Edith Muesing-Ellwood is a freelance writer with a B.A. degree from Fordham University and an M.A. degree from New York University. She also did graduate work at East Stroudsburg University in 2004. Edith was the recipient of a four-year NY State Regents Scholarship, a graduate research assistantship and a work-study grant. She is the author of four books and has had numerous articles and poems published. Her short story, "My Summer of Roses," placed third in Expression's Magazine in 1997. Edith also received the Editor's Choice Award of Outstanding Achievement in Poetry presented by poetry.com and the International Library of Poetry in March 2005 for her poem "Pilgrim Encounter." Edith began writing haiku some thirty five years ago with the help of Tombo (Lorraine Ellis Harr). Her work has been published in such journals as Modern Haiku, Acorn, Wisteria, and The Heron's Nest. She received Dragonfly's spring 1985 "Reader's Best Haiku of the Issue" award and was granted Honorable Mention in the spring 2011 Haiku Pix Chapbook Contest. She is a member of the Haiku Society of America, Pocono Poets the International Women's Writing Guild and the National Writer Union. She is listed in Poets and Writers Directory.
