10 sec. 1 bayt. {+992-98-537-89-54}
Call for Participation in Tajikistan, 2009: Oct 12 (noon) to Oct 14 (noon)
Call for Participation, 2010: TBA
The
competition begins noon on Monday
October 12 and
ends at noon on Wednesday
October
14, 2009. Only those residing in Tajikistan are
eligible
to apply. To participate, please
call
the
following
number:
Leave your 10 second poem
but do NOT leave any other information. Your poem will be published to the web
at http://www.10sec1bayt.com
If you are selected as a
winner, you will be called from the number that you dialed – so
on October 31, between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm, be sure to leave your phone
turned on. Submitted 10 second poems
will be selected by their creativity and originality — and
of course the poems must be only ten seconds long! Winning entries composed
in Tajik and Russian will be selected by a group of prominent Central Asian poets,
journalists, and cultural organizers. To ensure
fairness, the names of the jurors will remain anonymous until the time that winners
are announced. First place winner in Tajikistan
will receive a cell phone. Second and third place winners in Tajikistan will
receive a surprise. Additionally, their poem
will be published over the radio airwaves, in the printed newspaper, and on the
television. 
