Amanda Bell (born March 21, 1968, Dublin, Ireland), Irish poet, author, editor, and mentor. She holds an MA in poetry studies and is a professional member of the Irish Writers Centre. Her haiku and haibun have been published in Irish, British, American, and international journals and anthologies. Her books include Undercurrents (2016), a collection of haibun and haiku that was awarded 2nd Place in the Haiku Society of America’s Kanterman Merit Book Awards and shortlisted for a Touchstone Distinguished Books Award from The Haiku Foundation; First the Feathers (2017), a book of poetry and haibun shortlisted for the Shine Strong Award for best first poetry collection; The Lost Library Book (2017), creative nonfiction for children; and a translation from the Irish of The Loneliness of the Sasquatch, a poem sequence by Gabriel Rosenstock (2018). Bell is an assistant editor of The Haibun Journal and a member of the Pepperpots Haibun Group and the Hibernian Writers. She resides in Dublin.

Gabriel Rosenstock (born September 29, 1949, County Limerick, Ireland). Irish poet, haikuist, novelist, playwright, and author/translator of more than 160 books, mostly in Irish. A member of Aosdána, the academy of creative artists in Ireland, Rosenstock received the Tamgha-I-Khidmat medal from the government of Pakistan for services to literature. In recent years, Rosenstock has concentrated on ekphrastic tanka and ekphrastic haiku. He resides in Dublin, Ireland.

Maeve O’Sullivan (born September 15, 1963, Dublin, Ireland), Irish poet, writer, and tutor of journalism in further education. Has published five haikai collections. Leads workshops, mentors individuals in haikai, and writes reviews. A founding member of Haiku Ireland and active member of the British Haiku Society. Resides in Dublin.

Sean O’Connor (born 1963, Dublin, Ireland), Irish author specializing in haibun, haiku, and zuihitsu. Founder and editor of The Haibun Journal, a biannual print publication, and member of the judging panel of the Genjuan International Haibun Contest for 2020 and 2021. Has published three books: Let Silence Speak: A Haiku and Haibun Collection (2016), Even the Mountains: Five Years in a Japanese Village (2017), and Fragmentation, a series of haibun and zuihitsu meditations on dementia and the dynamics of memory (2021). Awarded a Literature Bursary by the Arts Council of Ireland in 2021. Resides in rural Tipperary, Ireland.