Boo! We scared you. Now it’s your flip to present our newsroom a scare. Submissions at the moment are open for KFF Well being Information’ sixth annual Halloween haiku competitors. KFF Well being Information has been publishing reader-submitted well being care haikus for years and is on pins and needles to learn how this spooky season conjures up you. We wish your finest scary well being care or well being coverage haiku. We’ll share favorites on our social media channels, and members of our workers will decide the winners, introduced on Thursday, Oct. 31.
Guidelines:
- Submit your haiku to https://kffhealthnews.org/contact-haiku/ with the hyperlink to the associated KFF Well being Information article.
- “Like” KFF Well being Information and California Healthline on Fb, and comply with @KFFHealthNews on the social platforms X, Instagram, and TikTok.
- (Non-obligatory) Embrace your X or Instagram deal with within the submission and tell us if it’s OK to present you a shout-out on social media.
- Submit your haiku by 5 p.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 18.
- To win, the haiku ought to meet the next standards:
- Observe the format of a haiku (a three-line poem with 17 syllables, written in a 5/7/5-syllable depend).
- Include data associated to well being care and/or well being coverage that follows the scary/Halloween theme.
- Reference a KFF Well being Information story within the haiku — as a bonus.
Prizes:
The highest three haikus will probably be introduced with a customized comedian illustration drawn by workers illustrator Oona Zenda and featured within the KFF Well being Information Morning Briefing. Chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner will learn the grand-prize winner on KFF Well being Information’ “What the Health?” podcast on Oct. 31, and we gives you a shout-out ― or hair-raising scream ― on our social media pages, with the hashtag #HealthCareScare.
