Category Archives: Best of the Net

by - 0 comments

CHA’s Best of the Net 2015 Nominations

http://www.asiancha.com

We are happy to announce that the following pieces, selected from the September 2014, December 2014, March 2015 and June 2015 issues of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, have been nominated by us for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology 2015 (published by Sundress). Congratulations to these writers and good luck!
P  O  E  T  R  Y
|| “Blackout” by Jeffrey Javier (December 2014) (Cha “Reconciliation” Poetry Contest Winner)

F  I  C  T  I  O  N
|| “Kehena Beach” by Thaddeus Rutkowski (December 2014)
|| “Glory Be To The Father” by Kyra Ballesteros (March 2015)

N  O  N  –  F  I  C  T  I  O  N

|| “Intersection of Time” by Dwight Watson (June 2015)

 :::::

// PAST

by - 0 comments

CHA’s Best of the Net 2014 Nominations

http://www.asiancha.com

We are happy to announce that the following pieces of work, selected from the December 2013, March 2014 and June 2014 issues of Cha, have been nominated by us for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology 2014 (published by Sundress). Congratulations to these writers and good luck!
 
 

Poetry
1. “The Wonton Noodle Seller” by Daryl Lim Wei Jie (June 2014)
2. “A Contingent of Birds” by Daryl Yam (June 2014)3. “Remember How the Night is Elsewhere Void in the Metamorphosis of Man” by B.B. P. Hosmillo (March 2014)
4. “Ghost Husband” by Renée M. Schell (March 2014)
5. “Daniel Defoe to His Dead Mistress (ca. 1704)” by Stuart Christie (December 2013) 
6. “Ou-Yang Hsiu’s Fu on The Sound of Autumn (1069)” by Eliot Weinberger (December 2013)

Fiction
1. “Incident on Abiko Street” by Mark Crimmins (March 2014)2. “Inclusion” by John Givens (December 2013)

Creative non-fiction
1. “The Far Country” by Mary J. Breen (March 2014)
2. “Post- (Almost) LKY Singapore” by Pavle Radonic (December 2013)

 
 :::::
// PAST

 

 
 


by - 0 comments

CHA’s Best of the Net 2013 Nominations

ImageThe 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!


–
// 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)
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/
–
–
 //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/ 
Image
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


..
.
by - 1 Comment

CHA’s Best of the Net 2012 Nominations

We are happy to announce that the following pieces of work, selected from the July 2011, November 2011, March 2012 and June 2012 issues of Cha, have been nominated by us for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology 2012 (published by Sundress). Congratulations to these writers and good luck!


|| Arthur Leung, “Earthen Houses” (issue #14, July 2011) || Read an analysis of the poem here ||


|| Robert Masterson, “To the State Electrical Worker” (issue #15, November 2011) || Read an analysis of the poem here ||


|| Julian Stannard, “Winston and Candy” (issue #17, June 2012) ||

|| Daryl Yam, “Change Your Heart; Look Around You” (issue #17, June 2012) || 




|| Michael Slaby, “The Beautiful Branca” (issue #14, July 2011) || 




|| Chris Galvin Nguyen, “The Flood Season” (issue #16, March 2012) || 


|| Helena Hu, “The Last Resident” (issue #17, June 2012) || 



|| John Givens, “Winter Seclusion” (issue #17, June 2012) || 
Iris A. Law’s “Circumnavigation” (issue #7) was selected for publication in Best of the Net 2009. Lillian Kwok’s “Departure” (issue #8) and Elizabeth Weinberg’s “The Earth That Stands Before Us” (issue #12) were selected as a Finalist in 2010 and 2011 respectively. 




by - 1 Comment

Best of the Net 2011 Nominations

–
–
We are happy to announce that the following pieces of work have been nominated by Cha for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology 2011, published by Sundress. Congratulations to these writers and good luck!

––
–
Poetry–

=W.F. Lantry, “Rainbow Bridge” (issue #12, September 2010)

–

=Phill Provance, “St. Petersburg Has Many Churches” Read an analysis of the poem here.(issue #12, September 2010)



–

=Rumjhum Biswas, “Bones” Read an analysis of the poem here. (issue #12, September 2010)

–

=Divya Rajan, “Ode to Poetry”  (issue #13, February 2011)


=Vineet Kaul, “Parapraxis” (issue #13, February 2011)

=Graeme Brasher, “Mereles” (issue #13, February 2011)

Fiction
–

=Shivani Sivagurunathan, “The Bat Whisperer” (issue #13, February 2011)


–

=Elizabeth Weinberg, “The Earth That Stands Before Us” (issue #12, September 2010)




–

–
–

–
Iris A. Law’s “Circumnavigation” (issue #7) was selected for publication in Best of the Net 2009 and Lillian Kwok’s “Departure” (issue #8) was selected as a Finalist in 2010. 
–


by - 0 comments

Cha contributor Lillian Kwok selected as finalist for Best of the Net 2010

Lillian Kwok
We are very happy to announce that Lillian Kwok’s poem “Departure”, first published in Issue #8 of Cha, was selected as a Finalist for Best of the Net (2010). “Departure” was the very first poem we discussed on A Cup of Fine Tea. Apart from “Departure”, we also published Lillian’s “Yilan” in Issue #9 of the journal. 
Last year, Iris A. Law’s poem “Circumnavigation”, first published in Issue #7 of Cha, was a Winner for Best of the Net  (2009). The poem was also discussed on A Cup of Fine Tea.
–
by - 0 comments

Best of the Net 2010 Nominations

We are happy to announce that the following pieces of work have been nominated by Cha for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology 2010, published by Sundress Publications. Congratulations to these writers and good luck!
–

–
Poetry

=Rosanna Oh, “Etude” (issue #11, May 2010)
=Anuradha Vijayakrishnan, “Suicide Note” Read an analysis of the poem here.(issue #10, Feb. 2010)
=Papa Osumbal, “A Bum’s Demise” Read an analysis of the poem here. (issue #10, February 2010)
=Kate Rogers, “Sai Ying Pun Sestina” (issue #9, Nov. 2009)
=Lillian Kwok, “Departure” Read an analysis of the poem here.(issue #8, Aug. 2009)
––
Fiction
=Drew Calvert, “Improv” (issue #9, Nov. 2009)
=O Thiam Chin, “Pebbles” (issue #8, Aug. 2009)
––
Creative non-fiction
=Iain S. Baird, “A Night at the Taj” (issue #9, Nov. 2009)
=Anne Tibbitts, “The okinawan Coffeeshop” (issue #8, Aug. 2009)
–
Also see our Best of the Web, Pushcart and Micro Award nominations this year.
–


Iris A. Law’s “Circumnavigation”, first published in Issue #7 of Cha, was selected for publication in Best of the Net 2009.
–


by - 0 comments

ASIAN CHA in 2009 Best of the Net Anthology

We are very happy to announce that Iris A. Law’s poem “Circumnavigation“, first published in Issue #7 of Cha, has been selected for publication in Best of the Net Anthology 2009. Cha co-editor Tammy Ho has written an analysis of the poem and it is available on A Cup of Fine Tea.

According to the editor Erin Elizabeth Smith: “With over 500 submissions from 75+ online journals and presses, the 2009 Best of the Net Anthology culls its final 25 winners from the largest pool of work in our four year history.”

You can read other selected pieces in the 2009 Best of the Net Anthology here.

Congratulations, Iris!
by - 0 comments

Best of the Net 2009 Nominations

Cha is happy to announce that we have decided to nominate the following pieces of work for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology 2009, published by Sundress Publications. Congratulations to these writers and good luck!

Poems nominated by Cha: An Asian Literary Journal for inclusion in Best of the Net 2009:
= Reid Mitchell, “Flowers Are As Permanent As Brick” (issue #4, August 2008)
= Isabela Banzon, “Kids Everywhere and You and Me in Nowhere” (issue #4, August 2008)
= Jennifer Wong, “Companions” (issue #5, November 2008)
= Phoebe Tsang, “Song for a Commuting Gravedigger” (issue #6, February 2009)
= Gillian Sze, “Sonnet II” (issue #6, February 2009)
= Iris A. Law, “Circumnavigation” (issue #7, May 2009)
Short stories nominated by Cha: An Asian Literary Journal for inclusion in Best of the Net 2009:
= Nirmala Pillai, “The Killing” (issue #5, November 2008)
= Caitlin Militello, “Coming of Age” (issue #7, May 2009)
–
–
–