Carol Reynolds (born Carol Simmonds, October 4, 1948, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), retired secretary and administrator. Discovered haiku in 2011 and mentored by Cynthia Rowe. Founded the Illawong Haiku Group in 2017 under the umbrella of the Australian Haiku Society. Has had work published in FreeXpression, A Hundred Gourds, Kokako, and Echidna Tracks and recognized in haiku contests in Australia, Japan, Romania, and Croatia. Resides in Bangor, New South Wales.

Katherine Gallagher (born Kathleen Mary Gallagher, September 7, 1935, Maldon, Victoria, Australia; married name Londeix), Australian poet and translator writing haiku since the 1970s. Published widely in English-language journals and anthologies. Member of the British Haiku Society and founding member of Haiku Oz. Published a haiku collection, Shifts, and edited the 2010 BHS members’ anthology. Won a Museum of Haiku Literature Award and recognized in the First Polish International Haiku Competition and the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival. Resides in London.

Lorin Ford (born May 17, 1947, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia). Recipient of 1st Place, the Haiku Society of America Merit Book Awards (2009) for A Wattle Seedpod. Ford served on The Haiku Foundation Touchstone Book Awards Panel, as editor for Notes from the Gean (2009–2011), and as publisher and editor of A Hundred Gourds (2011–2016).

Lynette Arden (born 1943, Sydney, Australia), retired government worker and active writer and artist. Her poetry has been published in Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, U.K., and U.S.A. Has compiled three collections of poetry, including haiku, haibun, and tanka. Arden convened the Bindii Japanese Genre Poetry Group from 2009 to 2019 and remains a member. She is a past vice president of the Australian Haiku Society and currently its society’s web manager. She publishes the online haiku journal Echidna Tracks. She resides in Adelaide, South Australia.

Marilyn Humbert (born 1953, Victoria, Australia), retired pathology laboratory technician. Her haiku, haibun, rengay, sequences, and tanka and tanka prose can be found in international and Australian journals. Member of White Pebbles Haiku Group and the British Haiku Society, facilitator of Bottlebrush Tanka Group, and member of other tanka organizations. Serves on the Echidna Tracks editorial team. Resides in Sydney, Australia.