Black Heart’s 3rd annual Kick-Ass Haiku Contest is now open for submissions!

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It’s time once again for Black Heart’s Kick-Ass Haiku Contest – the only haiku contest where writers are encouraged to break with tradition and submit their most kick-ass poetry, in 5-7-5 form.

THEME: The city of the future

ENTRY FEE: $10 – includes a free copy of Haiku for Lovers

PRIZE: As always, one winner takes it all, including an even bigger cash prize of $250, a free copy of every ebook in the Buttontapper Press catalogue, and a featured spot in BP’s 2014 “Futuristic Haiku” anthology.

NOTES: Send up to 5 haiku per entry. Multiple entries are permitted. All submissions must be in haiku format (traditional or modern), and in some way reflect the theme “the city of the future.” For some excellent visual inspiration, check out Hongkiat’s 100 Imaginative “Cities of the Future” Artworks post.

TO ENTER: Send us your kick-ass haiku via Submittable by midnight (PST) on September 30, 2013.