an’ya, haigō of Andrea Mae (born September 2, 1947, Long Beach, California, U.S.A.), poet, founder, and editor. Won top awards in the Hackett, Penumbra, Kaji Aso, Drevniok, Tokutomi, Porad, Kusamakura, NLAPW, and Winter Moon competitions. Edited the World Haiku Association Beginners column; edited haigaonline; founded and edited Moonset Literary Newspaper and the Tanka Society of America’s Ribbons Journal; founded the United Haiku and Tanka Society and edited its journal cattails. Has published 28 haiku and tanka books (with one HSA Merit Books Award) and coedited an HSA members’ anthology. Lives aboard a boat in Port of Siuslaw, Florence, Oregon.