Pauline Cleary lives in regional Victoria and writes short fiction and poetry. In 2023, she won the Paynesville Writers Award and had stories and poems in several anthologies including the Paul Cave Literature Anthology(UK); Hot Diggety Dog: Tales from the…
Pat Saunders is from Perth, Western Australia. Her poetry appears in Catchment and Verge. Humourous fiction A Short-Arse Chick in a Big-Bloke’s World appears in witcraft, while Not for this World features in the recently released short fiction anthology The…
Michael Buckingham Gray is a poet, writer, and creative writing coach. His work has appeared in The Ecological Citizen, Frogpond, the Fortnightly Review, Australian Children’s Poetry, and elsewhere. He holds a Master of Creative Practice in Creative Writing from Curtin University and lives in…
Mark Miller has published four books of poetry, the latest being Light and Counterlight (Ginninderra Press, 2020), a selection of his haiku that have been published in Australian and international journals and anthologies. Mark lives in Shoalhaven Heads, on the…
Mark Clough is a poet, painter and spoken word performer, living on the tip of The Great Divide in Trentham, Victoria. He enjoys reading; writing; walking; talking; visual arts; dance; theatre; and all things Japanese. Work by this poet
Marilyn Humbert lives on Darug and GuriNgai land in Berowra, NSW Australia. Her tanka and haiku appear in many International, Australian journals, anthologies and online. Her free verse poems have been awarded prizes in competitions, published in anthologies, journals and…
Maria Bonar writes poetry, short fiction and creative nonfiction. Her writing has appeared in Award Winning Australian Writing, Creatrix, numerous anthologies and online publications. A former CEO, nurse, social health researcher and parole officer, often travelling solo in rural and remote areas of…
Margaret Owen Ruckert has won the 2023 National Writing Competition for Poetry, hosted by Women Writers NSW. Two books, You Deserve Dessert and musefood (IP Book of the Year) explore café culture, while others match tanka to landscape photographs. Margaret’s…
Madhuri Pillai discovered Haiku and related forms in 2011. Her work has been published in various local and international journals. She loves bush trekking and is passionate about animal welfare. Madhuri lives in Melbourne with her family. Work by this…
Lorraine Haig lives in Richmond, Tasmania and has been writing poetry for twenty years. Her haiku and tanka have been published in journals around the world. Her haiku collection Curving into Light was published by Forty South in 2023. Work…
