Do I Smell a Contest?

Hello one and everyone!!!

We're about to hit you with some FREE SWAG!

We haven't gotten any haikus in what seems like months and months and months! It's terrible. We sit in our apartment with the lights off and no heat--with no blankets or coffee or teddy bears to comfort us--and we cry. We cry all day, every day because you are too lazy to send us your lovely haikus and photography. So, we've designed a little incentive program... because those of us taking economics classes know all about incentives...

We've made Haiku Project mugs! They are awesome and they are on the Zazzle site. You can look at them HERE. And just like the t-shirts, you can customize the style and the colors and all that good stuff before buying them. But don't pull out your wallet just yet, friends, because we're giving away one of these ceramic beauties to the lucky winner of our VALENTINE HAIKU CONTEST!-- and the crowd goes wild!

Here are the contest deets:

1. You must send us a COMPLETE project to be eligible.

That means you can't just send us a haiku or a photograph... it has to be whole kitten-caboodle (or kit 'n caboodle as it is actually spelled). We're talkin'... fresh off the press ready to post on the site. We're not doing your editing for you this time, no sir. You can use any editing software you like. We like Picnik.com, but use whatever 'hai's your kus.'

2. The submission must be Valentine's Day or Looooove related.

So, sorry but no haikus about zombies or vampires or other supernatural beings this time. We love them, and please continue to send them... but you can't win the mug that way. And no... your haiku cannot be about sweet vampire lovin'. We are putting the kibosh on all Twilight related haikus for right now. We know you love Edward Cullen... we know Jacob is your true valentine, but frankly we don't care. Though... if you're in love with a zombie... we might take that.

3. You must follow the site submission rules which are posted HERE.

We know it's a drag not to be able to use google images, but we don't want to get in trouble. And it's more authentic this way.

4. The contest will run from today (Feb 12th) until Feb 28th. On March first, my cohort and I will review your submissions and put our favorites up for voting.

The voting will last for 1 week and on March 8th, we'll announce the winner.

That being said, please include some way for us to contact you in your submission email. We totally get that you're emailing us and that we should be able to just send a reply, but some people have like 12 email addresses--all for some different purpose and we want to make sure we can contact you if you win. When you win, we'll email you asking for your address (we promise not to stalk you or show up unannounced) and we'll ship you your brand spankin' new mug!

So that's it. We're expecting a lot from you guys, so hop to it. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at projecthaiku@yahoo.com and we'll do our best to help you out.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!! We love you! You're pretty!
-The Illustrious Creators of the Haiku Project.