Lee Gurga Mailing Address: 514 Pekin St. Lincoln, IL 62656 County: Logan E-mail: gurga@ccaonline.com Phone: 217.732.8731 Genre: Poetry (Haiku)

• Periodical Publications:
  
  Haiku published in Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Woodnotes, U.S. News & World Reports, The Dallas Morning News, Albatross, Blythe Spirit, Brussels Sprout, Haiku International,
  Haikukai (Haiku World), K™, Mainichi Daily News, Mirrors, Modern Haiku, Raw Nervz, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Tundra, Wind Chimes.
  
  
• Book Publications:
  
  Fresh Scent: selected haiku of Lee Gurga, High/Coo Press, 1998
  In & Out Fog, Press Here, 1997
  The Measure of Emptiness, Press Here, 1991
  A Mouse Pours Out, High/Coo Press, 1988
  
  
  
• Forthcoming Publications:
  
  Haiku in My Pocket: A Poet's Guide to Writing Haiku (January, 2003)
  Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:
  2000 Midwest Buddhist Temple Ginza Haiku Contest, 1st Place
  2000 Illinois Arts Council Special Assistance Grant
  1999 Midwest Buddhist Temple Ginza Haiku Contest, 1st Place
  1999 Buddhist Temple of Chicago Haiku Contest, Critic's Choice Award
  1999 First Place, Haiku Society of America Book Awards (For Fresh Scent)
  1998 First Place, Haiku Society of America Book Awards (for In & Out of Fog)
  1998 Illinois Arts Council Poetry Fellowship
  1997 Japan Foundation Travel Grant
  1997 Ehime Prefectural Speakers Grant (Matsuyama City)
  1996 1st Place, Canadian Writers' Journal Haiku Contest
  1996 Grand Prize, Kusamakura International Haiku Contest
  1996 1st Place, Haiku Summit Haiku Contest (International Division)
  1992 Haiku Society of America Merit Book Award, 2nd place (for Midwest Haiku Anthology, co-editor with Randy Brooks)
  1990 Mainichi Daily News Haiku in English Contest, 1st place
  
  
• Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:
  
  Reading, Millikin University, Decatur, February 7, 2002
  Haiku Columnist, Illinois Times (Springfield, IL)
  Haiku Columnist, Solares Hill (Key West, FL)
  Invited speaker, British Haiku Society National Conference, April 1998
  Featured reader, Poets & Writers' Literary Forum (Springfield, IL), December 1997
  Speaker, Haiku Society of America national meeting (Washington, D.C.), December 1997
  Featured reader, HSA South Region Conference (Hot Springs, AR), November 1997
  
  
• Recent Workshops:
  Haiku Workshop, Blackstone Branch, Chicago Public Library, April 25, 2002
  Haiku Workshop,University of Illinois, Urbana, February 19, 2002
  Haiku Workshop, Millikin University, Decatur, February 7, 2002
  PoetryFest, Harold Washington Library, Chicago, April 7, 2001
  Haiku workshop, Towson University (Baltimore), April 1998
  
  
• Present Employment:
  General dentist (Lincoln, IL)
  Associate Editor, Modern Haiku journal
  Past president, Haiku Society of America)
  
  
• Preferred Audience:
  
  
• Willing to travel:
  yes, anywhere