Meet Our 2024 Panelists
SHLOKA SHANKARShloka Shankar (she/her) is a poet, editor, publisher, and self-taught visual artist from Bangalore, India. She enjoys experimenting with Japanese short-forms and myriad found poetry techniques alike. A Best of the Net nominee and award-winning haiku poet, her poems and artwork have appeared in over 200 online and print venues of repute. In addition, she has edited and co-edited six international poetry anthologies since 2016. Shloka is the Founding Editor of the literary & arts journal Sonic Boom and its imprint Yavanika Press. When she isn't poring over manuscripts, you can find her making abstract art, digital collages, or conducting poetry workshops. Shloka is the author of the microchap Points of Arrival (Origami Poems Project, 2021) and her debut full-length haiku collection, The Field of Why (Yavanika Press, 2022).
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ROBIN SMITHRobin Smith (they/them) is a disabled artist who spends their days writing and drawing themselves into the bodies of other animals and plants.
They have been fortunate enough to earn numerous accolades including The Haiku Foundation's Touchstone Award for Individual Poem (2019). Robin rests easier at night knowing that they could neutralize an intruder with it if the need were to arise. Robin is a Founding Editor of whiptail: journal of the single-line poem, and an Associate Editor at Yavanika Press. They also serve as Coordinator for the Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems. Social: @komadorihaiku; Linktree |
