Cha "The Past" Poetry Contest - 9 short-listed poems

We have now selected the nine short-listed poems for "The Past" poetry contest. The finalists will be announced when the September 2012 issue of Cha goes live.

|| "Letter to Queen Victoria from Hong Kong, 2012" by Michael Gray

|| "The History of Chinese Painting and the History of Modern Western Art" by Joshua Burns

|| "Sapphics for Hue" by Ken Turner

|| "The Gunner Speaks no English" by Reid Mitchell

|| "Iron Arthritis" by Reid Mitchell

|| "Old Shikumen Gate" by Adam Radford

|| "The Old Cemetery" by Richard L Luftig

|| "The Seamstress’ Goodbye to Liu" by Andrew Barker

|| "Matchstick Empire" by Rishi Dastidar

Prizes: First: £50, Second: £30, Third: £20, Highly Commended (up to 3): £10 each. (Payable through Paypal. The prizes were generously donated by a reader in London, UK.) All six winning poems (finalists) will receive first publication in a special section in Issue #18 of Cha, due out in late September 2012.

Judges: Marc Vincenz and Tammy Ho

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W. F. Lantry and Richard Luftig in Blood & Honey Review

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W.F. Lantry and Richard Luftig have new works in the latest issue of Blood & Honey Review. Read Bill's three poems, "Gacela of the Wren", "Gacela of the Departure" and "Dance"; and Richard's "Obbligato for Bass Fiddle".

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• W.F. Lantry's poetry was published in Issue #12 of Cha.
• Richard Luftig's poetry was published in Issue #10 of Cha.

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