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Yalan
@yalanchang.bsky.social
Mama, writer, Singaporean living in Cambridge, vegan, law lecturer. SL Oxford Flash Fiction Prize.
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So stoked that a flash piece I’m especially proud of has been published by @offbeatlit.bsky.social. This piece was inspired by my past life working in a soul-destroying commercial law firm. Give it a read!

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It’s Not a Pyrrhic Victory If We’re Paid Shitloads of Money ~ fiction by Ya Lan Chang
We’re storming to Zouk. We’re getting drunk tonight! we shout, drowning out the Jacky Cheung schmaltz murmuring from the taxi’s radio. We wind down the windows, stick our heads out, smirk back as t…
thedisappointedhousewife.com
So stoked that a flash piece I’m especially proud of has been published by @offbeatlit.bsky.social. This piece was inspired by my past life working in a soul-destroying commercial law firm. Give it a read!

thedisappointedhousewife.com/2025/12/17/i...
It’s Not a Pyrrhic Victory If We’re Paid Shitloads of Money ~ fiction by Ya Lan Chang
We’re storming to Zouk. We’re getting drunk tonight! we shout, drowning out the Jacky Cheung schmaltz murmuring from the taxi’s radio. We wind down the windows, stick our heads out, smirk back as t…
thedisappointedhousewife.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Reposted by Yalan
Here's an awesome "party night" story with a lot going on between the lines. Come on over and laugh/cry.

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December 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I have a new piece out! Please have a read!

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How to Talk to Your Mother After the Thing That Happened in the Hospital - Paper Dragon
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December 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I’m excited to announce that I’ll have a flash piece published in the upcoming issue of @frazzledlit.bsky.social. Thanks @jmcm.bsky.social for believing in it and for the lovely acceptance. I can’t wait to read the issue!
December 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
My little entry inspired by my son (Poo Poo Man) didn’t win, but how lovely and unexpected it made the shortlist. Congratulations to the winners!
It is our pleasure to announce the winners of the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize 2025!!

A huge thank you to our wonderful team of readers & the judges María Fernanda Ampuero and Shome Dasgupta

Read the winning entries: oxfordflashfictionprize.com/2025-winners/
November 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This happened 1.5 months ago, but better late than never. Many thanks to @theargylelitmag.bsky.social for publishing a piece that, upon re-reading, I’m not too ashamed of!

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I Have Something to Tell You — The Argyle Literary Magazine
by Ya Lan Chang “I button up my coat. I should say something in parting, but I don’t. I emerge into the fresh air, the city roaring all around me, leaving you to wonder what misfortune, what calamit...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Thanks @soflopojo.bsky.social for my first publication of the year, my flash piece It’s Been A While. Very humbled by the calibre of the writers I’m featured with!

Link to the flash issue: www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-37-may...
May 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM