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Educational Use Notice

Modern Haibun & Tanka Prose

MODERN ENGLISH TANKA PRESS, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, publisher of the biannual journal, Modern Haibun & Tanka Prose ("MH&TP"), is dedicated to haiku and tanka education in schools and colleges, at every level. It is our intention and our policy to facilitate the use of MH&TP 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 MH&TP publications, online digital editions, ebook, and print editions, as primary or ancillary teaching resources. Copyright law “Fair Use” guidelines and doctrine should be interpreted very liberally with respect to MH&TP precisely on the basis of our explicitly stated intention herein. This statement may be cited as an effective permission to use MH&TP as a text or resource for studies. Proper attribution of any excerpt to MH&TP is required. This statement applies equally to digital resources and print copies of the journal. Individual copyrights of poets, authors, artists, etc., published in MH&TP 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 MH&TP, at MHTP(dot)EDITOR(at)GMAIL(dot)COM. We welcome innovative uses of our resources for haiku and tanka education.

The Editor, MH&TP
www.themetpress.com/modernhaibunandtankaprose/

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