Erin has attended the International Haiku Conference 2019 in St. Albans U.K.. She has also participated in the previous two Haiku North America Conference’s, 2017 and 2019. Winning third place in the Wild Plum Haiku Contest 2019, she was nominated twice for a Touchstone Award for a single haiku in 2019 and 2021 and and three for 2022. She has earned an honorable mention in the Green Pencil Haiku Contest 2018, another at the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Haiku Contest 2020, as well as in the Kaji Aso Studio International Haiku Contest 2021. She lives for the joy and wonder of our natural world. A simple, beautiful life full of love, loss, heartache, chronic illness and pure bliss. She is the winner of Encircle Publications 12th Annual Chapbook Contest 2022, with her chapbook, ‘Boundary Disruption’. She has had work translated into Japanese, Croatian, Romanian, Italian, German and Chinese. (Facebook: facebook /ErinCastaldi)