Our last three haiku contests revealed the creative genius of dozens of Harvard poets. If you’ve been waiting for an opportunity to strut your creative stuff, now’s your chance: Our fourth annual Haiku Contest is on! Our haiku issue will be published Friday, May 28. You can enter now and avoid the rush, or wait ’til the deadline, which is Monday, May 24.

Entries must be written with a Harvard theme. The possibilities are endless: town politics, affordable housing, Town Meeting, town center, Bromfield events, the commercial district, beer and wine in Harvard, town personalities—you name it.

Classic haiku format is 17 syllables in a five-seven-five pattern:

Find five syllables
with seven to follow them
and five to finish

First prize is a one-year subscription or renewal to the Harvard Press. Selected entries will be published and the winner announced in the May 28 issue. To enter, e-mail submissions to editor@harvardpress.com or mail to The Harvard Press, P.O. Box 284, Harvard, MA 01451.