dl mattila

Poet

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Author's Bio

dl mattila (she/her) is an American writer and poet. Her poems have been published in national and international print and online publications to include: Divot, FemkuMag, Haiku Corner, Medical Literary Messenger, Poets Reading The News, The EuroScientist, The Haiku Pea Podcast, and The Mainichi, among others. Her work also appears in The Maier Museum of Art Journal of Ekphrastic Poetry and in collaboration with Naviar Records. She studied at Johns Hopkins University, George Mason University, and The University of Texas at Austin.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Dwarf Stars Anthology (Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, 2018)

Shamrock Haiku Journal: 2012-2018 (Lulu.com, 2018)

Best of Boston Literary Magazine Volume II (Big Table Publishing Company, 2016)

dust devils: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2016 (Red Moon Press, 2016)

Dwarf Stars Anthology (Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, 2016)

Chapbook:

Quietus (Finishing Line Press, 2014)

Journals:

A Hundred Gourds

Annapurna Magazine

Apeiron Review

Blast Furnace

Boston Literary Magazine

Cattails

Contemporary Haibun Online

Cowboy Poetry Press

Ekphrastic Review

Eucalypt: A Tanka Journal

Fib Review

Foothill

MacQueen’s Quinterly

On the Veranda

Poets Against War

Presence

Prune Juice: Journal of Senryu and Kyoka

Pulse

Shamrock Haiku Journal

Shot Glass Journal

Star 82 Review

Star*Line

Symmetry Pebbles

The Applicant

The Examined Life

The Heron's Nest

The Rotary Dial

tinywords

Wales Haiku Journal

Writers Resist

www.winningwriters.com

Prizes won:

Honors:

2024 Haiku Invitational, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Honourable Mention USA
2024 Sakura Haiku Challenge, Consulate General of Japan in Toronto
2024 Tucson Haiku Hike, Winning poem
2023 Swirling Sakura Haiku Challenge, Consulate General of Japan in Toronto
2022 The 2nd Oku-no-hosomichi Sōka Matsubara International Haiku Competition, Honorable Mention
2022 Washington DC Golden Haiku Contest - commended haiku
2021 26th International Kusamakura Haiku Competition - 3rd place prize - Foreign Language Category
2021 International Haiku Contest of the Haiku Society of Constanta, Romania - Honorable Mention
2020 Moonlight Haiku Challege Anthology - sponsored by the Consulate-General of Japan in Toronto
2020 The 24th Mainichi Haiku Contest - Honorable Mention
Haiku in English: Best of 2020 - The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)
2020 UHTS Annual Hortensia Anderson Memorial Awards - 3rd place prize
2020 Three Rivers Haiku Association: IRIS - International Haiku Contest On The Theme Of Gourds (Ivanić-Grad, Croatia) - 3rd place prize
2020 Naviar Records release - 6 years of naviar haiku - haiku #267 soundtracks
2019 Per Diem: Daily Haiku for November - The Haiku Foundation
2019 Washington DC Golden Haiku Contest - commended haiku
Haiku in English: Best of 2018, The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)
2018 Dwarf Stars Award candidate - Science Fiction Poetry Association
2018 International Women's Haiku Festival on Inner Voices - selected haiku
Cattails - April 2018 Editor's Choice
2018 Moving Words Competition/Arlington Arts - Winning Poem
2018 Washington DC Golden Triangle Haiku Contest - commended haiku
2017 H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest - Honorable Mention
Haiku in English: Best of 2016, The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)
2016 Haiku Invitational, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Winning Haiku USA
2016 Haiku selected for inclusion in dust devils: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2016 (Red Moon Press)
2016 Dwarf Stars Award candidate - Science Fiction Poetry Association
2016 Washington DC Golden Triangle Haiku Contest - Runner Up
2015 Haiku Invitational, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival - Honorable Mention
2015 Haiku Presence (UK) Best of Issue Award

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Fluent in:

English

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Last update: Oct 22, 2024