ally chua

Category: inspiration

  • [Backpost] Epigram Book Prize

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    Ally Chua
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    Honoured to be in the shortlist with such esteemed company!!! Thank you Epigram Books, Edmund Wee, Jason Erik Lundberg and other editors for seeing the potential in my work. PS: This means Michelle Yeoh will be reading my manuscript so fuck yeah I’m already blessed and cannot ask for more thank youuu I have much…

  • [Backpost] Accepted for Publication

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    Ally Chua
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    Excited and honoured to share that my book, ‘Acts of Self Consumption’, has been selected for publication by Australian press @recentworkpress. The querying process for this book has been a long, often draining journey since 2020. Thankful for Recent Work Press and Shane Strange for seeing the potential in my manuscript. Coming soon in 2023.

  • [Backpost] Poetry Statistics Stuff

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    Ally Chua
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    Much like my love life, my poetry journey is fraught with rejections. This year, I kept a record of my poetry submissions and have some statistics to share. 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: *The Boys and Brittle Nut have just been accepted for publication, which I am immensely grateful for. Coming in early 2021. 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠…