One contestant may submit up to six poems by postcard, A4-sized fax, or the Internet.
Application must include the poems and the name of the entry division. Applicants also must include their name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, age, and any Haiku group or club of which they are a member. Students are also asked to include their school names.
When applying with standard postcards, write the poems and entry division on the rear and the other information on the front.

• ※For group applications, please download the group application form or apply using the group application form.

Internet

Postcard・Letter

ITO EN Oi Ocha Shinhaiku Contest 3-23 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8553 Japan

• ※For those in the EU, in accordance with GDPR guidelines please download and use the application form for individual applications as found below.

FAX

+81(3)3263-5668

Group

When applying for a group, please
download the group application form or apply from the group application form.

Application period

All applications must be arrivedfrom November 3, 2024
to February 28, 2025

※Group Apprication : to February 12, 2025

• ※Personal information submitted with the entry will be used for the purposes of the Shinhaiku Contest. The information will be handled carefully in accordance with our company’s privacy policy and appropriate safety and management measures will be taken.
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• Only those poems written by the applicant and not published anywhere else shall be accepted. The poems are to be written by the applicants themselves.
• An applicant can submit a total of maximum 6 poems, both English and Japanese combined.
• Please be advised that the Haiku entries will not be returned.
• ITO EN shall hold the copyrights, including secondary use, for the announcement and publication of prize winning entries.

• Awards will be revoked for any poems found to be plagiarized, to have been submitted for other contests or publications, or to closely resemble other poems.
• Applicants must apply using their real name. (No pen names allowed)
• After making your application, please do not release your submitted poems until the results are announced in October.

• Winning entries will be announced on ITO EN's website, etc. (Scheduled date:late October 2025)
• The results of the judging will be notified by mail or e-mail. (Scheduled for late October 2025)
• 1,000 winning entries will be published on the packages of Oi Ocha products.
• The collection of prize-winning poems "Free narrative" is expected to be issued in November 2025.