Cha "Reconciliation" Poetry Contest - 8 winning poems

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 It is for unpublished poems on the theme of "Reconciliation".  

We have selected the following eight winning poems, which will all be published in the Seventh Anniversary Issue of Cha, due out in late December 2014 or early January 2015. 

// Naveed Alam, "Wagah-Atari"
// L.S. Bassen, "Aunt Esther"
// Manjiri Indurkar, "Schizophrenia"
// Jeffrey Javier, "Blackout"
// Jeffrey Javier, "Missing"
// Jyotsna Jha, "Everything Is In Place Except Me"
// Meg Eden Kuyatt, "Portrait in a Fujisaki Apartment"

// Robert Perchan, "Miss Min's Monday Morning Magic"

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).

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.

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

Previous Cha contests:

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