Michael Dylan Welch (born May 20, 1962, Watford, England); lived in England, Ghana, Australia, and Canada, and now resides in Washington state, U.S.A. Editor, publisher, as well as haiku poet, translator, critic, and organizer. Among his accomplishments are editing and publishing journals including Woodnotes and Tundra, founding Press Here, a haiku publishing company, and National Haiku Writing Month, cofounding and directing the biennial Haiku North America conferences, founding the Tanka Society of America and the annual Seabeck Haiku retreats, and involvement in many other haiku- and poetry-related activities.
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