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  • PLEASE READ THE SELECTED POEMS HERE. In collaboration with Health in Action, a Hong Kong charity that promotes community health and wellbeing through the empowerment of the underprivileged, Cha is publishing a special section of poetry on the theme of…

    CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Poems on the theme of “Distance” for the June 2016 issue of Cha
  • Cha has nominated Henry Wei Leung’s short fiction “Getting There”, published in the March 2015 issue, for inclusion in the Queen’s Ferry Press anthology, The Best Small Fictions 2016, which seeks flash of 1000 words or fewer published in 2015.…

    Cha’s nomination for Best Small Fictions anthology
  • Cha: An Asian Literary Journal is now calling for submissions for Issue 32, scheduled for publication in June 2016. 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 32 (June 2016)
  •   The Eighth Anniversary Issue of Cha is here. We would like to thank guest editors Arthur Leung (poetry) and Royston Tester (prose) for reading the submissions with us and helping us put together yet another anniversary edition. We would also like to…

    The Eighth Anniversary Issue of Cha is HERE.
  • Thank you for joining us for our Eighth Anniversary Issue. I am not sure that neither my co-editor Jeff Zroback nor I would have imagined at the beginning that Cha would have lasted this long. But here we are. When…

    "Eight Years, Eight Lessons" — ASIAN CHA Issue 30 Editorial
  • due out in March 2016. – Cha: An Asian Literary Journal is now calling for submissions for Issue 31, scheduled for publication in March 2016. Please send in (preferably Asian-themed) poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, reviews, photography & art for consideration. Submission guidelines…

  • We are happy to announce that the following pieces, selected from the September 2014, December 2014, March 2015 and June 2015 issues of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, have been nominated by us for inclusion in Best of the Net…

  • Hong Kong A Cha Poetry contest This December, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal will turn eight years old. To mark the occasion, we are running a poetry contest that focuses unashamedly on the city that the journal calls home—Hong Kong.…

  • In May this year, I was fortunate enough to be invited by poet Ricardo de Ungria to be a foreign panellist on the second week of the 54th Silliman University National Writers Workshop in Dumaguete, the Philippines. The workshop is…

    "Please Do Not Film Me" — ASIAN CHA Issue#28 Editorial
  • due out in December 2015. – Cha: An Asian Literary Journal is now calling for submissions for the Eighth Anniversary Issue, scheduled for publication in December 2015. Please send in (preferably Asian-themed) poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, reviews, photography & art for consideration.…

  • chameleon pressand Tammy Ho Lai-Ming invite you to a reception for the launch of Hula Hooping, her first collection of poetry. Tuesday 28 April, 6:30-8:00pm (announcements at 7:00pm) Karin Weber Gallery 20 Aberdeen Street, Central RSVP: publisher@chameleonpress.com

  •   The March 2015 Issue of Cha is HERE.  The delayed March 2015 Issue of Cha is here. We would like to thank guest editors Dorothy Chan (poetry) and David Raphael Israel (prose) for reading the submissions with us and helping…

    The March 2015 Issue of Cha is HERE.
  • due out in September 2015. – Cha: An Asian Literary Journal is now calling for submissions for Issue 29, scheduled for publication in September 2015. Please send in (preferably Asian-themed) poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, reviews, photography & art for consideration. Submission guidelines can…

  • The Other Side A Cha Poetry contest This contest is run by Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. It is for unpublished poems on the theme of “The Other Side”. SHORTLISTED POETS(click the pictures to learn more)       Judges:…

  • The Other Side A Cha Poetry contest This contest is run by Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. It is for unpublished poems on the theme of “The Other Side”. ::: SEE THE FINALISTS HERE :::  ::: SEE THE WINNERS HERE…

  •   The Seventh Anniversary Issue of Cha is HERE.  We would like to thank guest editors Arthur Leung (poetry) and Royston Tester (prose) for reading the submissions with us and helping us put together the new edition. We would also…

    The Seventh Anniversary Issue of Cha is HERE.
  • due out in June 2015. – Cha: An Asian Literary Journal is now calling for submissions for Issue 28, scheduled for publication in June 2015. Please send in (preferably Asian-themed) poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, reviews, photography & art for consideration. Submission guidelines can…

  • Reconciliation A Cha Poetry contest This contest is run by Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. It is for unpublished poems on the theme of “Reconciliation”.   We have selected the following eight winning poems, which will all be published in the…

  • We at Cha would like to announce our nominations for the 2015 Pushcart Prize: “Remember How the Night is Elsewhere Void in the Metamorphosis of Man” by B.B.P. Hosmillo (March 2014) “Where the Red Stone Crumbles” by Catherine Edmunds (March…

  • In early July, we sent out a call for poems about the Chinese Government’s White Paper on the “One Country, Two Systems” principle in Hong Kong. At the time, the publication of the paper, which formally precluded true democracy within…

    Whither Hong Kong? A Preface
  • Valiant Beauty Seen on the Hong Kong Baptist University campus  . Words from educators in Hong Kong: My students have told me they’re boycotting classes indefinitely. I am proud of them. How can one not be moved?—Eddie Tay I applaud…

  • We are happy to announce that the following pieces of work, selected from the December 2013, March 2014 and June 2014 issues of Cha, have been nominated by us for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology 2014 (published by Sundress).…

  • due out in March 2015. – Cha: An Asian Literary Journal is now calling for submissions for Issue 27, scheduled for publication in March 2015. Please send in (preferably Asian-themed) poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, reviews, photography & art for consideration. Submission guidelines can…

  • – Nominate your favourite Cha story published in 2013. The Million Writers Award for last year’s best online short fiction is now inviting nominations from readers, writers, and editors. The award is for any short story of at least 1,000…

  • Click HERE to read the June 2014 issue of Cha. .   . The June 2014 Issue of Cha is here. We would like to thank guest editors Michael Gray (poetry), Royston Tester (prose) and Reid Mitchell (prose) for reading the submissions with us and helping us put…

  • A Touch Of CrueltyIn The Mouth. Looking at old photos leads me to believe that the body evolves.—Edouard Levé I love to recall my dreams, no matter what is in them.—ibid. Of course, telling someone your insult is like telling…

  • Pictured: Hong Kong Column – Translated (http://facebook.com/hkcolumn) Introduction Cha is seeking entries on the theme “Hong Kong Isn’t Going Anywhere Anytime Soon” in response to the Chinese Government’s White Paper (click here for more information) to be included in a…

    Call for Submissions: "Hong Kong Isn’t Going Anywhere Anytime Soon"
  • due out in December 2014. – Cha: An Asian Literary Journal is now calling for submissions for the Seventh Anniversary Issue, scheduled for publication in December 2014. Please send in (preferably Asian-themed) poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, reviews, photography & art for consideration. Submission…

  • You are invited to submit poems to Desde Hong Kong: poets in conversation with Octavio Paz, a collection in celebration of the centenary of the great Mexican poet, Octavio Paz, who built bridges among cultures, and especially among poets, and whose connections…

  • Click HERE to read the March 2014 issue of Cha. .   . The belated Sixth Anniversary Issue of Cha (March 2014) is here. We would like to thank guest editors Arthur Leung (poetry) and Royston Tester (prose) for reading the submissions with us and…