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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// POETRY 

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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 //FICTION 

 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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