established poets. Part of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HaikuNow! Winners for 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Haiku Foundation created the HaikuNow! contest in order to encourage writers to explore English-language haiku. This year’s contest drew participants from over 50 countries. We had 240 entries in the Innovative category, 303 entries in the Contemporary category and 315 in Traditional. We are pleased to announce the winners for the 2011 HaikuNow! contests: [...]]]></description>
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