Cha's nomination for Best Small Fictions anthology

Cha has nominated Henry Wei Leung's short fiction "Getting There", published in the March 2015 issue, for inclusion in the Queen's Ferry Press anthology, The Best Small Fictions 2016, which seeks flash of 1000 words or fewer published in 2015.

From "Getting There":

We are bulbous and abundant and may one day find a form in language for eternal presence. I teach my students in Hong Kong to write wish poems using the subjunctive the conditional the retrospective but this is wrong, this is corrected English and is wrong for them. They write their wishes into the same present tense as the wishing itself. (I wish my mom is a magician.) (I wish I have a silly sister.) (I wish people don't think I'm weird.) The wish is desired and is.

To read the whole piece, please visit here. We thank the editors of Queen's Ferry Press for the invitation to nominate work and we wish Henry the best of luck!

CHA's Best of the Net 2015 Nominations

We are happy to announce that the following pieces, selected from the September 2014, December 2014, March 2015 and June 2015 issues of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, have been nominated by us for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology 2015 (published by Sundress). Congratulations to these writers and good luck!

P  O  E  T  R  Y

|| "WHERE ARE THE GANDERS?" by Daryl Yam (September 2014)

|| "Blackout" by Jeffrey Javier (December 2014) (Cha "Reconciliation" Poetry Contest Winner)

|| "Self Portrait as Man Stuck Inside Karaoke Video" by Chen Chen (December 2014)

|| "When A Ladyboy Loves A Foreign Man" by Arian Tejano (March 2015) (Cha "The Other Side" Poetry Contest Winner)
|| "Flower Pepper" by Ting Wei Tai (March 2015)

|| "Meeting the Christians in Gejiu" by Mike Frick (June 2015)

F  I  C  T  I  O  N

|| "Kehena Beach" by Thaddeus Rutkowski (December 2014)
|| "Glory Be To The Father" by Kyra Ballesteros (March 2015)

N  O  N  -  F  I  C  T  I  O  N

|| "The Act of Insanity" by Lucas Stewart (September 2014)

|| "Intersection of Time" by Dwight Watson (June 2015)

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• Iris A. Law's 'Circumnavigation' (issue #7) was selected for publication in Best of the Net 2009.
• Lillian Kwok's 'Departure' (issue #8), Elizabeth Weinberg's 'The Earth That Stands Before Us', Chris Galvin Nguyen's 'The Flood Season' (issue #16), José Manuel Sevilla's 'Sonia Wants to Rent an Apartment'  (issue #16) and Daryl Yam's 'Change Your Heart; Look Around You' (issue #17) were selected as Finalists (2010, 2011, 2012).

Cha's 2015 Pushcart Nominations

We at Cha would like to announce our nominations for the 2015 Pushcart Prize:

• "Remember How the Night is Elsewhere Void in the Metamorphosis of Man" by B.B.P. Hosmillo (March 2014)
• "Where the Red Stone Crumbles" by Catherine Edmunds (March 2014)
• "Incident on Abiko Street " by Mark Crimmins (March 2014)
• "高龗 (Takaokami) " by Zachary Eller (June 2014)
• "WHERE ARE THE GANDERS? " by Daryl Yam (September 2014)
• "Disobedience" by Henry W Leung (September 2014)

Congratulations to the above nominees. We wish you the best of luck and thank you for letting us publish your wonderful work.
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CHA's Best of the Net 2014 Nominations

We are happy to announce that the following pieces of work, selected from the December 2013, March 2014 and June 2014 issues of Cha, have been nominated by us for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology 2014 (published by Sundress). Congratulations to these writers and good luck!

 

 

Poetry

1. “The Wonton Noodle Seller" by Daryl Lim Wei Jie (June 2014)
2. “A Contingent of Birds" by Daryl Yam (June 2014)3. “Remember How the Night is Elsewhere Void in the Metamorphosis of Man" by B.B. P. Hosmillo (March 2014)
4. “Ghost Husband" by Renée M. Schell (March 2014)

5. “Daniel Defoe to His Dead Mistress (ca. 1704)" by Stuart Christie (December 2013) 

6. “Ou-Yang Hsiu’s Fu on The Sound of Autumn (1069)" by Eliot Weinberger (December 2013)

Fiction
1. “Incident on Abiko Street" by Mark Crimmins (March 2014)2. “Inclusion" by John Givens (December 2013)

Creative non-fiction
1. “The Far Country" by Mary J. Breen (March 2014)
2. “Post- (Almost) LKY Singapore" by Pavle Radonic (December 2013)

 

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• Iris A. Law's 'Circumnavigation' (issue #7) was selected for publication in Best of the Net 2009.
• Lillian Kwok's 'Departure' (issue #8), Elizabeth Weinberg's 'The Earth That Stands Before Us', Chris Galvin Nguyen's 'The Flood Season' (issue #16), José Manuel Sevilla's 'Sonia Wants to Rent an Apartment'  (issue #16) and Daryl Yam's 'Change Your Heart; Look Around You' (issue #17) were selected as Finalists (2010, 2011, 2012). 

 

 

 

Nominate a 2013 Cha story | Million Writers Award

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Nominate your favourite Cha story published in 2013.

The Million Writers Award for last year's best online short fiction is now inviting nominations from readers, writers, and editors. The award is for any short story of at least 1,000 words first published in an online publication in 2013. Below you can see a list of Cha stories eligible for the award. If you have read a piece and liked it, please consider nominating it. Deadline for nominations is 15 August, 2014. 

March 2013

Love Is No Big Truth by Amanda Lee Koe

[READ it here] [NOMINATE it here]

A Meander Through Memory After Death by Saptarshi Basu

[READ it here] [NOMINATE it here]

Shooting by Glenn Diaz

[READ it here] [NOMINATE it here]

The Cripple by Bina Shah

[READ it here] [NOMINATE it here]

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June 2013

Rising River by Sim Wai Chew

[READ it here] [NOMINATE it here]

The Glass Cadaver by Shirley Shao

[READ it here] [NOMINATE it here]

The Uninvited Guest by Cathy Adams

[READ it here] [NOMINATE it here]

Happy and Glorious by Peter John Humphreys

[READ it here] [NOMINATE it here]

The Lodger by Balvinder Banga

[READ it here] [NOMINATE it here]

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December 2013

Inclusion by John Givens

[READ it here] [NOMINATE it here]

As Told By A Fox by Xie Shi Min

[READ it here] [NOMINATE it here]

Ellora Caves by Sharmistha Mohanty

[READ it here] [NOMINATE it here]

The Cowherd and The Weaver Girl by Zhou Tingfeng

[READ it here] [NOMINATE it here]

A Fable by Khanh Ha

[READ it here] [NOMINATE it here]

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CHA's Best of the Net 2013 Nominations

^{The End of Summer, oil on canvas, 142 x 205 cm (by Mia Funk)}

We are happy to announce that the following pieces of work, selected from the September 2012, March 2013, and June 2012 issues of Cha, have been nominated by us for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology 2013 (published by Sundress). Congratulations to these writers and good luck!

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1. 'We' by May Dy ::::: Issue #18 (September 2012)

Link: http://www.asiancha.com/content/view/1206/356/
[Read an analysis of this poem here.]

2. A Smoke Bread at the Nuclear Command' by Koon Woon ::::: Issue #18 (September 2012)

Link: http://www.asiancha.com/content/view/1219/356/

3. 'The Yellow Emperor Mourns the Mapped Meridians' by Tracy Koretsky ::::: Issue #20 (March 2013) Link: http://www.asiancha.com/content/view/1387/390/

4. 'This, and This' by Mark Anthony Cayanan ::::: Issue 20 (March 2013) Link: http://www.asiancha.com/content/view/1373/390/ 

5. 'A Question Before Slumber' by Raydon L. Reyes ::::: Issue #21 (June 2013) Link: http://www.asiancha.com/content/view/1466/403/

6. 'First Date at Jumbo Seafood' by Joshua Ip ::::: Issue #21 (June 2013) Link: http://www.asiancha.com/content/view/1472/403/

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 1. 'Love is No Big Truth' by Amanda Lee Koe ::::: Issue #20 (March 2013) Link: http://www.asiancha.com/content/view/1404/391/ 

 2. 'Rising River' by Sim Wai Chew ::::: Issue #21 (June 2013) Link: http://www.asiancha.com/content/view/1491/404/ 

^{Metamorphosis, oil on canvas, 166 x 230 cm (by Mia Funk)}

 //CREATIVE NON-FICTION 

 1. 'Zithering Away' by Sarah Coomber ::::: Issue #18 (September 2012) Link: http://www.asiancha.com/content/view/1247/358/ 

 2. 'Native Language' by Tracy Slater ::::: Issue #20 (March 2012) Link: http://www.asiancha.com/content/view/1400/396/

// PAST

• Iris A. Law's 'Circumnavigation' (issue #7) was selected for publication in Best of the Net 2009.
• Lillian Kwok's 'Departure' (issue #8), Elizabeth Weinberg's 'The Earth That Stands Before Us', Chris Galvin Nguyen's 'The Flood Season' (issue #16), José Manuel Sevilla's 'Sonia Wants to Rent an Apartment'  (issue #16) and Daryl Yam's 'Change Your Heart; Look Around You' (issue #17) were selected as Finalists (2010, 2011, 2012). 

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Nominate a 2012 Cha story | Million Writers Award

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Nominate your favourite Cha story published in 2012.

The Million Writers Award for the year's best online short fiction is now inviting nominations from readers, writers, and editors. The award is for any short story of at least 1,000 words first published in an online publication during 2012. Below you can see a list of Cha stories eligible for the 2012's award. If you have read a piece and liked it, please consider nominating it here. Deadline for nominations is 3 August, 2013. 

"Soft Coral, Sinking Pearl" by Matthew R. Loney.
Published in the March 2012 issue.

"Once On A Blue Moon" by Durjoy Ghosh.
Published in the March 2012 issue.

"A Royal Visit" by Wayne Sullins.
Published in the March 2012 issue.

"Mist On The Jungle" by William Peskett.
Published in the March 2012 issue.

"Winter Seclusion" by John Givens.
Published in the June 2012 issue.

"The Last Resident" by Helena Hu.
Published in the June 2012 issue.

"Men of the Garúa" by Rosebud Ben-Oni.
Published in the September 2012 issue.

"The Last Of The Mohicans, The Dream Of Orson Welles And The Coming Of The Martians" by Philip John.
Published in the September 2012 issue.

"Freezing Time" by Murli Melwani.
Published in the September 2012 issue.

"The Poet And The Moon" by Xie Shi Min.
Published in the November 2012 issue.

"The Fox Princess" by Grace Andreacchi.
Published in the November 2012 issue.

"The Bonsai Garden" by Dorothy Place.
Published in the November 2012 issue.

"Harry Cherry Tomatoe" by Xenia Taiga.
Published in the November 2012 issue.

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CHA's Micro Award 2012 Nominations

Cha is nominating Tom Mangione's "People are Fundamental" and Angelo B. Ancheta's "Eclipsed", both published in Issue #19 of the journal, for The Micro Award 2012. Congratulations and good luck!-

Also see our Best of the Net and Pushcart nominations this year.

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Cha's 2013 Pushcart Nominations

We at Cha would like to announce our nominations for the 2012 Pushcart Prize:

• "Sonia Wants to Rent An Apartment" by José Manuel Sevilla (March 2012)
• "When I Was the Chinaman's Granddaughter-In-Law" by Dena Rash Guzman (March 2012)
• "Winter Seclusion" by John Givens (June 2012)
• "Change Your Heart; Look Around You" by Daryl Yam (June 2012)
• "Huang Yong Ping" by Joshua Burns (September 2012)
• "Unpacking" by Nicholas Francis (November 2012)

Congratulations to the above nominees. We wish you the best of luck and thank you for letting us publish your wonderful work.
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CHA's Best of the Net 2012 Nominations

We are happy to announce that the following pieces of work, selected from the July 2011, November 2011, March 2012 and June 2012 issues of Cha, have been nominated by us for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology 2012 (published by Sundress). Congratulations to these writers and good luck!

|| Arthur Leung, "Earthen Houses" (issue #14, July 2011) || Read an analysis of the poem here ||

|| Robert Masterson, "To the State Electrical Worker" (issue #15, November 2011) || Read an analysis of the poem here ||

|| José Manuel Sevilla, "Sonia Wants to Rent an Apartment" (issue #16, March 2012) || First prize winner of Cha's "Encountering Poetry" Contest || 

|| Ricky Garni, "Literal Translation of Korean Ideograms" (issue #16, March 2012) || Read a creative response to the poem here ||

|| Julian Stannard, "Winston and Candy" (issue #17, June 2012) ||

|| Daryl Yam, "Change Your Heart; Look Around You" (issue #17, June 2012) || 

|| Michael Slaby, "The Beautiful Branca" (issue #14, July 2011) || 

|| Chris Galvin Nguyen, "The Flood Season" (issue #16, March 2012) || 

|| Helena Hu, "The Last Resident" (issue #17, June 2012) || 

|| John Givens, "Winter Seclusion" (issue #17, June 2012) || 

Iris A. Law's "Circumnavigation" (issue #7) was selected for publication in Best of the Net 2009. Lillian Kwok's "Departure" (issue #8) and Elizabeth Weinberg's "The Earth That Stands Before Us" (issue #12) were selected as a Finalist in 2010 and 2011 respectively. 

Cha wins Million Writers Award for best publication

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We are very happy to announce that Cha is the winner of this year's Million Writers Award for best publication! We had five stories in the list of notable pieces. Congratulations to the writers (listed below) and thank you to everyone who nominated a work from the journal. 

• "Catching Iguanas" by Shivani Sivagurunathan. Published in the November 2011 issue.

• "Ah" by Genevieve Yim. Published in the November 2011 issue.

• "Broken Numbers" by by Sharon Hashimoto. Published in the November 2011 issue.

• "Improvisation" by John David Harding. Published in the November 2011 issue.

• "Snow Romance" by Gun G. Ayurzana (translated from the Mongolian by Gun and Matthew Davis). Published in the November 2011 issue.

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Back in 2008, Cha was named Million Writers Award best new online magazine.  
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Million Writers Award - Cha's Nominations

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The Million Writers Award for the year's best online short fiction is now inviting nominations from readers, writers, and editors. The award is for any short story of at least 1,000 words first published in an online publication during 2011.
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Below are our nominations. Good luck to the three writers.

"The Bat Whisperer" by Shivani Sivagurunathan.
Published in the February 2011 issue.

"Song for Chongwenmen" by Kaitlin Solimine.
Published in the July 2011 issue ("The China Issue").

"Improvisation" by John David Harding.
Published in the November 2011 issue.

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If you have read a story in Cha and liked it (see a list of eligible stories), please consider nominating it.

Deadline for nominations is 9 April, 2012. 

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Nominate a Cha story | Million Writers Award

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Nominate your favourite Cha story published in 2011.

The Million Writers Award for the year's best online short fiction is now inviting nominations from readers, writers, and editors. The award is for any short story of at least 1,000 words first published in an online publication during 2011. Below you can see a list of Cha stories eligible for the 2011's award. If you have read a piece and liked it, please consider nominating it here. Deadline for nominations is 9 April, 2012. 

"The Dublin Studio Portrait" by Ram Govardhan.
Published in the February 2011 issue.

"Dorothy's Song" by the late Margaret Hui Lian Lim.
Published in the February 2011 issue.

"The Perfect Poem" by Vineetha Mokkil.
Published in the February 2011 issue.

"What the Sufi Said to the Aral Sea" by Vandana Nambiar.
Published in the February 2011 issue.

"The Bat Whisperer" and "Catching Iguanas" by Shivani Sivagurunathan.
Published in the February 2011 and November 2011 issues respectively.

"Song for Chongwenmen" by Kaitlin Solimine.
Published in the July 2011 issue ("The China Issue").

"Faces from the Earth" by L.M. Magalas.
Published in the July 2011 issue ("The China Issue").

"Blue Lotus" by Isabelle Li.
Published in the July 2011 issue ("The China Issue")

"Ah" by Genevieve Yim.
Published in the November 2011 issue.

"Broken Numbers" by by Sharon Hashimoto.
Published in the November 2011 issue.

"Improvisation" by John David Harding.
Published in the November 2011 issue.

"Snow Romance" by Gun G. Ayurzana (translated from the Mongolian by Gun and Matthew Davis).
Published in the November 2011 issue.

"The Pen" by Alzo David-West.
Published in the November 2011 issue.

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