Jonathan Chan

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Singapore
Singapore
SG
Email: 
jonbcy@gmail.com
Website: 
jonbcy.wordpress.com

Author's Bio

Jonathan Chan is a writer, editor, and translator of poems and essays. His first collection of poems, going home (Landmark, 2022), was a finalist for the Singapore Literature Prize in 2024. He serves as Managing Editor of the poetry archive poetry.sg. He reads poetry and creative nonfiction for The Plentitudes and PR&TA and reviews for Quarterly Literary Review Singapore. 

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Journals:
Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
,
Christianity Today
,
Ekstasis Magazine
,
Inheritance
,
Quarterly Literary Review Singapore

Poetry

Anthologies:
Malaysian Places and Spaces (Maya Press, 2024)
,
Songs of Revolution: Poems Against Oppression (Sunday Mornings at the River, 2024)
,
A Love Letter to a Thousand Yesterdays: a poetry anthology (Sunday Mornings at the River, 2023)
,
Sunday Mornings at the River Poetry Diary 2024 (Sunday Mornings at the River, 2023)
,
Connecticut Bards Poetry Review 2022 (Local Gems Press, 2022)
,
Crazy Little Pyromaniacs (Math Paper Press, 2020)
Book:
going home (Landmark Books, 2022)
Journals:
Amethyst Review
,
Asymptote
,
Banyan Review
,
Bitchin’ Kitsch
,
Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
,
Cicada
,
Consequence
,
Copperfield Review
,
Ekstasis Magazine
,
Entropy
,
Eratio Poetry Journal
,
Eunoia Review
,
Fare Forward
,
Fathom
,
Geez
,
Global Poemic: Kindred Voices on the Era of COVID-19
,
Great River Review
,
Gulf Coast
,
Idle Ink
,
Inheritance
,
Kindling
,
La Piccioletta Barca
,
Last Leaves Magazine
,
Letters Journal
,
Line Literary Review
,
Lumiere Review
,
Magma
,
Mayday Magazine
,
Minarets
,
New Note Poetry
,
Of Zoos
,
Pamenar Press
,
Pangolin Review
,
Poetry Pacific
,
Quarterly Literary Review Singapore
,
Rabbit
,
samfiftyfour
,
Second Chance Lit
,
Shanghai Literary Review
,
Silver Birch Press
,
Solum Journal
,
Studio
,
Stylus Poetry Journal
,
Subnivean
,
Thimble Literary Magazine
,
Tiger Moth Review
,
Two Hawks Quarterly
,
Voicemail Poems
Prizes won: 
  • Poem 'prayer (xxii)' received The Grantchester Award from The Orchards Poetry Journal.
  • Poetry collection going home shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize 2024: Best Debut – Poetry in English
  • Poem 'elegy' longlisted for the 2024 Previously Published Poem Prize by Palette Poetry
  • Poem 'recital' nominated for Porlock Poetry's Robert Siegel Prize by Eunoia Review
  • Poem 'recital' nominated for 2024 Best of the Net by Eunoia Review
  • Poem ‘A&E’ shortlisted for The Cambridge University Poetry & Prose Prize, March 2023
  • Poem ‘milton mansion’ nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2023 by Free Verse Revolution. 
  • Poem ‘saying a blessing’ longlisted for the Briefly Write Poetry Prize 2022, Briefly Write, United Kingdom, October 2022 
  • Poem ‘atelophobia’ awarded Honorable Mention at the Fare Forward Poetry Competition, Fare Forward, United States, September 2022
  • Poem ‘mangrove’ shortlisted for Catharsis 2022, Singapore, July 2022
  • Poem ‘terra ujong’ nominated for The 2021 Hawker Prize for Southeast Asian Poetry by Singapore Unbound.
  • Poem ‘logbook’ shortlisted for Catharsis 2021, Singapore, August 2021
  • Poem ‘guilt-free’ shortlisted for Catharsis 2020, Singapore, August 2020

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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Asian American, Chinese, Christian, Korean, Southeast Asian
Fluent in: 
Chinese, English, Spanish
Born in: 
New York, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Singapore
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Last update: Dec 27, 2024