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Cha wins Million Writers Award for best publication

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We are very happy to announce that Cha is the winner of this year’s Million Writers Award for best publication! We had five stories in the list of notable pieces. Congratulations to the writers (listed below) and thank you to everyone who nominated a work from the journal. 

  • “Ah” by Genevieve Yim. Published in the November 2011 issue.

  • “Snow Romance” by Gun G. Ayurzana (translated from the Mongolian by Gun and Matthew Davis). Published in the November 2011 issue.

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Back in 2008, Cha was named Million Writers Award best new online magazine.  
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What do people on Twitter say about the new issue of Cha?

The March 2012 issue of Cha was launched yesterday. What have people on Twitter said about it so far?


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UPDATED: More tweets here and here.

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

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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.
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Stories published in Cha named storySouth Million Writers Award Notable Story of 2010

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Congratulations to Kimarlee Nguyen, whose “Love Story” (first published in Issue #10 of Cha; read it here), & Gwen Florio, whose story “Crossing Over” (first published in Issue #11 of Cha; read it here), are both selected as a storySouth Million Writers Award Notable Story of 2010.

The top ten stories of the year will be released around May 20th, with the public vote for the top story beginning then. Good luck, Kimarlee and Gwen!

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Sapling interviews Eddie Tay

Eddie Tay, Reviews Editor of Cha, is interviewed by Sapling, a weekly newsletter about the world of independent publishing published by Black Lawrence Press. Each issue of Sapling is packed with useful information including

a literary contest currently accepting submissions; a profile of a literary journal or magazine; a profile of an independent press; an interview with a writer or editor (topics range from how to craft a convincing pitch to whether an MFA is integral to becoming an established author); a Q&A, where BLP editors will answer questions submitted by readers (recent example: What should poets look for in a contract?); and a closing note featuring the successes of our subscribers. 

You can subscribe to Sapling here.

In Eddie’s interview (see below — courtesy of Sapling), he talks about what he looks for in book reviews, the Hong Kong literary scene, A Cup of Fine Tea, his opinion on ‘real Asia’, the important thing about Cha for him, his different roles as reviews editor, events organizer, academic and poet, and lastly, the books that impressed him in 2010. 

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Cha is in The China Daily

Back in August (Sunday 29th August), I was contacted by China Daily. Today, finally, there is an article on Cha in the paper [Link]. China Daily is the only official English-language national newspaper in China. The article also appears in their US Edition.

Unfortunately, they made one typo which completely changed the meaning of one of my quotes. The quote reads: “I am sure that we will see more books from mainland writers written in English” but it should have been: “I am NOT sure that we will see more books from mainland writers written in English”. Please also note that the cover image appearing in the article is by Alvin Pang. 
The article mainly focuses on our forthcoming “China Issue”, due out in June 2011. (See the Call for Submissions.) We hope many of you will submit works to the edition.
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CHA is in The Hindu

Today, Cha is in The Hindu, one of the most widely-read English newspapers in India:

Tammy Ho Lai-Ming, co-editor of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, says that the readership of online journals has grown considerably since … (

The six ‘click-worthy’ literary websites mentioned in the article are:
  1. The New Yorker

  2. Able Muse

  3. Cha: An Asian Literary Journal

  4. Soundzine

  5. Short, Fast and Deadly

  6. Nth Position.

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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!