We are very pleased to announce that we have nominated the following three poems for the 2021 Hawker Prize for Southeast Asian Poetry. Results will be announced in January 2022. Congratulations to these writers and good luck!

- “Flowers” by Ysabelle Cheung
- “There is a Season Waiting Behind this One” Collier Nogues
- “The Social Life of Bricks” by Ilaria Maria Sala

❀ Works published in Cha have been selected as a Second Place Winner in the 2019 Hawker Prize, 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), named storySouth’s Million Writers Award Notable Stories (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014), and selected for inclusion in Best Indian Poetry (2018) ❀