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 helping us put together a great edition. We would also like to thank
Eddie Tay for another fine selection of book reviews and
Daryl Yam for reading the contest poems and writing
a commentary on why we chose the poems. The issue includes an editorial by
Tammy Ho Lai-Ming titled
"Meetings with Remarkable Men and Women".
The following
writers/artists have generously allowed us to showcase their work:
Poetry: Reid Mitchell, B.B.P. Hosmillo, Renée M. Schell, Edward Ragg, Bryan Thao Worra, Mingjuan Tan, Reihana Robinson, Amy Uyematsu, Deborah Guzzi, Jenna Le, Ranu Uniyal, Suzanne Hermanoczki, Eileen Chong
"Void" poetry contest winners: Catherine Edmunds, Richard L. Provencher, Arlene Yandug, Maj Ikle, Hao Guang Tse, Leondrea Tan, Amit Shankar Saha
Fiction: Mark Crimmins, Sreedhevi Iyer, Peter Phillips, Peabody Winston
Creative non-fiction: Mary J. Breen, Amanda Faye Lacson, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Jyoti Omi Chowdhury
Excerpts: Priya Sarukkai Chabria, Christopher Taylor
Interviews: Rhiannon Jenkins Tsang, Shaily Sahay
Lost tea: Fehmida Zakeer
Photography & art: Hu Jiamin (cover artist), Johanna Audiffred, Eddie Tay, Jyoti Omi Chowdhury
Reviews & essays: John Wall Barger, William Noseworthy, Shaily Sahay, Emma Zhang, Bhanumati Mishra, Cecilia Chan, Elen Turner, Vaughan Rapatahana
Our next issue is due out in
late June or early July 2014. We are currently accepting submissions for the
Seventh Anniversary Issue and entries for the
"Reconciliation" poetry contest and the
"Hong Kong Isn't Going Anywhere Anytime Soon" section. If you are interested in having your work considered for inclusion in
Cha, please read our submission
guidelines carefully.
