VOID
A Cha Poetry contest
This contest is run by Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. It is for unpublished poems on the theme of “Void”.
Judges:
- Tammy Ho is a Hong Kong-born poet. She is a founding co-editor of Cha and the marketing director of Fleeting Books.
- Daryl Yam is an aspiring writer of both prose and poetry, studying English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Warwick. He is currently working on his first collection of short stories and poems. You can learn more about him and his previous work here.
Rules:
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Each poet can submit up to two poems (no more than 80 lines long each).
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Poems must be previously unpublished.
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Entry is free.
Closing date:
- 15 September 2013
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 Sixth Anniversary Issue of Cha, due out in
November 2013March 2014.
The prizes were generously donated by a reader from London, UK.
Submission:
- Submissions should be sent to t@asiancha.com with the subject line “Void”.
- 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:
- “Encountering” (poetry)
- “The Past” (poetry)
- “Misinterpretation” (flash fiction)
- “Betrayal” (poetry)
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