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CHUCK BRICKLEY

1947 - b. San Francisco

1964 - After a high school teacher noted my poetry was similar to haiku, I experimented with the form, employing surreal, concrete, e. e. cummings-style techniques.

1971 - Moved to Hope, a small town in British Columbia. Rediscovered haiku, this time at the source: a personal communion with nature.

1979-1986 - Associate Editor, Modern Haiku (rode shotgun for Bob Spiess). Haiku, senryu, and book reviews published in haiku magazines and anthologies.

1986-2006 - Mostly work, family, musical pursuits (two songs nominated for Junos). Some haiku.

2006 - Moved back to the Bay Area. Joined Haiku Poets of Northern California (HPNC); several years later, the Haiku Society of America (HSA). Once again discovering the source of haiku, here.

2017 - earthshine, my first collection of haiku, published by Snapshot Press.

2018 - earthshine, Winner of the Touchstone Distinguished Book Award for 2017 (The Haiku Foundation); Honorable Mention HSA Merit Book Award for 2017 (Haiku Society of America).

2018 - Is Where The Car Is, a haibun first published in Modern Haiku, nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

2019 - A Banishing, a haibun first published in Modern Haiku, nominated for a Sonders Best Small Fiction Award.

2019 - Elected 2nd VP, Haiku Society of America; selected for the panel of The Haiku Foundation's Touchstone Award for Individual Poems.

2019 - earthshine, without distribution or Amazon availability, blessed with a fourth printing!

2020 - earthshine, Winner of the inaugural Marianne Bluger Book Award 2020, Honourable Mention.

2020-2022 - Judge on The Haiku Foundation’s Touchstone Award for Individual Poems panel.

2020-2023 - Contest coordinator for the six international contests sponsored by the Haiku Society of America.

2020-2023 - Mentor in the HSA Mentorship Program.

2021 - Featured poet, Seabeck Haiku Getaway 10/28-10/31.