Short-form publications

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ESSAYS

​​"The Story of Body" (Colorado Review, 2022)
  • Notable in The Best American Essays 2023, eds. Vivian Gornick and Robert Atwan

​​"The True Wonders of the Holy Land" (Southeast Review, 2021)
  • Notable in The Best American Essays 2022, eds. Alexander Chee and Robert Atwan
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"The Sad Girl Variations" (Minola Review​, 2020)

"On Being in Love with a White Man" (So To Speak, 2020)
  • Notable in The Best American Essays 2021, eds. Kathryn Schulz and Robert Atwan
  • Winner - So to Speak Nonfiction Contest (judged by Angela Pelster)
  • Nominated for the Pushcart Prize in Nonfiction 
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"Island Paradise" (Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, 2019)
  • ​Finalist - Iowa Review Award in Nonfiction (judged by Roxane Gay)
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OLDER PIECES

"Singaporean Food Culture" (Skin Deep, 2018)

"Ils sont pas des hommes": Conversational Anthropologists at Play" (berfrois, 2014)

Interviews & reflections

"Learning How to Learn Again" - a reflection on AWP's Writer-to-Writer Mentorship Program (AWP, 2023)

"An Interview with Shze-Hui Tjoa" (Colorado Review, 2022)

"Introducing: Shze-Hui Tjoa, Sundog Lit's Newest Creative Non-fiction Editor" (Sundog Lit, 2022)