Hilary Tann (born November 2, 1947, Llwynypia, Glamorgan, Wales, U.K.; died February 8, 2023, Schuylerville, New York), Welsh American composer, professor of music theory and composition at Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., and haiku poet. She was a founder of the Route 9 Haiku Group and its biannual anthology, Upstate Dim Sum. Cochaired the Haiku North America 2015 conference in Schenectady. Last resided in Schuylerville, N.Y.

John Rowlands (born September 24, 1947, Aberystwyth, Wales), taught art for 20 years before becoming art education officer at the National Museum of Wales (1990–1996). Rowlands began writing haiku in 1992. He was awarded the Museum of Haiku Literature Award in 2016. Published cylymau tywod / knots of sand and has been included in two Red Moon Press anthologies. Author of “Transcreation,” Wales Haiku Journal, concerning haiku in relation to Welsh language poetics and aspects of translation. Member of The British Haiku Society and Haiku Canada. Currently working on a digital haiku collection in Welsh. Resides in Tremadog, Gwynedd, Wales.

Karen Hoy (born January 14, 1966, Newport, Wales), poet, filmmaker, and courses director of Call of the Page. Her documentary and wildlife credits include work for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic, and Discovery Channels. Karen Hoy's poetry is included in Stairs and Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back (Nine Arches Press 2017). Her haiku appear in Another Country: Haiku Poetry from Wales, Naad Anunaad, A Vast Sky, Wishbone Moon, Another Trip Around the Sun: 365 Days of Haiku for Children Young and Old, Last Train Home, haiku, tanka and rengay. Resides in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.

Lew Watts (born February 15, 1953, Cardiff, Wales), retired energy industry CEO. He currently serves on several energy and technology company boards. He is also active in a number of nonprofit organizations. Watts earned a PhD in geology from the University of Reading, and was awarded an honorary doctorate (science) from Bristol University in 2016. He has published a collection of poetry, a book of haibun, and an award-winning haiku-themed novel. His haiku were featured in the 2019 A New Resonance, and his haiku, haibun, and rengay appear widely in print and online publications. Resides in Chicago, Illinois, and Fennville, Michigan, both in the U.S.A.

Lynne Rees (born June 3, 1958, Port Talbot, Wales), writer, editor, award-winning creative writing tutor, and Pushcart Prize nominee. She has published a novel, a poetry collection, a volume of experimental flash prose, a haibun collection, a psycho-geographical book about her home-town, and a “best of” compilation from her blog, “The Hungry Writer” (2010–2015). Her critical and creative haiku writing has been published internationally and she is coeditor of Another Country, Haiku Poetry from Wales. She divides her time between Kent, England and South Wales.