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. This year, I submitted to 𝟓𝟖 journals in total, and was rejected by 𝟒𝟖 of them. 𝟔 journals accepted my poems, while 𝟒 are still actively in…