Photo: T.B. MacRury
Carole MacRury (born Carole Nixon, December 22, 1943, Vancouver, BC, Canada), photographer and haikai and tanka poet. For two decades her work and translations have appeared in international and English-language journals and anthologies. She is the author of The Tang of Nasturtiums (tanka; 2012; winner of the Snapshot Press e‑book award), and In the Company of Crows: Haiku and Tanka Between the Tides (2008, 2018) and coedited two anthologies. MacRury has served in key leadership roles, including Secretary/Treasurer of the Tanka Society of America and Charter Member and Membership Secretary of the United Haiku and Tanka Society. She cofounded and co-judged the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational, cohosted the 2015 Haiku Canada Weekend. Her judging credits include the British Haiku Society Tanka Award, the Fleeting Words Tanka Contest, and the HSA Harold G. Henderson Awards, among others. MacRury resides in Point Roberts, Washington.
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