• Cha — Call for Submissions — “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017)

    As most readers of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal will know, 1 July 2017 will mark the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China. This year also happens to be the tenth anniversary of our publication. And so while…

    Cha — Call for Submissions — “Writing Hong Kong” Issue (December 2017)

  • Issue #36 (“Writing Japan” Issue) of Cha is HERE.

    . The “Writing Japan” Issue of Cha is now available. We would like to thank James Shea and Kyoko Yoshida for reading the submissions with us and helping us put together ​the new edition. We would also like to thank…

    Issue #36 (“Writing Japan” Issue) of Cha is HERE.

  • “On Writing Japan” – ASIAN CHA Issue 36 Editorial

    One of the pleasures of putting together this issue was seeing the rich interpretation of our theme. “Writing Japan” is not simply a matter of a Japanese writer in Japan writing in Japanese for a Japanese audience. Its scope is…

    “On Writing Japan” – ASIAN CHA Issue 36 Editorial

  • Cha — “Writing Hong Kong” — Calling for Review Copies

    As most readers of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal will know, 1 July 2017 will mark the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China. This year also happens to be the tenth anniversary of our publication. And so while…

    Cha — “Writing Hong Kong” — Calling for Review Copies

  • Cha — Call for Submissions — Issue 37 (September 2017)

    Cha: An Asian Literary Journal is now calling for submissions for Issue 37, scheduled for publication in September 2017. Please send in (preferably Asian-themed) poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, reviews, photography & art for consideration. Submission guidelines can be found here.…

    Cha — Call for Submissions — Issue 37 (September 2017)

  • Issue #35 of Cha is HERE.

    Issue 35 of Cha is now available. We would like to thank Ankur Agarwal (poetry) and Michael Gray (prose) for reading the submissions with us and helping us put together the new edition. We would also like to thank Eddie Tay…

    Issue #35 of Cha is HERE.

  • “A Secret About a Secret About a Secret” – ASIAN CHA Issue 35 Editorial

      Jo Shapcott’s poem “Myself Photographed” begins with an affirmative statement: “So this is me.” This line draws our attention to the subject of the photograph, although it does so with a slightly wry, or perhaps uncertain, tone provided by…

    “A Secret About a Secret About a Secret” – ASIAN CHA Issue 35 Editorial

  • Announcement: Collaboration with Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine

    We are very happy to announce that selected poems from the ten-year history of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal (November 2007-October 2017) will be published in a special edition of the Hong Kong-based print poetry magazine, Voice & Verse, in February 2018.…

    Announcement: Collaboration with Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine

  • Melissa De Silva’s “Meeting with the Sea” is a finalist in Best of the Net 2016

    We are pleased to announce that Melissa De Silva’s “Meeting with the Sea”, first published in the June 2016 issue of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, is a finalist of Best of the Net 2016. You can read “Meeting with…

    Melissa De Silva’s “Meeting with the Sea” is a finalist in Best of the Net 2016

  • #WRITERSRESIST in Hong Kong — Introduction

    Writers Resist in Hong Kong | Sunday 15 January 2017 Tammy Ho Lai-Ming Good afternoon to you all and thank you for coming. This reading, co-organised by Cha: An Asian Literary Journal and Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine, is part of…

    #WRITERSRESIST in Hong Kong — Introduction