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Aug 20, 2025 - Join PEN Melbourne and the Emerging Writers Festival for Writing Against Silencing, a workshop exploring the tensions between creative expression and

Join AAWW for Alpha Beta Blah, a new reading series that removes the secret from secret society!

Oct 21, 2025

Katrina Bello’s exquisite drawings of the vast and the miniscule in nature

November 12, 2024 Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Plympton, and Third State Books proudly present an open call/competition for fiction novels in...

An interview with essayist Nina Sharma

In the Chinatown of my mother’s youth, everyone knew everyone.

The Margins Fellowship shapes an environment in which emerging writers can generate new, original work, build connections, and engage in dialogue with a...

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Oct 2, 2025 - Creative Writing Classes and Seminars at The Muse Writers Center in Norfolk, Virginia (Hampton Roads, VA)

The Open City Editorial Fellowship is a new iteration of AAWW’s long-standing Open City Fellowship. In 2025, the program will focus on editorial and...

In this personal essay, a UI MFA alum reflects on the steady influence of Connie Brothers, a beloved administrator who died earlier this year.

For over 30 years, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop has been dedicated to publishing and amplifying Asian diasporic literary culture. Operating from a...

I repeat, there is no leaving in the afterlife

Becoming a drag king was mostly an accident.

Gotham Writers Workshop is a creative home in New York City and Online where writers develop their craft and come together in the spirit of discovery and...

Oct 21, 2025

May 1, 2025 - We are ecstatic to present our #MWW25 faculty! With eight instructors and two keynote speakers, this event is going to knock your socks off! We have exciting...

Everything you need to know about the 2025 Six-Week Workshop, including applications, location, what to expect, and more.

Sep 10, 2025 - By inviting workshop participants to write against the attempted silencing of emerging writers, we will consider what it means to create in danger, under...

Lumuwas ika o magraan dagos |Get out of the ring, or you’ll die in pain

AAWW’s arts outreach and education program CreateNow brings community arts programming directly to New York City senior centers and public high schools....

Having any kind of heartbeat at eighty-four years was a good sign, right?

After the doctors diagnosed my violences, I guessed I’d die immortal

Since 1991, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop has nurtured community and connection through writing workshops. Workshops are one of the most important...

AAWW is proud to offer two fellowships for emerging NYC and tristate area-based Asian American and Asian diasporic writers. The Open City Editorial Fellowship...

Selections from Essays from a Cottager’s Sketchbook 雅舍小品

Clarion West workshops work to create experiences that are supportive, inspiring, connecting, and empowering. Join a community of writers.

When staying in one’s homeland is no longer an option

Nov 18, 2025 - The mission of MWW is to nurture aspiring and accomplished writers to improve their craft and achieve their writing and publishing goals in an inclusive...

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It’s no wonder / that so very few / survive / the experience of being / cast out / into the blinding light.

For over 30 years, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop has been dedicated to publishing and amplifying Asian diasporic literary culture. Operating from a...

The online writing group, writing workshop, and writing community where writers exchange critiques and feedback on their writing.

Thank you for your interest in joining Asian American Writers’ Workshop’s growing team! We deeply appreciate the enthusiasm, skills, and knowledge that...

Nov 5, 2025

An interview with Kanya D’Almeida, the cowriter of Russell “Maroon” Shoatz’s memoir.

The Writers in Performance workshop is designed to give writers the opportunity to explore performing their written pieces. Whether they are playwrights,...

JAFREEN UDDINExecutive Director MOHAMAD SALEHDirector of Programs & Partnerships DANA ISOKAWAEditor in Chief, The Margins SOFIA KOYAMASenior Community...