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Angela Kublik

Angela Kublik is the editor of blueskiespoetry.ca. Her poetry has appeared in The Prairie Journal and FreeFall, and is forthcoming in Legacy. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta.

Sandra Mooney Ellerbeck

Sandra Mooney Ellerbeck continues to view the earth from many perspectives. Her poetry reflects a diverse spectrum: appearing in literary journals, magazines, anthologies, newspapers, greeting cards, cafes, visual art, songs, and radio. She teaches poetry and art workshops, and works as a library assistant. She created, coordinates, and hosts the Discovery Café in Edmonton, a philosophy café that also celebrates music and poetry. Her passion for haiku is in its ability to capture a present moment and preserve it, and in its nature and human-nature contrasts that create enchanting elements.

John Moore Williams

John Moore Williams is a poet, author of short fiction and wage slave. His poetry can be seen at KillPoet (killpoet.com), VenerealKittens (venerealkittens.blogspot.com), in "Sein und Werden", and is forthcoming from Shampoo (shampoopoetry.com). His fiction and book reviews can be found in Black Heart Magazine (blackheartmagazine.com). You can also visit him at myspace.com/fissuresofmen.

Nanci Pritchard

Nanci Pritchard's most recent projects include raising three daughters and completing her Master’s degree in Spanish at the University of Oregon. She has, since then, taken up her pen to write haiku, finding that its focus on common daily occurrences helps to keep her anchored in the present. Nanci's free time is spent sitting on her front porch, reading, writing and watching the seasons change as the world goes by.

Susan Sanchez-Barnett

Susan Sanchez-Barnett is from Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She is a 6th grade science teacher by day, history professor at night. She writes in two fields, poetry and history. Susan's poetry has been published in the Mainichi Daily News, White Lotus, SP Quill, Illuminating Shadows and more. Her PhD is in History of Native Americans and she writes also in that field. Susan is finding out she enjoys writing poetry a lot more than history lately!

Wendy Visser

Wendy Visser is a Cambridge, Ontario writer. Her haiku have been published in several Haiku Canada member anthologies, in the Sandburg-Livesay Award, Dark Lullaby, in three Herb Barrett Awards, Through the Spirea,1999, and Sweeping Leaves, 2000. The third, not yet published will contain three of Wendy's haiku; one of them an Honourable Mention. She was a major contributor to two haiku/short poetry chapbooks published by Craigleigh Press; In L.M.'s Garden, 2002 and Cloud Shine, launched in 2007. Wendy's full collection of poetry, Riding A Wooden Horse, Craigleigh Press won the 2006 WRAC (Waterloo Regional Arts Council) best book award.

Nicole Pakan, is the co-editor of DailyHaiku and associate art editor for DailyHaiga. Nicole is an active member of the Edmonton poetry and art communities as a poet, painter, candlesti... er... um, printmaker, potter and photographer. By day she masquerades as the communication manager for a non-profit organization; by night she can be caught flirting with words—frequenting the Raving Poets and Stroll of Poets readings. Nicole participates annually in the Roar Spoken Word Festival, the Edmonton Poetry Festival, the Edmonton Stroll of Poets Haven Series, and the Cortex multimedia exhibit. Her recent publication credits include filling Station, Other Voices, the Stroll of Poets Anthology, and Notebook Magazine. She may be contacted online at DailyHaiku; you can find more information on Nicole's recent work at: www.nicolepakan.ca.

Patrick M. Pilarski, is the co-editor of DailyHaiku and associate poetry editor for DailyHaiga. His first full collection of haiku, haibun, and tanka, Huge Blue (2009), was recently released by Leaf Press, and he is the author of one chapbook: Five Weeks (2007). Patrick’s work recently appeared in The Antigonish Review, Modern Haiku, The Heron's Nest, Frogpond, Acorn, contemporary haibun, and Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka (Modern English Tanka Press, 2009). Patrick may be contacted at DailyHaiku; more information on Patrick's work can be found online at www.pilarski.ca.

Michael Gravel, Past-Editor and Founder, DailyHaiku, is a writer based in Edmonton, Alberta. He's a founder and the frontman of Edmonton’s Raving Poets, and co-founder of The Roar Spoken Word Festival. He is a freelance writer, web designer, and professional presenter. In December 2007, his life was nearly ended by a pulmonary embolism. In response he authored the chapbook, The Fast Places (Red Nettle, 2008). He lives in a wee house with his wife, stepdaughter, and two incorrigible hounds. He lives to write, code, and spend time with his family.