Boo! We scared you. Now it’s your flip to offer 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 would like your greatest scary well being care or well being coverage haiku. We’ll share favorites on our social media channels, and members of our employees 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 observe @KFFHealthNews on the social platforms X, Instagram, and TikTok.
- (Elective) Embody your X or Instagram deal with within the submission and tell us if it’s OK to offer 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 rely).
- 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 shall be introduced with a customized comedian illustration drawn by employees 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 offers you a shout-out ― or hair-raising scream ― on our social media pages, with the hashtag #HealthCareScare.
