an’ya, haigō of Andrea Mae (born September 2, 1947, Long Beach, California, U.S.A.), poet, founder, and editor. She won top prizes in the James W. Hackett Award (2000 and 2007), Penumbra Haiku Contest (2001), the Kaji Aso Studio Contest (2001 and 2009), Betty Drevniok Award (2009), Tokutomi Memorial Haiku Contest (2004), Francine Porad Award (2005), Kusamakura Haiku Competition (2006), National League of American Pen Women Haiku Competition (2000 and 2002), Winter Moon Awards (2008), among others. She edited the Beginners column for the World Haiku Association, edited haigaonline, founded and edited Moonset Literary Newspaper (2005), founded and edited the Tanka Society of America’s Ribbons Journal, founded the United Haiku and Tanka Society and edited its journal cattails. an’ya has 28 haiku and tanka books published (with one HSA Merit Books Award). She coedited an HSA members’ anthology. an’ya lives aboard a boat in Port of Siuslaw, Florence, Oregon.
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