Agnes Eva Savich (born Agnieszka Ewa Milewska, November 18, 1976, Kraków, Poland), university program coordinator, oboist, and haiku poet. Her collection, The Watcher: Poems, was published in 2009. Founder and leader of the Austin, Texas Haiku Group; judge of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Contest; editor of the Haiku Society of America Southwest Region 2021 members’ anthology; and curator of the Memorial Presentation for Haiku North America 2021. Lives in Pflugerville, Texas.

Alan S. Bridges (Alan Scott Bridges, born October 27, 1956, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.), patient services representative, Emerson Hospital in Concord, Mass.; president, Cosega Energy Corporation; and haiku poet. He is a member of the Broadmoor Haiku Collective and has served as a judge of the Haiku Society of America Gerald Brady Senryu Contest (2014), the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Haiku International (2019), and the Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Competition (2020). Bridges was voted Poet of the Year by the readers of The Heron’s Nest in both 2016 and 2017. His work has been featured in A New Resonance 7 and Mann Library’s Daily Haiku. He has won six haiku competitions, and his published collections include In a Flash (2019), Stirring Ashes (2020), and In the Curves ( 2020). Bridges has lived in Massachusetts for most of his life, currently residing in Weston.

Alanna C. Burke (born Alanna Carroll Burke, July 31, 1952, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.A), American poet and business manager for her husband, the artist William Berra. Writing haiku and haibun since 2011; published in the major print and online periodicals. Member of the Santa Fe Haiku Study Group; co-edited the group’s chapbook, Open Spaces. Lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Alison Woolpert (born Mary Alison Woolpert, March 18, 1949, Indio, California, U.S.A.), American poet and haiku poet, an active member of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society, Haiku Poets of Northern California, and the Haiku Society of America. YTHS dōjin, past president; Tokutomi Memorial Haiku Contest coordinator; and co-organizer for the 5th Haiku Pacific Rim Conference. A haiku chapbook, Greetings From, was published in 2018. Resides in Santa Cruz, California.

Amy Ostenso-Kennedy (born Amy Elizabeth Ostenso, October 18, 1967, Torrance, California, U.S.A.), American writer and editor who has worked for over 20 years in educational publishing. Member of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society and publishes her work in its work-study journal Geppo and the members’ anthologies. Edited or coedited three YTHS anthologies. Lives in Monterey, California.