Bio
Joanna Ashwell, a writer from the UK. Her published collections of poetry include a collection of contemporary poetry (Flarestack Publishing), one haiku collection (Hub Editions), one tanka collection ('Every Star' available on Amazon) and two Cherita collections (River Lanterns, Moonset Song and Love's Scriptures are available on Amazon). She has won second prize in the Haiku Presence Award, has received an honorable mention in The Golden Haiku Awards, has won The British Haiku Society Award, and received various other mentions in international contests such as Autumn Moon and in the San Francisco Contest. She has also been on the Touchstone Award shortlist for individual haiku and on the Touchstone Award longlist for her haibun. Her short form poetry of haiku, tanka, Haibun and Cherita appear widely both in print and online journals. She is on the selection team for the Canadian Tanka journal Gusts.