Maria Tomczak (born July 25, 1984, Tychy, Poland, haiku poet, writer, and digital artist. Publishes haiku, haiga, and renku in international publications including The Mainichi, Cattails, DailyHaiku, The Heron’s Nest, Frogpond, and Modern Haiku. Author of a haiku and senryu chapbook and a fantasy novel. Has won recognition in the Mainichi Contest, the Devidé Haiku Award, the Polish International Haiku Competition, and the Italian Matsuo Basho Award; has had two haiku shortlisted for the Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems. Cofounder and editor of Wild Plum—a haiku journal (2015–2017). Resides in Opole, Poland.