Dietmar Tauchner (born 1972, Neunkirchen, Austria), social worker, counselor, haiku poet, and pioneer of video haiga. Haiku have appeared in the top German- and English-language publications and anthologies, including A New Resonance 5 and Red Moon anthologies. Won Roadrunner's Scorpion Prize (2005) and awards in the Kusamakura Haiku Competitions (2005-2016), HIA Haiku Contest (2011). Books include Steg zu den Sternen, Noise of Our Origin /Rauschen unseres Ursprungs, Invisible Tracks / Unsichtbare Spuren, and Ikonen des Windlieds: Kurzgedichte / Icons of Windsong: Short Poems / पवन-गीत के प्रतीक: लघु कविताए. Co-founded Chrysanthemum in 2007 and coedited A Vast Sky (2015). Has served on the Red Moon Press Anthology editorial staff since 2013. Lives in Puchberg, Austria.

Petra Sela (born June 15, 1947, Vienna, Austria), retired lector for a Japanese professor and secretary to another, haiku and prose writer, and editor. Published 21 of her own books, seven of haiku, and received two major state literary awards. Composing haikai for over 30 years; developing an Austrian haiku style. Edited Vienna, Melting Pot of Haiku Poetry (symposium proceedings) and collections Kunst & Wort. Haiga and Alles Walzer, 200 Jahre Johann Strauss in Wort und Bild. Published a trilingual anthology, Afriku—Vienna meets Africa. Founded the Österreichische Haiku-Gesellschaft, serves as president, and edits its Lotosblüte yearbooks. Resides in Vienna.