Francine Banwarth

Francine Banwarth is a member of Haiku Dubuque, which meets weekly to study and workshop haiku. Her work has been published in a variety of journals and anthologies since 1989. Her haiku and senryu have won awards in the Henderson, Drevniok, Weiss, Porad, Frost, Pinewood, Tokutomi, and Kaji Aso contests.

In her third year as HSA second vice president, she will help plan the 2010 third quarterly HSA meeting in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. With Randy Brooks, she is also codirecting the 2011 Haiku North America conference in Decatur, Illinois.

Francine balances haiku practice with work as a freelance proofreader, daily three-mile runs, and time spent with family and friends. Haiku practice is the light through which she sifts her days and the net into which her nights fall.