Cha contributors in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore

Three Cha contributors have new works published in the April 2011 issue of Quarterly Literary Review Singapore. Read Jennifer Wong’s poem “The Find” and story “The Assistant”; Bernard Henrie’s poem “The Moon a Late Bus”; and O Thiam Chin’s story “Sleeping”. The issue also contains “Hiding Behind the Maple Leaf” by Cyril Wong.

Jennifer Wong’s poetry collection is longlisted for the Proverse Prize 2010

Congratulations to Cha contributor Jennifer Wong; her poetry collection is longlisted for the Proverse Prize 2010. More information about the prize here.
Jennifer’s poem “Companions” was published in the first anniversary issue of Cha and nominated for inclusion in Best of the Net 2009. Her review of three poetry collections (Leung Ping Kwan’s Shifting Borders, Christopher (Kit) Kelen’s To the Single Man’s Hut: Poems and Pictures, and Song Zijiang’s Wiping the Dim Sky) is forthcoming in the September 2010 issue of the journal.
Good luck, Jenny!

CHA contributors in Mascara Literary Review 6

The sixth issue of Mascara Literary Review has now been launched and it features poetry by Cha contributors Jennifer Wong, Arthur Leung and Priyadarshi Patnaik. Read Arthur’s “Kiss of the Moon” and “Angler Fish Sashimi” here; read Jennifer’s “Myth”, “I Remember” and “Knack” here and read Priyadarshi Patnaik’s “My Daughter’s Shadow”, “Night at Jagannatha Temple” and “The Song” here.

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)