Connie Chang

I feel so lucky to have had the chance to write for @nytimes @nytimeswell about how the pandemic/distance learning has pushed elementary school-aged kids into the social media deep end and what parents can do to help their kids navigate this new world. nytimes.com/2020/12/10/wel…

@liu_angela @UncannyMagazine Lovely story!

I have a new story out in @UncannyMagazine! "Barbershops of the Floating City" is about family and how far we'll go to relive our favorite memories, and I'm so psyched that it inspired the wonderful cover art by Grace P. Fong for this issue! ✂️ uncannymagazine.com/article/barber…

Somewhere, tween-nerd me is squeeing because I got to write about fanfiction and sci-fi/super-hero shows for The New York Times today: nytimes.com/2025/05/03/art…

@carriemelago @PittsburghPG This is a lovely tribute, Carrie. And I'm so sorry for your and your family's loss.

@liu_angela I've never submitted to the New Yorker. But I am guessing this isn't a form rejection with its "while there is much to admire in this story" -- but yes, rejections are a part of a writer's life. I prefer rejections (form or not) to silence, which also happens :(

Thinking about how my Hotmail short story got this rejection from the New Yorker in 2019 and somehow that stopped me from writing/submitting stories for the next 2+ years.

@liu_angela @NightmareMag lovely and moving as always. Sorry to hear of your family's history with the disease.

My new poem, “Mnemonic Burning,” inspired by a family history of Alzheimer’s, is now free-to-read at @NightmareMag! nightmare-magazine.com/poetry/mnemoni…

@virtualjew This is actually gorgeous -- worthy of a spot on MOMA's wall... And also, yum. That sounds delicious.

sweet corn cranberry cookie dough having a mf moment

@liu_angela Lovely. Thank you for sharing.

Been thinking about this one for a while. "what is now will soon be past" by Yrsa Daley-ward

@GraceLP Awww, hugs. I know what you mean. Everything else seems to pale into trivialities when there’s so much suffering in the world right now. But I also think the world still needs stories, needs light, however dimly it may seem to shine in the backdrop of so much darkness.

@broadwaybabyto I mask, and I really believe in masking (although I don’t make my middle school age children do it since their classmates don’t) and even I feel the need to qualify/justify why I do it (eg, I see my aged parents often) because it feels awkward.

If you want masks in healthcare, wish your HCWs would mask and/or have delayed or avoided care due to COVID risk - drop me a comment or a wave? I’m working on an article that will be a plea to all the unmasked healthcare workers - and I want to show there’s a need here!

@lolaannamendez Yup, same. Freelancing has really dried up for me :( And I'm experiencing pitch fatigue -- I'm sure editors I'm pitching are experiencing it too from the other side... Wondering if it's time to throw in the towel...

I have absolutely zero deadlines. I'm sending out loads of pitches and follow ups. It's bleak out there! I'm open for assignments.

@TiaTashiro Gorgeous story, and difficult - but in all the best ways good stories always are. You're fast becoming a writer whose stories I'll read without question, as soon as they come out. Congrats!!

New story out now! This one's about filial duty when your mother starts eating people (a thematic fit for the start of October!)

@leverus My references are a bit dated, but I was obsessed with the Belgariad series by David Eddings and the Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander when I was 12.

My younger son (12) isn't much of a reader. He craves Roblox, Youtube Shorts, Fortnite, anything but a book. So I gave him the most brutally addictive novel I could think of, ENDER'S GAME ... and it's working. I think. But I can't think what to give him next. Suggestions?

@liu_angela We are in such a product-oriented, hustle culture that this is an important lesson to learn! Of course, I have many false starts and no product as far as stories go, so that’s probably no good either.

One thing I’ve been trying to relearn: you don’t need to finish every story you start. It’s important to just explore, to get stuck, and to move on. Not everything needs to be done to have meaning.

@GraceLP This sounds amazing! Thank you for posting about this opportunity. I'm local and I'm going to apply :)

It was a honor writing about these health insurance stories for the New York Times. Thanks @JessamynStan @iangoldsteinyes and others for talking to me: nytimes.com/2024/07/10/bus…

@carlingmcmanus DiCaprio?

I got my hands on a 1997 Bop Magazine—can you guess whose lips these are?

@_hh_pak @clarkesworld Gorgeous - and I loved the specificity of the food descriptions. And as a mom of still-littles, this really hit hard.

@MegStEsprit @NiagaraFallsUSA You’re very brave!!

Started with four kids, left with four kids. Solo traveling mom success! (Dad didn’t have PTO so his gift is a quiet house for a few days ❤️❤️) They are every bit as wowed as I hoped ❤️ #niagarafallsusa @NiagaraFallsUSA

@BeJules1998 Hi @BeJules1998 - I'm writing a story for the NY Times and would love to talk to you about one of your tweets - please email me at changcon_14850 - at- yahoo dot com if you'd be open to chatting.

I don’t care frankly how small the panel is, it should not be all men. Thanks for coming to my ted talk. It’s 2024.

@MegStEsprit It is sad that the veil of innocence is pulled away so early these days…

My 10yo told me that rich people and poor people do bad things, but rich people don’t have to go to jail usually, and poor people do. I was at least 15 years older than her when I began to see things this clearly.