Photo by Susan Forrester
Mark Forrester (born Mark Alan Forrester, April 29, 1962, Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.A.), a principal lecturer in the English Department at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he teaches professional writing and literature. He has been publishing haikai in the major print journals and online since 2012. Haiku of his were selected as Featured Poem in Bottle Rockets (2021) and the Best of Issue in Mayfly (2025). His work has been included in several Haiku Society of America and Haiku Canada members’ anthologies. Forrester’s work was recognized in the H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest (2021), the HSA Haibun Awards (2025), and the inaugural Whispers of Nature International Haiku Contest (Haiku Association of Sri Lanka; 2026). He was nominated for a Touchstone Award in 2025 and received a Golden Pea Award for excellence in haiku in 2025. Forrester has published two chapbooks: The World Disappears (2021) and Dreamer’s Moon (2024). He lives in Hyattsville, Maryland.
Note: This is an abstract of a longer biographical article to come.