• ASIAN CHA Issue#20 Editorial

    Hula Hooping (First published in Berfrois on 28 February, 2013.) . . “First snowfall of the year, Issy-Les-Moulineaux” by Oliver Farry  . I don’t want to be like a fruit that is small, round and has a bland taste. I like being written…

  • Cha "Betrayal" Poetry Contest – winners

    Thank you to all the poets who sent work to Cha‘s “Betrayal” Poetry contest. Judges Andrew Barker and Tammy Ho Lai-Ming have selected the following six poems as the finalists. Please scroll down to read the poets’ biographies and their commentaries on…

  • Cha’s March 2013 Issue (#20) Launch Reading at AWP

    There will be a launch reading for the March 2013 issue of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal at AWP. The event will be hosted by guest editors Kaitlin Solimine and Marc Vincenz and co-hosted by the Fairbank Center forChinese Studies at Harvard University. Feature readings by…

  • Cha "Betrayal" Poetry Contest – Shortlist

    BETRAYAL – Shortlist A Cha Poetry contest We have now selected the sixteen short-listed poems for Cha‘s “Betrayal” poetry contest. The finalists will be announced when the March 2013 issue of the journal goes live.  We are currently accepting general…

  • New updates on 5 Cha contributors: Mani Rao, Grace V.S. Chin, Ankur Agarawal, Sushma Joshi and Nicholas Y.B. Wong

    Mani Rao, Grace V.S. Chin, Ankur Agarawal, Sushma Joshi A new issue of Mascara Literary Review, edited by Michelle Cahill, is out. It features poetry by Mani Rao and Grace Chin, fiction by Ankur Agarawal and creative non-fiction by Sushma Joshi.  || Mani…

    New updates on 5 Cha contributors: Mani Rao, Grace V.S. Chin, Ankur Agarawal, Sushma Joshi and Nicholas Y.B. Wong

  • Cha – Call for Submissions – Issue #21 (May/June 2013)

    due out in May/June 2013. – Cha: An Asian Literary Journal is now calling for submissions for Issue # 21, scheduled for publication in May/June 2013. Please send in (preferably Asian-themed) poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, reviews, photography & art for consideration. Submission guidelines…

  • New updates on 5 Cha contributors: Nabina Das, Reid Mitchell, Mia Ayumi Malhotra, Ricky Garni and Vinita Agrawal

    Nabina Das “Eyes”, a short story by Nabina Das, is now available in Open Road Review. A squall gets the power out. || Nabina Das’s poetry was published in Issue #10 of Cha. ***** Reid Mitchell “Sea Shells”, a new poem by Reid…

  • CHA’s Micro Award 2012 Nominations

    Cha is nominating Tom Mangione’s “People are Fundamental” and Angelo B. Ancheta’s “Eclipsed”, both published in Issue #19 of the journal, for The Micro Award 2012. Congratulations and good luck!– Also see our Best of the Net and Pushcart nominations this year. – –

  • Kafkaesque China

    My friend: Hey, is there any way you could find out if there is a warrant for my arrest in the PRC? Me: Why do you think I have such high penetrating power? I am only an editor of a…

  • Cha’s 2013 Pushcart Nominations

    We at Cha would like to announce our nominations for the 2012 Pushcart Prize: “Sonia Wants to Rent An Apartment” by José Manuel Sevilla (March 2012) “When I Was the Chinaman’s Granddaughter-In-Law” by Dena Rash Guzman (March 2012) “Winter Seclusion”…