CHA’s Best of the Web Nominations 2011

Cha‘s nominations for the Dzanc Books Best of the Web 2011 print anthology are:

“Improv” (fiction) by Drew Calvert, issue #9 November 2009
“Paramour” (poem) by Ocean Vuong, issue #10 February 2010
“St. Petersburg Has Many Churches” (poem) by Phill Provance, issue #12 September 2010
Also see our Best of the Net , Pushcart and Micro Award nominations this year.
Congratulations to all the nominees. We wish you the best of luck.
Philip Holden’s story “Two Among Many”, first published in Issue #4 of Cha, was selected for publication in Best of the Web 2009.

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.


Stories published in Cha named storySouth Million Writers Award Notable Story of 2009

Congratulations to Drew Calvert, whose story “Improv” (first published in Issue #9 of Cha; read it here), & Caitlin Militello, whose story “Coming of Age” (first published in Issue #7 of Cha; read it here), are both selected as a storySouth Million Writers Award Notable Story of 2009.

The top ten stories of the year will be released around May 1st, with the public vote for the top story beginning then. Good luck, Drew and Caitlin!

Million Writers Award — Cha’s nominations

Our readers may remember Cha won the storySouth Million Writers Award for best new online magazine or journal for 2008. This year, we have nominated the following three stories for the 2010 Million Writers Award:

Congratulations and good luck!