2024 WINNING POEMS (ABOUT ANIMALS) AND BIOS
BY JIM KROSSCHELL
Jim Krosschell’s poems and essays have appeared in some 70 journals, and he has published two essay collections: “One Man's Maine,” which won a Maine Literary Award, and “Owls Head Revisited.” He lives in Northport, Maine, and Newton, Mass., and is Board President of the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance.
BY MARGARET GELLER
Margaret Geller grew up in Nova Scotia, England, and New England with parents who instilled in her a love of language, music, and travel. "I'm retired now, after careers in education and information technology — and some amazing trips,” she notes. “Twice married and twice widowed, I live in Newton with my elderly cat, Walter, and process life in 17-syllable chunks.
BY RAVI KIRAN
Ravi Kiran is an electronics engineer and a working professional. Ravi’s haiku have won international contests and are featured in journals like The Heron’s Nest, Modern Haiku, and Frogpond. Ravi is a web-editor with the leading journal, haikuKATHA, and is an editor with Leaf – the journal of The Daily Haiku. He lives in Hyderabad, India.