Kit Pancoast Nagamura has co-hosted NHK World’s HAIKU MASTERS for three years.  Her awards include Prizes of Excellence in the Ito-en Oi Ocha International contest and the Setouchi-Matsuyama Photo/Haiku contest, as well as Honorable Mentions three years running in the Tokutomi Haiku Contest sponsored by the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society.  She teaches courses in haiku, and enjoys exploring how poetry can work in conjunction with photography (shahai) and painting (haiga).  She currently judges both the Matsuyama Photo Haiku Contest and the Washington D.C. Golden Haiku contest.