Michael Dylan Welch

Author's Bio

Editor of Tundra: The Journal of the Short Poem and Press Here haiku and tanka books. Vice president of the Haiku Society of America. Cofounded Haiku North America conference, 1991, and American Haiku Archives, 1996. Founded Tanka Society of America, 2000, president for 5 years. Board member of Washington Poets Association; contributing editor to Spring: The Journal of the E.E. Cummings Society; runs monthly SoulFood Poetry Night; formerly coordinator of Seattle's Haiku Northwest group. Focuses on haiku, but also writes longer poetry, translations, essays, and book reviews. Presented papers for American Literature Association, American Literary Translators Association, Haiku North America, Lewis Carroll Society. Gives frequent readings and workshops. Poetry translated into fourteen languages.

Publications and Prizes

Anthologies:

Carpe Diem: Canadian Anthology of Haiku (The Borealis Press, 2008), The Tanka Anthology (Red Moon Press, 2003), Haiku Poetry Ancient and Modern (MQ Publishing Limited, 2002), The New Haiku (Snapshot Press, 2001), Acorn Book of Contemporary Haiku (Acorn Book Company, 2000), Global Haiku (Iron Press, 2000), The Haiku Anthology (W. W. Norton & Company, 1999)

Journals:

Floating Bridge Review, Modern Haiku, Poetry Kanto, Pontoon, Stringtown, Tundra

Prizes:

First place in the Henderson, Brady, Tokutomi, and Drevniok contests, among many others. Winner of a Museum of Haiku Literature Award, among many other poetry prizes.

Personal Favorites

Favorite Authors:

E. E. Cummings, Basho, Issa, Shiki

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Listing last updated: February 3, 2010

More Information

Listed as:

Poet

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Identifies as:

Caucasian

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Watford

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