Biography & Portfolio

Ally Chua is a Singaporean writer now based in Boston. She was the 2019 Singapore Unbound Fellow for New York City and a member of writing collective /s@ber. She has been published in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, Cordite Poetry Review, and Salamander Magazine. She is the author of poetry collection Acts of Self Consumption (2023) by Australian press Recent Work Press, and novel The Disappearance of Patrick Zhou (2023) by Singapore press Epigram Books.

Ally is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Public Relations at Emerson College, and serves as a Poetry Reader for Redivider Magazine. She is a member of the Singapore writing collective /s@ber. An avid solo traveler and reader, Ally finds inspiration from a wide variety of sources, including her travels, Richard Siken’s words, the lyrics of Brian Fallon, and zombie video games.

Journal Publications
Salamander Magazine Issue 54Lunar Cycle
SingPoWriMo Magazineclean living
QLRS Vol. 21 No. 1 Acts of Self Consumption
PodCastle 701(Flash Fiction) Catch
Anti-Heroin ChicMonument Valley
The PhareA Study of Three Bars in Brooklyn
SP BlogCharades
Opia MagazineThe Boys in the Lineup
Wend PoetrySweetbread, Paper Universe, On Running
SP BlogBrittle Nut
QlRS Vol. 19 No. 3(short story) Goodnight, 1314
Truancy MagazineThe Great Banquet
Thimble MagazineBlackbird Gallery
Of ZoosDomestic Peace, Flowering Season
SingPoWriMo Magazinethe harvest and the woods
Lammergeier Magazine Issue 5 (Spring ’20)cotton/mouth
Cordite 89: Domesticstrings
QLRS Vol. 18 No. 1 Tangible
The Write Launch Selkie, The Lives of Others, Dad
QLRS Vol. 17 No. 3 Nothing in This House Works Anymore
Events & Readings
The Suspect Reading30 June, 2022
Spoke & Bird presents Caroline Teague & Ally Chua24 July, 2021
One Step Closer9 August 2020
Carnival of Poetry – Covid-19 Special17 May 2020
Singapore Biennale 2019 |
Art & Poetry: A Spoken Word Trail
March 2020
[In New York City] Second Saturdays Reading Series Oct 2019
Singapore Unbound Fellowship – Award Event12 Jul 2019
Spoke & Bird #17 presents: /s@ber 15 Dec 2018
Urban Ventures x Street Party:
Wordsmithing Booth featuring /s@ber
7 Jul 2018
Anthologies
New Singapore PoetriesNov 2022
Crazy Little PyromaniacsOct 2020
CONTOUR: A Lyric Cartography of SingaporeNov 2019
SingPoWriMo: The Anthology 2018Nov 2018
SingPoWriMo: The Anthology 2017Nov 2017
Reviews & Articles
[Singapore Unbound] Review of Oddboy by Martin Jude FarawellThe Growth of a Man
[SingPoWriMo/2020] ArticleDays Upon Days