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- John Dougill (Founder) Non-fiction about Japan
- David Duff Self-published author
- Ted Taylor Writer, blogger, internationalizationer
- Karen Lee Tawarayama (Competition Organiser) Blogger, Translator/Interpreter
- Robert Yellin Columnist, author and expert on ceramics
- Ken Rodgers Kyoto Journal managing editor
- James Woodham Translator, poet and photographer
- John Einarsen Founding editor, Kyoto Journal, photographer and publisher
- Eric Bray Academic writer
- Preston Keido Houser Author, poet and shakuhachi blogger
- Marianne Kimura Academic writer and novelist
- Allen S. Weiss Writer, photographer, teacher, gourmand
- David Joiner Literary novelist
- Paul Carty (Treasurer) Academic author
- Mayumi Kawaharada (Japanese Liaison) Poet and vegetarian blogger
- Jann Williams (Anthology Supervisor) Writer, blogger, ecologist
- Hamish Downie Writer and producer
- Ian Richards Short story writer and biographer
- Cody Poulton Theatre critic, translator, essayist
- Mark Hovane Writer on Japanese gardens
- Gary Tegler Narrator and jazz musician
- Simon Rowe Author and screenplay writer
- Alex Kerr (Honorary Member) Japanologist, art connoisseur and rural revivalist
- Christopher Herron Wordsmith
- Kirsty Kawano Freelance journalist and translator
- Fernando Torres (Instagram) Fantasy and Historical Fiction
- Mike Freiling Poet, translator and short story writer
- Judith Clancy Books about Kyoto and J. culture
- Nicholas Teele Academic writer and translator
- Rebecca Otowa (Reviews) Various genres incl. Japan non-fiction and illustration
- Mark Willis Academic writer, personal essayist
- Reggie Pawle Pyschotherapy, intercultural studies and blogger
- Malcolm Ledger Essayist and occasional poet
- Michael Greco Self-published fiction
- Lisa Wilcut (Zoom Manager) Non-fiction, short fiction, poetry
- Julian Holmes Translator
- Catherine Pawasarat Spiritual adventure non-fiction
- Rona Conti Calligraphy expert and writer
- Everett Kennedy Brown Writer and Venture Capitalist
- Robert Weis Travel and geopoetry
- Felicity Tillack Filmmaker, blogger and poet
- Tina deBellegarde (Membership Secretary) Novelist, short fiction writer, book reviewer
- Stephen Mansfield Non-fiction writer, photographer
- Lisa Twaronite Sone Journalism, fiction, copyediting
- Edward Levinson Photographer, essayist, poet
- Yuki Yamauchi Translator and writer
- Andrew Innes Short story writer
- Liane Wakabayashi Memoir writer, journalist, artist
- Stephen Benfey Short story writer
- Suzanne Kamata Author and Editor
- Nathan Mader Poems and Drawings
- Rick Elizaga Web Designer
- Eleanor Yamaguchi Academic Writer and Historian
- Andrew Kozelka Poet, Novelist, Short Story Writer
- Sara Ackerman Aoyama J-E Translator, Librarian and Writer
- Rebecca Copeland Academic writer, translator, novelist
- Alejandra Olivera Historic Japanese Fiction, Clinical psychologist, Artist, Musician
- Amber A. Logan Speculative Fiction Novelist
- Jonah Salz Academic Writer, Translator, Editor
- Elaine Lies Journalist, Fiction
- Lea Millay Poet
- Richard Byford Writer, diarist, Japanologist, countryside explorer.
- Susana Tosca Media researcher, writer, traveller
- Amanda Huggins Author, travel writer, poet
- Yasuo Nagai cross-industry exchange host
- Daniel Kelly artist
- Alison Miyake Future Writer
- Kimika Mizushima Poet
- Tanya Korchuk Teacher, Translator, Writer
- David Rycroft Academic, Japan Studies
- Shuri Obayashi illustrator, writer, editor
- Abigail Deveney Story-listener, storyteller
- Bruce Hamana chanoyu student and teacher, essayist
- C. Greenstreet Fiction writer
- Eldad Shary author, musician, creativity workshop leader
- Diane Durston Author, cultural consultant, curator emerita
- Daniel Sofer Landscape & Architecture Photographer, Blogger, Author
- Shinya Tsugimoto Academic Writer, Buddhism Researcher
- Mayumi Yamamoto academic writer and essayist, court interpreter
- Travis Belrose Novelist
- Bruce Smith Non-fiction writer
- Dave Pregoner Multi-lingual poet-fictionist, editor
- Owen Smith Short Story Writer
- Sue Hadju Writer, Translator, Photographer