CHA’s Pushcart Nominations 2011

Each nominee will receive a handmade dragonfly card from Cha. The cards are made by a former contributor.

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*Voting is now closed.

Cha co-editors Tammy Ho & Jeff Zroback will nominate the following poems for the Pushcart Prize 2010. ~~There is one more slot: we have several pieces in mind but would love to know your thoughts. Which piece from issue 10, issue 11 and issue 12 of the journal do you recommend?~~

Leave us a comment below or send your suggestions to editorsATasianchaDOTcom (Subject line: “Pushcart”) if you prefer anonymity. If possible, please explain briefly why you liked a particular piece. We will consider your input when deciding the sixth nominee. We intend to post the nominations 1st November 2010.

~~Last year, we faced the same problem and in the end only nominated five poems (see the nominees here). You can help us this time.~~

1) Eddie Tay, “Night Thoughts” Read “A Cup of Fine Tea: Eddie Tay’s “Night Thoughts”” here. (issue #12, September 2010) .

2) Phill Provance, “St. Petersburg Has Many Churches” Read “A Cup of Fine Tea: Phill Provance’s “St.Petersburg Has Many Churches”” here. (Issue #12, September 2010)

3) Rosanna Oh, “Etude” (issue #11, May 2010)

4) Anuradha Vijayakrishnan, “Suicide Note” Read “A Cup of Fine Tea: Anuradha Vijayakrishnan’s “Suicide Note”” here. (issue #10, February 2010)

5) Papa Osumbal, “A Bum’s Demise” Read “A Cup of Fine Tea: Papa Osumbal’s “A Bum’s Demise” here. (issue #10, February 2010)

6) The sixth nominee is revealed in this post

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Also see our Best of the Web, Best of the Net and Micro Award nominations this year.

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Congratulations to all the nominees. We wish you the best of luck and thank you for letting us publish your wonderful work.

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