Awards and Grants

As Editor-in-Chief at khōréō magazine:

• Ignyte Community Award, 2024
• Hugo Award finalist, Best Semiprozine, 2023–2025
• Locus Award finalist, Best Magazine, 2024
• British Fantasy Award finalist, Best Magazine / Periodical, 2024

As PhD researcher:

• Birkbeck Arts Week Postgraduate Prize, 2023
• AHRC CHASE Studentship 2022 (accepted)
• AHRC LAHP Studentship 2022 (declined)

As theatre maker:

• MGCfutures Bursary Award, 2021
• British Council IETM Rijeka Bursary Award, 2020
• Peabody Young Leader, 2019
• VAULT Origins Award for Outstanding New Work, 2019

Selected Interviews

Resonate, ‘Asian Pirate Musical’ Director Zhui Ning Chang on Bringing Joyful Representation to the Stage
Locus, Spotlight on khōréō.​
Migreatives, Lora Krasteva and Zhui Ning Chang, on migrant artist routes and Global Voices Theatre.
We Need Diverse Books, “Sensitivity Readers Can Make Publishing More Accountable, if We Allow Them To.”
Asian Pirate Musical: In Lockdown, Online Q&A with Clarissa Widya.
Asian Pirate Musical, r/MusicalWriting.

Events and Public Engagement

2025:

Panellist, “Opportunities in Speculative Fiction”, Imaginarium
Panellist, “Editing and Editors”, World Fantasy Con
Panellist, “Multilingual Life for Creatives”, Flights of Foundry
Panellist, “The Work of Being a Freelancer/Biz Person”, Flights of Foundry
Panellist, “Pirates and Sea Creatures and Kataw, Oh My!”, Flights of Foundry
Panellist, “Science Fiction: the State of the Field”, Eaton Symposium
Guest Lecturer, “Introduction to Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction”, Marist University
Guest Lecturer, “The Actor as Translator”, Wimbledon College of Arts
Guest Lecturer, Writing for Games module, MA Creative Writing, Birkbeck University of London

2024:

Speaker, “Doing Write by Them: Sensitivity Readers on Inclusive Storytelling”, National Library Board Singapore
Panellist, “Learning the Editing Process”, Glasgow WorldCon
Panellist, “SF&F Musicals on Stage”, Glasgow WorldCon
Moderator, “Writing and Publishing Beyond the English-Speaking World”, Nebula Conference
Panellist, “Home” with Lisa Chearles and Charmaine Poh, Queer East Festival ​
Guest Lecturer, “Editorial Approaches to Scriptwriting”, Han Chiang University College of Communication, Malaysia
Guest Lecturer, “Decolonising Publishing”, UCLA Extension, USA
Guest Lecturer, Diploma in Creative Writing: Fiction and Writing for Performance, University of Cambridge, UK

2023:

Panellist, “Decolonize the Future: Strategies and Solutions to Emerge from the Shadow of Anglo SF”, Chengdu WorldCon
Chair, “Writing Across Worlds: In Conversation with Victor Fernando R. Ocampo”, Birkbeck University of London
Moderator, “Conversations from the Southeast Asian Scene”, Flights of Foundry
Guest Lecturer, Diploma in Creative Writing: Fiction and Writing for Performance, University of Cambridge, UK

2022:

Panellist, “Decolonizing SFF”, Chicago WorldCon
Panellist, “Sensitivity Readers”, Society for Young Publishers
Panellist, “Pushing the Boundaries of the Speculative”, Flights of Foundry
Panellist, “Decolonizing Our Narrative Traditions”, Flights of Foundry
Panellist, “Breaking into the US Market as an International Writer”, Flights of Foundry
Guest Lecturer, “Editorial Approaches to Scriptwriting”, Han Chiang University College of Communication, Malaysia

2021:

Moderator, “Debut Author Journeys”, Malaysian Writers’ Festival
Panellist, “Sensitivity Reading as Developmental Editing”, Flights of Foundry
Panellist, “Beyond the Western Lens: the Rich Diversity of Literature”, Flights of Foundry
Panellist, “Publishing Outside the U.S.”, Flights of Foundry
Speaker, Comparative Literature Alumni Careers, King’s College London

2019:

Chair, “Trauma in the Vietnamese Refugee Community”, Park Theatre
Panellist, “What Women Want: How is Female Desire Portrayed On Stage?”, Arcola Theatre