John Tiong Chunghoo is a Malaysian poet who specialises in free verse and Japanese short form poetry.  JHe has won many awards for poetry including a top award for a recent one verse haiku rengga organised in Kamakura, a third prize for haiku in Kusamakura, a haiku award in Hekinan for the Aichi Expo, an honorable mention for the first Hoshino Takashi award, two honourable mentions and an award for the 2003 World Haiku Club annual Kukai.

He also won an honourable mention for his poetry on VoicesNet.Com and a third prize on another international poetry site.