Nine Autumns Tanka Comments

My tanka below just won a Certificate of Merit by the Tankagendai Corp, the 7th International Tanka Festival Competition,2012, a contest that is held every three years by The Japan Tanka Poets' Society with a membership of about 5000.

The awards are divided into four categories: Certificate of Merit (by a sponsor's name) , Excellent Tanka, Fine Tanka, and Encouraging Tanka. The texts of winning tanka in the last two categories are not included in the contest results report.
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