Heng's short fiction has been published widely in literary journals such as The New Yorker, Glimmer Train, Tin House, Prairie Schooner, The Offing, Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, and The Minnesota Review. Her fiction has received a Pushcart special mention and Prairie Schooner's Jane Geske award. She has written essays and features for The Telegraph, The Rumpus, Grazia and Catapult. Her essay 'On Becoming A Person of Colour' was one of The Rumpus's top read posts of 2018, a 2018 Staff Pick and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She was listed by The Independent as one of ten emerging authors to look out for in 2018 and has been profiled by outlets such as the BBC, Electric Literature and The Straits Times. In 2021, she was longlisted for the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award.
