The Shang Shung Institute U.K. is delighted to announce
its 3rd online international art competition kindly inviting you
to share your poetry!
Submission details:
WHAT TO SEND:
Send only one poem, in Tibetan or in English and the subject of the poem should be: The Tibetan astrological year of
the "wood dragon".
* Please do not send the poem as an attachment, but as a simple text in the email body.
Poems should be maximum 200 words, in any form: free verse / rhyming, haiku, narrative poetry, etc.
ABOUT YOU:
In addition to the poem,
in the same email please specify:
a)NAME, LAST NAME,
CITY AND COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
b)TITLE OF THE POEM, YEAR OF WRITING.
c)FACEBOOK AND/OR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS, WEBSITE (if you have one and wish to share).
SEND A SINGLE ORIGINAL SUBMISSION TO:
submissions@shangshunguk.org
CONDITIONS:
1) Subscribe to our Youtube, Instagram and Facebook accounts(see belowđđ˝).
2) Send your poem by Jan 10th (00:00UK) 2024 .
3) We DO NOT allow submissions created using Artificial Intelligence(we use AI content detectors).
4)Only one submission per person is allowed.
5) Poetry must be original, no third party copyright material can be used .
6) When sending us your poem you are agreeing to us sharing your poems on our social media platforms and website .
PRIZE:
1)Â 250$ FIRST PRIZE.
2)Â 50$ SECOND PRIZE.
3)Â 25$ THIRD PRZIE.
Winning powems will be published in
Yeshe: A Journal of Tibetan Literature, Arts and Humanities.
DEADLINE:
Apply by January 10, 2024.
WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT:
Winners will be announced by Losar 2024
February 10th, 2024 (Tibetan New Year)
Please note: *Selected submissions will be published
on our Instagram & facebook accounts regularly throughout the competition time frame.
JUDGES
We are  honoured to collaborate with two distinguished writers who will be the judges for our poetry competition.
Geshe Beri Jigme Wangyal
Geshe Beri Jigme Wangyal is Senior Lecturer at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS), Saranath, India, where he is also the head of the Centre for Tibetan Literature. He has published over 31 books on Tibetan poetry and Literature, History and Buddhist Philosophy.
Bhuchung D Sonam
Bhuchung D Sonam is a poet, writer, translator and publisher. His books include Songs from Dewachen and Yak Horns:
Notes on Contemporary Tibetan Writing, Music and Film & Politics. He has edited Muses in Exile: An Anthology of Tibetan Poetry, and has compiled and translated Burning the Sun's Braids: New Poetry from Tibet. He is a founding member of TibetWrites and its imprint Blackneck Books.
His writings are published in the Journal of Indian Literature, HIMAL Southasian, Hindustan Times and Tibetan Review among others.
In June 2022, he was awarded the Ostana Prize Youth Award in the category of 'Writings in Mother Tongue' for his literary contributions.
We hope to receive many poems
and can't wait to share them with the rest of the world!
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Kindly,
Shang Shung Institute, U.K.
 
Shang Shung Institute UK, a non profit institute, connects people for the support of Tibetan and Himalayan culture in person & online.
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