Dru Philippou (born Androulla Philippou, January 22, 1956, Strovolos, British Cyprus), a Cypriot–British-American writer, poet, and educator. Writing haikai, tanka prose, and free verse since 2005. Had work in eleven Red Moon anthologies, won Honorable Mention in the Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Award, First Prize in Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards, and Honorable Mentions in three Genjuan International Haibun Contests. Her “Afterlife” and “Pilgrimage” each won first place in HSA’s Haibun Awards (2021 and 2023). Published a tanka prose memoir, A Place to Land, in 2022. Has lived in Taos, New Mexico, since 1995.

Dyana Basist (born Diane Susan Basist, April 29, 1956, Dayton, Ohio), massage therapist, author, gardener, poet, and haiku poet. Haiku, senryu, tan-renga, and haibun of hers have appeared in major American and British print and online journals and selected for three Red Moon anthologies as well as HSA and YTHS members’ anthologies. Participated in “From Branch to Branch,” winner of the HSA Renku Grand Prize Award for 2018. Published Coyote Wind, a book of essays, poetry, and haiku in 2019. Resides in Santa Cruz, California.

Edith Mize Lewis (born Edith Grace Jackson, May 7, 1920, Gary, Indiana, U.S.A.; died March 5, 2004, Huntington, New York), Army flight nurse in World War II, and later writer and poet. Began writing poetry in 1974 and turned to haiku and senryu in the early 1990s. Member of the Haiku Society of America and author of a book for children. Lewis was a long-time resident of Boca Raton, Florida.

Edna G. Purviance (born Edna Julia Gidlof, October 2, 1922, Orienta, Wisconsin, U.S.A.; died May 8, 2009, Bellingham, Washington), haiku poet, teacher, and editor. Founded the Haiku Appreciation Club in 1976 to teach the composition of haiku, and edited Portals, a magazine for club members. Resided in Bellingham.

Edward Cody Huddleston (born February 15, 1993, Voorhees Township, New Jersey, U.S.A.), radio disk jockey and freelance copy editor, author, and haiku poet. His haiku have been published since 2013 in top print and online journals and won grand prizes in the Resobox International Haiku Contest (2019), Itoen Oi Ocha New Haiku Contest (2023), and the Little Iris Haiku Contest (2023), among other awards. His collection, Wildflowers in a Vase: Haiku, appeared in 2021. Has served as Social Media Coordinator for the Haiku Society of America since 2022. He lives in Baxley, Georgia.