Frank Williams (born June 11, 1951, West Ham, London, England), retired costs clerk, haiku poet, and editor. Joined the British Haiku Society in 1996; has served as BHS returning officer, minutes secretary, and membership secretary. Published nine haiku chapbooks. Edited three BHS members’ anthologies as well as four London Haiku Group members’ anthologies. Resides in London.

Fred Schofield (born October 24, 1950, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, U.K.). Retired from teaching guitar in schools in 2015 and qualified in 2018 to teach the Alexander Technique. His haiku have been published in several magazines and anthologies, and he has four solo collections to his credit: Sway (1997), small snorings (2000), wet grass laughing (2008), and hazy dawn (2012). He has been active in teaching and popularizing haiku in England and abroad, for example, co-curating the Haiku Presence Exhibition that toured England in 1998; running, together with Martin Lucas, a series of public drop-in renku sessions in Yorkshire and Lancashire (2000–2001); presenting the Around Haiku project in six Leeds primary schools and other local venues (2005–2006); and teaching a week-long haiku class at Düsseldorf International Elementary School every year from 2008 to 2011. Schofield resides in Leeds, U.K.

Grace Galton (born December 15, 1936, London, England, U.K.; died November 30, 2022, Somerset, England), haikai poet specializing in haiku, senryu, and especially photo haiga. British Haiku Society member.

Graham High (born Graham John High, April 3, 1948, Isleworth, West London, U.K.), visual artist, haiku poet, editor, and publisher. Has had a 25-year career as an animatronic model designer working on feature films. Member of the British Haiku Society from 1999, editor of Blithe Spirit (2005–2008), and BHS president (2013–2016). Ran RAM Publications 2000–2013. Author of nine haiku and one haibun collection; editor of BHS members’ anthologies in 2005, 2006, and 2007. Won first place in the 2012 Turtle Light Press Haiku Chapbook Contest. Resides in London and Norfolk, U.K.

Ian Storr (born Ian Mackinsey Storr, June 12, 1947, Barnsley, Yorkshire, U.K.), manager of social care services. Served as haibun editor, production editor, and, from 2018, general editor of Presence. Honors include the Sakura Award, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival; winner, The Haiku Calendar Competition, and Best-of-Issue Winner in five Presence issues. Resides in Sheffield, U.K.