Meet Terri L. French

Poet ~ Author ~ Editor

Terri started her life as a creative writer when she was a child. While Terri has written prose and historical nonfiction, she finds her most satisfying creative outlet in poetry. Terri is drawn to haiku because of its concise use of words to encapsulate the profound moments of nature and the human experience. 

Terri is on the editorial team of the online journal, contemporary haibun online. She is past southeast regional coordinator of The Haiku Society of America and served as secretary and member-at-large for The Haiku Foundation. Terri is former editor of Prune Juice Journal of senryu and kyoka.

Now retired, Terri and her husband Ray (and dog, Chaka) enjoyed the nomadic lifestyle of full-time RVers for a few years. They're now settled back down in Huntsville, Alabama.

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Some of Terri's Awards and Honors

HSA Garry Gay Rengay Award

1st Place with Bryan Rickert
2022

Porad Haiku Award

2nd Place
2023

Plum's Annual Haiku Contest

2nd Place
2022

Best of Issue Frogpond Award

Volume 44:3
2022

Presence Haiku Journal Martin Lucas Haiku Award

Commendation
2021

Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Contest

Honorable Mention
2020

Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Award Competition

2nd Place
2020

A New Resonance 11: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku

Published by Red Moon Press
Featured Poet
2019

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival

Honorable Mention
2018

Sonic Boom Senryu Contest

First Place
2017

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival

Best US Haiku
2017

Golden Triangle Haiku Contest

Judge's Favorite
2017

Wild Plum Haiku Contest

First Place
2016

Genjuan International Haibun Contest

Honorable Mention
2016

Sonic Boom 1st Annual Senryu Contest

Honorable Mention
2015

Under the Basho Haiku Contest

Honorable Mention
2014

Jerry Kilbride Memorial English Language Haibun Contest

Second Place
2014

Haiku North America Haiku Contest

Honorable Mention
2013

Harold G. Henderson Memorial Haiku Award

Honorable Mention
2013

HSA Gerald Brady Senryu Contest

Third Place
2012

Haiku Foundation Touchstone Award for Haiku

2011

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