gunmajet.net

The AJET Haiku Competition

Write us a haiku
We'll print it and reward you
If it's any good

Yes, we're having a haiku competition, so grab your pen and start writing! The competition is open immediately and will close on Friday, June 12th. Submissions relevant to the JET experience are welcomed from current JET Programme participants. Traditional haiku make reference to seasons and nature, but we're not fussy - clever and humourous poetry is encouraged! In the spirit of our Japan experience, the competition will be conducted in two categories, English and Japanese.

Judging will be conducted entirely by members of the AJET National Council or their nominated representatives - no correspondence regarding prizes will be entered into as the judges' decision is final.

All haiku submitted for the AJET Haiku Competition become the property of AJET, though we will give credit to all published poetry. Please make copies of poetry you want to keep on record. AJET reserves the right to reproduce any contest submissions on our website at ajet.net, the National AJET Fan page on Facebook and in AJET publications.

Two first-place winners (one for English, one for Japanese) will receive a 3000 yen book card and be featured in the AJET Tokyo Orientation Guidebook. Two second-place winners (one for English, one for Japanese) will receive a 1000 yen book card.
Submissions should be:

1. accompanied by the name, address and JET number of the poet
2. original works
3. written in English and/or Japanese
4. if written in Japanese, accompanied by furigana and an English translation

There is a limit of two (2) haiku per entrant total. Current National AJET Council members are not eligible to enter.

Entries and enquiries should be sent to contest@ajet.net Winning entries can be found here.
The AJET Photo Competition

The AJET National Council invites all budding JET photographers to submit entries for the third annual AJET Photo Competition. The competition is open immediately and will close on Friday, June 12th. Submissions relevant to the JET experience are welcomed from current JET Programme participants. We are interested in receiving "human" and humourous photos, including images from AJET events or activities - landscape shots, for example, are unlikely to receive much attention.

Judging will be conducted entirely by members of the AJET National Council or their nominated representatives - no correspondence regarding prizes will be entered into as the judges' decision is final. All photos submitted for the AJET Photo Competition become the property of AJET, though we will give credit to all published images. AJET reserves the right to reproduce any submissions on our website at ajet.net, the National AJET Fan page on Facebook and in AJET publications.

One first-place winner will receive a 3000 yen book card and be featured in the AJET Tokyo Orientation Guidebook. One second-place winner will receive a 1000 yen book card.
Submissions should be:

1. accompanied by a caption describing the scene
2. accompanied by the name, address and JET number of the photographer
3. original images
4. high quality JPG files; for example, a single image should be at least 400kb in size

There is a limit of two (2) images per entrant. Current National AJET Council members are not eligible to enter. In the case that you submit photographs including people's faces, please receive permission from those featured before submission.

Entries and enquiries should be sent to contest@ajet.net
Winning entries can be found here.

Let's get snapping! :)