New updates on 4 Cha contributors: Kristine Ong Muslim, Ocean Vuong, W.F. Lantry and Alistair Noon

Kristine Ong Muslim

Kristine Ong Muslim‘s story “Moonman” is now published in the April 2012 issue of Phantasmacore
|| Kristine Ong Muslim’s poetry was published in issue #9 of Cha and her poem “Preface to a Pornographer’s Dirty Book” is discussed here.

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Ocean Vuong

Ocean Vuong‘s poem “Despite Everything, My Dancers” is published in Issue #25 (The Generation Issue) of Hyphen. Read the poem here and learn more about the issue here.
|| Ocean Vuong’s poem “Paramour” was published in issue#10 of Cha; the poem has been nominated for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology 2010.

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W.F. Lantry

 Read W.F. Lantry‘s review of Lisa Viho’s The Accidental Present in the latest issue of The Big Bridge.
|| Read W.F. Lantry’s Cha profile.

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Alistair Noon

Alistair Noon’s first full-length collection, Earth Records, is due out this month from Nine Arches Press. Alistair is having a book tour to launch the book. He will appear in London (Wed 16 May, Thursday 17 May – the main London launch), Sheffield (Saturday 19 May), Nottingham (Sunday 20 May), Leicester (Monday 21 May) and finally, Berlin (Thursday 24 May – this is the main Berlin launch).
||  Alistair Noon’s poetry and creative non-fiction were published in issue #2 of Cha. His poem “The Expat Partner: An Email” is discussed here.

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New updates on 5 Cha contributors: Dena Rash Guzman, Craig Santos Perez, Marc Vincenz, W.F. Lantry and Ocean Vuong

Dena Rash Guzman

Read Dena Rash Guzman‘s poem “Bad Had God” in ink node.

Dena Rash Guzman’s poetry was published in Issue #15 and Issue #16 of Cha.


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Craig Santos Perez

Craig Santos Perez‘s poem “Does Huam Suck?” is published in the latest issue of VOLT. This is a poem from Craig’s fourth, unwritten book. 

Craig Santos Perez’s review was been published in issue #9 of Cha.

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Marc Vincenz

 Marc Vincenz’s poem “Psychotropics” , previous published in Pull of the Gravitons (Right Hand Pointing, 2012), is featured on October Babies
Read Marc Vincenz’s Cha profile.

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W.F. Lantry
W.F. Lantry‘s small poem, “Exchange”, which concerns the gifts of Spring, and other things, is now available at Extract(s), your daily dose of literature. 
Read W.F. Lantry’s Cha profile.   

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Ocean Vuong
 A Pocket Broadside (i.e. literature that fits in your pocket!) by Ocean Vuong — a miniature poem titled “Mother Tongue” — is now available on Lantern Review and Kartika Review‘s Tumblr. To see all of the Pocket Broadsides they’ve posted so far, visit the project’s website
Ocean Vuong’s poem “Paramour” was published in issue#10 of Cha; the poem has been nominated for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology 2010.

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New updates on 3 Cha contributors: O Thiam Chin, Chris Galvin and Ocean Vuong

O Thiam Chin

Congratulations to O Thiam Chin! His short story collection The Rest of Your Life and Everything that Comes with It, reviewed in the current issue of Cha, has been longlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Prize (€25,000). Other longlisted writers include Don DeLillo, Jackie Kay and Joyce Carol Oates. You can see the full list here

O Thiam Chin’s short story “Pebbles” was published in Issue #8 of Cha.



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Chris Galvin

Chris Galvin’s flash fiction “For the Love of Mushrooms” is now featured in the April edition of Tuck Magazine.
Chris Galvin’s creative non-fiction was published in Issue #16 of Cha. 

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Ocean Vuong

Ocean Vuong‘s poem “In Defense of Dancing” is published in Guernica

Ocean Vuong’s poem “Paramour” was published in issue#10 of Cha; the poem has been nominated for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology 2010.

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Lunar New Year Mouth to Mouth Open Mic: Kelly Tsai and Ocean Vuong


From their website:

2011 is starting off with a bang! We’re ushering in the new year with a Mouth to Mouth Open Mic featuring activist and spoken word artist Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai and poet Ocean Vuong. So, come, bring a friend, and be ready to get your socks rocked off by poetry.

More information here.

Ocean Vuong’s poem “Paramour” was published in issue#10 of Cha; the poem has been nominated for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology 2010.

Ocean Vuong’s live reading and interview

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Ocean Vuong will be doing a live reading and interview via The Blood-Jet Writing Hour this Wednesday at 1PM Eastern time. The live broadcast is available for free here and you can listen to the archived segment after it airs here. More information here.
Ocean Vuong’s poem “Paramour” was published in issue#10 of Cha; the poem has been nominated for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology 2010.

Ocean Vuong is a three-time Pushcart nominee

Congratulations to Ocean Vuong whose poem “Burning House” has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Fox Chase Review. This is his third Pushcart nominations (he was nominated two times last year).
Born in 1988 in Saigon, Vietnam, Ocean is the author of Burnings (Sibling Rivalry Press 2011) and has contributed poetry to Cha. Congratulations and good luck!
Ocean Vuong’s poem “Paramour” was published in issue#10 of Cha; the poem has been nominated for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology 2010.

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.