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Jonathan Chan [1]

Listed as: 
Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer
Public address: 
Singapore
Singapore
SG
Email: 
jonbcy@gmail.com
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. His second collection of poems is bright sorrow (Landmark, 2025). He serves as Managing Editor of the poetry archive poetry.sg. He reads poetry and creative nonfiction for The Plentitudes and PR&TA and his reviews have appeared in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, SUSPECT, and The Rumpus. 

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
Chinese
English
Spanish
Born in: 
New York, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Singapore
Website: 
https://jonbcy.wordpress.com [2]
Prizes won: 
  • Poem 'prayer (xxii)' received The Grantchester Award from The Orchards Poetry Journal.
  • Poems ‘patience (ii)’ and ‘peace (ii)’ long listed for the Fare Forward Poetry Competition 2024,
  • 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
Identifies as: 
Asian American
Chinese
Christian
Korean
Southeast Asian

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/jonathan_chan

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/jonathan_chan [2] https://jonbcy.wordpress.com