CHA Issue #24 goes live

Click HERE to read the June 2014 issue of Cha.

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The June 2014 Issue of Cha is here. We would like to thank guest editors Michael Gray (poetry), Royston Tester (prose) and Reid Mitchell (prose) for reading the submissions with us and helping us put together this edition. We would also like to thank Eddie Tay for a fine selection of book reviews. The issue includes an editorial by Tammy Ho Lai-Ming titled "A Touch Of Cruelty In The Mouth" and poems from David McKirdy's new collection, Ancestral Worship.

The following writers/artists have generously allowed us to showcase their work:

Poetry: David McKirdy, Timothy Kaiser, Kenneth Alewine, Joshua Burns, Daryl Yam, Daryl Lim Wei Jie, Insha Muzafar, David W. Landrum, Susan Kelly-DeWitt, Randy Kim, Zachary Eller, Divya Rajan, Mathew Joseph, Michael O’Sullivan, Tjoa Shze Hui
Fiction: Sarah Bower, Michael X. Wang
Creative non-fiction: Qui-Phiet Tran
Interviews: Smita Sahay interviews Tabish Khair, Usha Akella interviews Marjorie Evasco, Sharon Ho interviews the organisers of three Hong Kong poetry-reading groups
Lost tea: Jonel Abellanosa
Photography & art: Franky Lau (cover artist), Divya Adusumilli, Allen Forrest
Reviews: Grant Hamilton, Sarah Bower, Emma Zhang, Michael Tsang, Drisana Misra, Carolyn Lau, Cecilia Chan

Our next issue is due out in September 2014. We are currently accepting submissions for the Seventh Anniversary Issue and entries for the "Reconciliation" poetry contest and the "Hong Kong Isn't Going Anywhere Anytime Soon" section. If you are interested in having your work considered for inclusion in Cha, please read our submission guidelines carefully.

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Reconciliation

A Cha Poetry contest

This contest is run by Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. It is for unpublished poems on the theme of "Reconciliation".  

Judges:

• Tammy Ho Lai-Ming is a Hong Kong-born poet. She is a founding co-editor of Cha. 
• Jason Eng Hun Lee has been published in a number of journals and he has been a finalist for numerous international prizes, including the Melita Hume Poetry Prize (2012) and the Hong Kong University's Poetry Prize (2010).

Rules:

• Each poet can submit up to two poems (no more than 80 lines long each).
• Poems must be previously unpublished. 
• Entry is free.

Closing date:

• 15 September 2014

Prizes:

• First: £50, Second: £30, Third: £15, Highly Commended (up to 5): £10 each. (Payable through Paypal.)
• All winning poems (including the highly recommended ones) will receive first publication in a special section in the Seventh Anniversary Issue of Cha, due out in November/December 2014.

The prizes were generously donated by an expat reader residing in Hong Kong.

Submission:

• Submissions should be sent to t@asiancha.com with the subject line "Reconciliation".
• Poems must be sent in the body of the email.
• Please also include a short biography of no more than 30 words.

Previous Cha contests:

• "Void" (poetry)
• "Encountering" (poetry)
• "The Past" (poetry)
• "Misinterpretation" (flash fiction)
• "Betrayal" (poetry)
• "Fine Tea Competition" (commentary/criticism)