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Rona Conti is a pulp painter and calligrapher whose artwork is represented in numerous public, private and corporate collections and museums in the United States and internationally. In 1999, she began studying Japanese calligraphy with (Mieko) Kobayashi Sensei of Gunma, from whom she received her pen name (魂手恵奈). Invited to exhibit calligraphy at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art with the International Association of Calligraphers for the last five years, she received the “Work of Excellence" Prize three times. She was invited to demonstrate Japanese Calligraphy at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 2009.
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Kit Pancoast Nagamura completed a Ph.D. in literature shortly after moving to Japan permanently. She has co-hosted NHK World's HAIKU MASTERS for three years, and her haiku awards include Prizes of Excellence from Ito-en Oi Ocha International Contest and the Setouchi-Matsuyama International Photo/Haiku Contest, and first place in the 2020 Santoka International Haiga contest. A member of the Haiku International Association and Ginza Poetry Society, she also serves as one of the judges for Washington D.C.’s international Golden Haiku Poetry Contest and the Setouchi Matsuyama International Haiku Contest. Her newest book, Grit, Grace, and Gold (Kodansha America, 2020), spotlights sports in haiku and includes work from international guests. She is married and has a son who reads almost all she writes with a superb critical eye.
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