Double congrats to Vanessa Hua & Ky-Phong Tran, both finalists for the Asian American Writers Workshop and Hyphen magazine 2008 Short Story Contest!<br><br>Notes of yay-ness can be sent to <span dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:vanessa.hua@gmail.com">vanessa.hua@gmail.com</a></span> & <a href="mailto:thewind@gmail.com">thewind@gmail.com</a><br>
<br>Ching-In<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br>The Asian American Writers Workshop and Hyphen would like to recognize these finalists:<br><br> Jessamyn Edra for "Blue Women"<br><br> <b> Vanessa Hua for "Harte Lake"<br>
</b><br> Celeste Ng for "Girls, At Play"<br>
<br>Genaro Ky Ly Smith for "Perfect in Parts"<br><br>Bushra Rehman for "Bhangra Blowout"<br><br>Kevin T.S. Tang for "Columnus"<br><br><b>Ky-Phong Tran for the stories: "I Will Love You More Than I Can" and<br>
"A Thing Called Exodus"</b><br><br>Joy Wood for "The Man in the Elevator"<br><br>Contest entries were reviewed blind with the names of the entrants<br>removed. The Workshop and Hyphen would like to thank all entrants for<br>
submitting their work and encourage them in their writing endeavors.<br><br>Special thanks to Short Story Contest judges Monica Ferrell, the<br>author of the novel The Answer is Always Yes and the poetry collection<br>Beasts for the Chase, and Preeta Samarasan, the author of the novel<br>
Evening is the Whole Day. We encourage you to check out their work!<br></div>
</div><br>-- <br>~~~~~<br>Ching-In Chen<br>THE HEART'S TRAFFIC (Arktoi Books/Red Hen Press 2009)<br><a href="http://www.redhen.org/arktoi.asp">www.redhen.org/arktoi.asp</a><br><a href="http://www.chinginchen.com">www.chinginchen.com</a><br>