Art Stein (born Arthur Leon Stein, Jr., December 28, 1928, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.; died September 30, 2010, Northfield, Massachusetts), architect, poet, and haiku poet. Member of the Haiku Society of America from 1997 and participant in Vincent Tripi’s Haiku Circle gatherings. Published Blonde Red Mustang …, a chapbook of his haiku, haibun, tanka, and free-verse poems in 2006. Last lived in Northfield, Mass.

Barbara Robidoux (born Barbara Mautone, September 25, 1944, Beverly, Massachusetts, U.S.A.), American teacher and writer. Published three books of haiku, tanka, and haibun as well as two collections of linked stories. Lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Barbara Sabol (born June 8, 1954, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.), retired speech therapist and currently an editor, educator, and lyric and haiku poet. Her first haiku was published in 2014, and a haiku collection, Connections: Core & All was published as a dual book with tanka by Larry Smith in 2022. Her work was selected for Haiku 2022: 100 notable ku from 2021 and Contemporary Haibun 17 (2022). She won second place in the 2021 Haiku Society of America haibun competition. She co-presented the Memorial Reading at the Haiku North America conference in 2023. Resides in Akron, Ohio.

Barbara Snow (born Barbara Ann VanWinkle, October 3, 1931, rural Slater, Missouri, U.S.A.), retired children’s librarian. Member of the Haiku Society of America, the United Haiku and Tanka Society, and the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society and participant in the Seabeck Haiku Retreats. Organizer of the Willamette Haiku Poets group. Published haiku principally in American journals and participated in the Shiki Internet Kukai. Resides in Eugene, Oregon.

Barrie Levine (born Barrie Nadine Weiner, August 30, 1944, New York New York, U.S.A.), retired from a law and mediation career. In 2018 launched a blog with memory pieces and items of general interest. Since 2020, dozens of her haikai have been honored in contests internationally and hundreds published online and in print journals. Her work has been gathered in international anthologies, and a book, Cotton Moon, was published in 2022. Levine mentors beginning poets for the HSA, attends the annual Wild Graces Haiku Gatherings, and is a regular participant in Brad Bennett’s weekly workshops. Resides in Wenham, Massachusetts.