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“Digiku”-- Digital Haiku Photo Contest: What is Wilderness?
Words and pictures can be more powerful than either alone. Haiku photography is the art of
harmonizing timeless images and poetry.
Part 1: The Photo:
Use a digital camera to take a photo that represents an item from the following list, or choose
your own topic, within the theme of wilderness, inspired by the book Into the Wild.
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darkness
trees
adventure
soft
sky
shadow
blue
balance
water
alive
earth
living
balance
small
green
Part 2: The Poem:
Haiku is a type of poetry from the Japanese culture. Haiku combines form, content, and language
in a meaningful, yet compact form.
The most common form for Haiku, and the form used in this contest, is three short lines. The
first line contains five (5) syllables, the second line seven (7) syllables, and the third line contains
five (5) syllables (see example below)
Contest Guidelines
1) Contest is open to any SPC student
2) Both the photo and poem must be your own work. Plagiarized entries will be automatically
disqualified.
3) Entries must be sent as 2 attachments, electronically, in any of the following formats:
Photo: jpeg, or gif.
Poem: .doc, .rtf, docx
Submit to: spcdigiku@gmail.com
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6) Entries will be judged on adherence to the current challenge topic, “Wilderness,” as well as
creativity, originality, and technique.
7) Photography equipment will not be a criterion for rating a photo.
8) All entries will be judged by a panel of faculty members
9) All entries must be submitted by March 30, 2009 to spcdigiku@gmail.com
10) Please keep entries suitable for viewing by all ages as they may be displayed in the library
and other public areas.
Release: By entering the Contest, each Entrant releases and holds harmless the Sponsor, and
representatives from any and all damages, losses, liabilities, costs, or expenses of any kind. Individuals
submitting photos into the contest retain full rights to their photos, including ownership, but through the
act of participation (entering a photo into our contest) will also grant SPC the rights to reproduce,
distribute, and display the submitted photos.
Adapted in part from: "Explore Your Wild World" by Michele Gorman. Published by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in the
"Into the Explore Your Wild World" program in the Young Adult chapter of the 2005 Texas Reading Club manual, "Go Wild Read!" Available
online at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/projects/trc/2005/manual/explorewildworld.html Used with permission.