Issue #36 (“Writing Japan” Issue) of Cha is HERE.

The “Writing Japan” Issue of Cha is now available. We would like to thank James Shea and Kyoko Yoshida for reading the submissions with us and helping us put together the new edition. We would also like to thank Eddie Tay for another great selection of reviews. The editorial, “On Writing Japan,” is by Shea and Yoshida.

The following writers/artists have generously allowed us to showcase their work:

POETRY: Bokusui Wakayama, Gregory Dunne, Goro Takano, Sarashina Genzō, Nadine Willems, Chan Lai-kuen, Jennifer Met, Judy Halebsky, Michael O’Sullivan, Naha Kanie, Hiromitsu Koiso, Jeff Alessandrelli, Yoko Danno, Alvin Pang, Zoria April, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Trane DeVore, Joshua Ip, Loren Goodman
FICTION: Nori Nakagami, Kendall Heitzman, Alfred Birnbaum, Lester Walbrugh, Goro Takano, Blair Reeve
CREATIVE NON-FICTION: Fumiko Hayashi, Mariko Nagai, Akira Kisa, Miho Kinnas, Jordan A. Y. Smith, Naoko Mabon, Mei Chiam
PHOTOGRAPHY & ART: Mississippi, A’misa Chiu, Marsha McDonald, Christopher Leibow (cover artist), Detelina Tiholova, Mariko Nagai, Simon Kalajdjiev
BOOK REVIEWS: Eli K.P. William, Ian Yates, Jan Filart, Collier Nogues, Blair Reeve, Matt Turner, Penny Yeung, Aaron Chan, Michael Tsang, Kimberley Clarke, Lawrence Lacambra Ypil
FILM REVIEWS: James Pate, Douglas Berman, Ankur Agarwal

We are currently accepting submissions for Issue 37, due out in September 2017, and entries for the Cha International Poetry Prize 2017. If you are interested in having your work considered for inclusion in Cha, please read our submission guidelines carefully.