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)

Best of the Web 2009 Nominations

Cha‘s nominations for the Dzanc Books Best of the Web 2009 print anthology are:
-“Whose Woods These Are” (poetry) by Eddie Tay, issue#2 February 2008
-“Smashing Up the Grand Piano” (poetry) by Martin Alexander, issue#3 May 2008
-“Flowers are as Permanent as Brick” (poetry) by Reid Mitchell, issue#4 August 2008
-“Bet” (fiction) by YZ Chin, issue#3 May 2008
-“Two Among Many” (fiction) by Philip Holden, issue#4 August 2008
Congratulations to all the nominees. We wish you the best of luck.