We are very pleased to announce that we have nominated the following pieces for the 2018 Best of the Net Anthology. Congratulations to these writers and good luck!

P O E T R Y 

1. “The Nature of a City” by Lawrence Lacambra Ypil  (October 2017; Issue 37)
2. “Silver” by  See Wern Hao (October 2017; Issue 37)
3. “Liu Xiaobo Has Left China” by Susan Lavender (December 2017; Issue 38)
4. “Tiempo Muerto” by Rae Rival (April 2018; Issue 39)
5. “Hungry Decades” by Ng Kum Hoon (April 2018; Issue 39)
6. “Nostalgia” by by Amrita Brahmo (April 2018; Issue 39)

F I C T I O N 

1. “Swiping Time” by Abel Song Han (December 2017; Issue 38)
2. “Prawn Mee” by Joanna Lee (April 2018; Issue 39)

C R E A T I V E     N O N – F I C I O N 

1. “A Portrait of Two Cities: Hong Kong and Macau” by Lee Tse Mei (October 2017; Issue 37)
2. “Hong Kong Nostalgia: Sickness or Cure?” by Antony Dapiran (December 2017; Issue 38)

❀❀❀ Works published in Cha have been included in Best of the Web (2009), selected as  a winner and finalists of Best of the Net (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016), selected as a winner and a semifinalist of The Best Small Fictions (2018) and named storySouth’s Million Writers Award Notable Stories (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) ❀❀❀