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.

Angela Terry (born Angela Marie Dawson, July 18, 1948, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.), insurance broker and haiku poet and organizer. Secretary of the Haiku Society of America and Washington State regional coordinator; president of Haiku Northwest. Member of the panel of judges for The Haiku Foundation Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems. Lives in Sequim, Washington.

Anna Cates (born April 27, 1971, Brunswick, Maine, U.S.A.), American educator teaching online courses in writing, literature, and education. Won first place awards in the Caribbean, European, and Indian Kukai, the UHTS Samurai Haibun Contest, and Ohio Poetry Day contests. Has published five books of haikai and longer poetry. Serves as webmaster of Pages Literary Journal. Resides in Wilmington, Ohio.

Anne Elise Burgevin (born October 4, 1960, Newark, New York, U.S.A.), American creative writing teacher, editor, and poet. Author of two collections of haiku, Frozen Earth (2018) and Sunny Uplands (2024); also publishes haibun, haiga, and tanka. Associate editor of The Heron’s Nest and a judge of the annual Hexapod Haiku Contest. Writer-in-residence at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Education Center in 2022. Currently dcveloping a haiku journal for youth. Resides in Chicago, Illinois.

Annette Makino (born Annette Yuki Makino, July 17, 1963, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.), visual artist and haiku poet. Studied international relations at Stanford University and art at Humboldt State University. Proprietor of Makino Studios, offering her haiga and other Asian-inspired art. Also works as a communications specialist for nonprofit organizations. Has won Touchstone, Henderson, Brady, and Porad awards and published a book, Water and Stone: Ten Years of Art and Haiku (HSA Merit Book Award). Resides in Arcata, California