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Deborah P. Kolodji (b. August 11, 1959) is an American [[haiku]] poet.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=1 Sep 2021|title=Deborah P Kolodji|url=https://haikupedia.org/article-haikupedia/deborah-p-kolodji/|url-status=live|website=Haikupedia: The Haiku Foundation Encyclopedia of Haiku}}</ref>
 
== Biography ==
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=== Education and career ===
In 1981, Kolodji obtained a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the [[University of Southern California]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|last=Boston|first=Michelle|date=26 Jun 2014|title=The Art of Haiku|access-date=USC Dornsife}}</ref> In addition to her career as a poet, she has worked in information technology.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Kolodji|first=Deborah P.|title=Seaside Moon|publisher=Saki Press|year=2004|pages="About the author"}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=1 Sep 2021|title=Deborah P Kolodji|url=https://haikupedia.org/article-haikupedia/deborah-p-kolodji/|url-status=live|website=Haikupedia: The Haiku Foundation Encyclopedia of Haiku}}</ref>
 
Kolodji made her first professional poetry sale in 1992. She began publishing poetry in the genres of science fiction and fantasy the following year.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Wilson|first=Stephen M.|date=Sep 30, 2007|title=Doorways Interview w/Deborah P Kolodji|url=https://speceditor666.livejournal.com/6548.html|url-status=live|website=Doorways Magazine}}</ref> Hundreds of Kolodji's haiku and other short-form poems have since appeared in numerous anthologies and literary journals.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Mannone|first=John C.|date=Feb 24, 2015|title=Interview with Deborah P Kolodji|url=http://www2.silverblade.net/2015/02/interview-with-deborah-p-kolodji/|url-status=live|website=Silver Blade}}</ref> She has edited or co-edited several anthologies of English-language haiku, including ''Eclipse Moon'' (2017, with [[William Scott Galasso]]). She has also acted as editor of ''Amaze: The Cinquain Journal'', which she co-founded.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Wilson|first=Stephen M.|date=Sep 30, 2007|title=Doorways Interview w/Deborah P Kolodji|url=https://speceditor666.livejournal.com/6548.html|url-status=live|website=Doorways Magazine}}</ref>
 
Kolodji has also acted as editor or co-editor of multiple anthologies of [[Speculative poetry|speculative verse]], including several volumes of the annual ''[[Dwarf Stars Award|Dwarf Stars]]'' anthologies collecting nominees for year's best very short science fiction and fantasy poetry<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=The Dwarf Stars Award|url=https://sfpoetry.com/dwarfstars.html|url-status=live|website=Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association}}</ref> and an issue of online speculative poetry journal ''[[Eye to the Telescope (magazine)|Eye to the Telescope]],''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Staff|url=https://eyetothetelescope.com/masthead.html|url-status=live|website=Eye to the Telescope}}</ref> a publication which she founded alongside Samantha Henderson.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=1 Sep 2021|title=Deborah P Kolodji|url=https://haikupedia.org/article-haikupedia/deborah-p-kolodji/|url-status=live|website=Haikupedia: The Haiku Foundation Encyclopedia of Haiku}}</ref>
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== Recognition ==
Kolodji's haiku collection ''Highway of Sleeping Towns'' was the recipient of a 2016 Touchstone Distinguished Books Award<ref>{{Cite web|title=Touchstone Awards for 2016|url=https://thehaikufoundation.org/touchstone-awards-for-2016/|url-status=live|website=The Haiku Foundation}}</ref> and received an honorable mention in the Haiku Society of America's 2017 Merit Book Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Complete Archive of Merit Book Awards|url=https://www.hsa-haiku.org/meritbookawards/merit-book_archive.htm|url-status=live|website=Haiku Society of America}}</ref>▼
Kolodji's fantasy [[scifaiku]] "Basho After Cinderella (iii)" placed first in the 2013 Dwarf Stars Awards<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=The Dwarf Stars Award|url=https://sfpoetry.com/dwarfstars.html|url-status=live|website=Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association}}</ref> and was collected in ''[[Nebula Awards Showcase 2015]]''.
 
Kolodji's poem "Wildfire," written in collaboration with Billie Dee, won in the Rengay category of the Haiku Poets of Northern California contest in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Haiku Poets of Northern California Contest 2020|url=https://www.hpnc.org/2020|url-status=live|website=Haiku Poets of Northern California}}</ref> The following year, her poem "Perseverance," another collaboration with Billie Dee, placed third in the Haiku Society of America Rengay Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Haiku Society of America Rengay Award in Honor of Garry Gay|url=https://www.hsa-haiku.org/rengayawards/rengay.htm|url-status=live|website=Haiku Society of America}}</ref>
 
▲Kolodji's haiku collection ''Highway of Sleeping Towns'' was the recipient of a 2016 Touchstone Distinguished Books Award<ref>{{Cite web|title=Touchstone Awards for 2016|url=https://thehaikufoundation.org/touchstone-awards-for-2016/|url-status=live|website=The Haiku Foundation}}</ref> and received an honorable mention in the Haiku Society of America's 2017 Merit Book Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Complete Archive of Merit Book Awards|url=https://www.hsa-haiku.org/meritbookawards/merit-book_archive.htm|url-status=live|website=Haiku Society of America}}</ref>
 
== References ==
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