Elliot Nicely (born Elliot Sandon Nicely, July 4, 1976, Sandusky, Ohio), secondary school teacher and haiku and tanka poet. Published in five Red Moon anthologies, eight of Robert Epstein’s anthologies, and two topical collections from Bottle Rockets Press as well as many others. Shortlisted for the Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems in 2016, and featured in David G. Lanoue’s Write Like Issa: A Haiku How-to and Red Moon Press’s New Resonance series. Published three chapbooks of his haiku and senryu and one haiku collection, Sine Qua Non (2024). Served on the 2023 Haiku North America 2023 Programming Committee and as co-judge for HSA's 2024 Merit Book Awards Resides in Lakewood, Ohio.