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Cyndi Lloyd (born Cynthia Ann Golsan, September 29, 1969, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.), author, artist, poet, writing haiku, haibun, tanka, longer poems, and non/fiction. Earned a B.A. in English, from Westminster College (now University) and served as editor-in-chief of its literary journal ellipsis for 2012. She volunteered as a tutor for Literacy Action Center and as a writing mentor at SLCC’s Community Writing Center. Taught haiku courses through Story Circle Network, volunteered as a moderator on Inkstone Poetry Forum, and served as coeditor of Drifting Sands #1. Since 2014, her poems have appeared in leading print and online journals and in anthologies of the Haiku Society of America, Haiku North America, and Red Moon Press, including A New Resonance 13. Lloyd has received a Presence Best-of-Issue Award, Cattails Editor’s Choice, and Autumn Moon Haiku Journal ‘s Haiku Moment Award. Her haiku won recognition in the Robert Spiess, Kusamakura, Morioka, Soka Matsubara, and The Haiku Calendar competitions. She resides in Riverton, Utah.
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