Tanka Teachers Guide

Educational Use Notice

MODERN ENGLISH TANKA PRESS, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, publisher of the 2006-2009 quarterly journal, Modern English Tanka, is dedicated to tanka education in schools and colleges, at every level. It is our intention and our policy to facilitate the use of Modern English Tanka and related materials to the maximum extent feasible by educators at every level of school and university studies. Educators, without individually seeking permission from the publisher, may use Modern English Tanka publications, online digital editions and print editions, as primary or ancillary teaching resources. Copyright law “Fair Use” guidelines and doctrine should be interpreted very liberally with respect to Modern English Tanka precisely on the basis of our explicitly stated intention herein. This statement may be cited as an effective permission to use Modern English Tanka as a text or resource for studies. Proper attribution of any excerpt to Modern English Tanka is required. This statement applies equally to digital resources and print copies of the journal. Individual copyrights of poets, authors, artists, etc., published in Modern English Tanka are their own property and are not meant to be compromised in any way by the journal’s liberal policy on “Fair Use.”

Any educator seeking clarification of our policy for a particular use may email the Editor of Modern English Tanka, at DMG (at) THEMETPRESS (dot) COM. We welcome innovative uses of our resources for tanka education.