Cha is dedicated to publishing quality creative works from and about Asia. At this time, we can only accept work in English or translated into English.

We are currently accepting submissions for our February 2010 issue. Deadline: 10 January 2010. Any submissions received after this date will be considered for our May 2010 issue. Please read the guidelines below carefully before you submit work to us.

Book reviews
If you would like to submit a book (or books) for us to review, please contact our Reviews Editor Eddie Tay at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . If you want to review a book for Cha, please also write to Tay for further information.

Literary genres
-Poetry: 1 to 4 poems; no more than 60 lines each
-Fiction, creative non-fiction, interviews, book excerpts and drama: 1 to 2 pieces; 100 to 5000 words each
-Photography & art: 1 to 5 pieces
-"Lost Teas": Works from any of the above genres which have been previously published in journals/magazines that have now folded. If submitting for "Lost Teas", please include the periodical and issue/date the work appeared. Please note that this is the only place we accept reprints. Contributors should use "Lost Teas Submission" as the subject line of their emails. 

Guidelines
-Send submissions via email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
-Include all writings in the body of the email; no attachments.
-If you are sending us a piece of travel writing, please also consider sending us images to accompany the piece. Here is an example.
-Submit all visual work in jpeg format.
-Include a brief biography (no more than 100 words).

Copyright
-Original work only. (See "Lost Teas" above.)
-Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but notify us as soon as possible if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere.
-Authors retain all rights. We would appreciate it, however, if you indicate that your work was published in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal in any subsequent publication. If you fail to do so, we may remove your contribution.

Payment
-We regret we are unable to pay our contributors at this time.

Response time
-Within 3 months. Please query after this time has lapsed.

Nominations
Cha commits to nominating contributors' work for inclusion in anthologies such as Best of the Web (Dzanc Books) and Best of the Net (Sundress Publications). We will also nominate work for the prestigious Pushcart Prize. Other suitable competitions/anthologies will also be considered. Nominations are announced on the Cha blog.