February 21, 2024 , 6:00 PM

[IN-PERSON] WRITING CLUB: ON PASSAGES WITH MAURA NGUYễN DONOHUE

In collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, this Writing Club welcomes guest writer maura nguyễn donohue to facilitate a free, in-person writing workshop on the theme of passages, in conjunction with the exhibition An-My Lê: Between Two Rivers/Giữa hai giòng sông/Entre deux rivières.

January 22, 2024 , 6:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] WRITING CLUB AT HOME: ON GHOSTS WITH LAWRENCE-MINH BùI DAVIS

This installment of Writing Club at Home welcomes guest writer Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis to facilitate a writing workshop on the theme of ghosts, in conjunction with the exhibition An-My Lê: Between Two Rivers/Giữa hai giòng sông/Entre deux rivières.

July 25, 2023 , 7:00 PM

[VIRTUAL WORKSHOP] AAWW AND THE POETRY COALITION PRESENT: MOURNING & MAKING: DEDICATIONS TO LOVING GHOSTS & THE ANCESTORS WHO BECAME THEM

Kay Ulanday Barrett

Tuesday, July 25 | 7 PM ET - 8 PM ET | APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL 11:59 PM ET, JULY 19 ***A free poetry workshop by and for Queer and Trans Sick, Disabled, Deaf, and Neurodivergent folx of the Global Majority (BIPOC). If you do not identify as such and are...

June 3, 2023 , 2:00 PM

[VIRTUAL WORKSHOP] BLURRING THE GENRE LINES OF SPECULATIVE FICTION

Victor Manibo

Saturdays, June 3 and 10, 2023 | 2 PM ET - 5 PM ET | Sliding Scale $100- $200 Online | 2 Sessions | REGISTER HERE! **Apply for a scholarship seat here! Limited scholarship seats are available and will be chosen by lottery. The deadline to apply for a scholarship...

June 2, 2023 , 4:30 PM

[WORKSHOP] MAPPING THE MET, WILDERNESS IN ISLAMIC ART

Sana Khan and Aaisha Bhuiyan

Friday, June 2, 2023 | (4:30 Arrival) 5 PM ET - 7 PM ET | Sliding Scale $15- $30 In-Person | 1 Session | REGISTER HERE! **Apply for a scholarship seat here! Limited scholarship seats are available and will be chosen by lottery. The deadline to apply for a scholarship...

May 9, 2023 , 6:00 PM

AAWW & MOMA PRESENT WRITING CLUB: ON MEMORY WITH SARAH THANKAM MATHEWS

REGISTER NOW! In collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, AAWW Presents Writing Club. This May, Writing Club at Home welcomes guest writer Sarah Thankam Mathews to facilitate a writing workshop on the theme of memory, focusing on artworks by Lorna Simpson and Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons on view in the installation History into Being. This workshop takes place in person at...

April 17, 2023 , 6:00 PM

[VIRTUAL WORKSHOP] DAPPLING YOUR OWN LIGHTING DESIGN: ON ARCHIVE ERASURE, AUTOFICTION, AND ARTIST STATEMENTS

benedict nguyễn

Mondays, April 17 and 24 | 6 PM ET - 8 PM ET Online | 2 Sessions | Sliding Scale $100- $200 REGISTER HERE! **This workshop is exclusively for BIPOC (Black and Indigenous, and People of Color) writers. If you are not BIPOC, we ask that you do not register.**...

March 3, 2023 , 5:00 PM

[VIRTUAL WORKSHOP] SHARED SUSTENANCE: ROOTS AS NARRATIVE POSSIBILITY

Aaisha Bhuiyan and Sana Khan

Friday, March 3, 2023 | 5 PM ET - 7 PM ET Online | 1 Session | Sliding Scale $50- $100 REGISTER HERE! **This workshop is exclusively for BIPOC (Black and Indigenous, and People of Color) writers. If you are not BIPOC, we ask that you do not register.** **LIMITED...

February 25, 2023 , 4:00 PM

[VIRTUAL WORKSHOP] A COLLAGE OF UNDERSTORIES: EKPHRASIS, EPISTLES, & ELEGIES

Michelle Penaloza

Saturdays, February 25 and March 4 | 4 PM ET - 6 PM ET (1 PM PST - 3 PM PST) Online | 2 Sessions | Sliding Scale $100- $200 REGISTER HERE! **This workshop is exclusively for BIPOC (Black and Indigenous, and People of Color) writers. If you are not...

December 10, 2022 , 2:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] WORKSHOP: BLURRING THE GENRE LINES OF SPECULATIVE FICTION

2 sessions, December 10 and 17, 2 PM ET - 5 PM ET Sliding Scale $100-$200 REGISTER HERE! **This is a workshop exclusively for BIPOC (Black/Indigenous/People of Color) writers. We encourage Queer and Trans BIPOC folx register. We ask all non-BIPOC allies to take a step back from this workshop.**...

October 25, 2022 , 6:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] WORKSHOP: MAPPING BOUNDARIES USING SPECULATIVE FICTION

Tuesday, October 25 | 6 PM ET - 7:30 PM ET Online | 1 Session | $50- $100 Limited Scholarship Seats Available | REGISTER HERE! **Apply for a scholarship seat here! Limited scholarship seats are available and will be chosen by lottery. The deadline to apply for a scholarship seat...

September 17, 2022 , 10:00 AM

[VIRTUAL] WORKSHOP: BUILDING IMAGINARY WORLDS WITH THE SALAM AWARD WITH NUR IBRAHIM AND USMAN T. MALIK

Nur Ibrahim and Usman T. Malik

Saturday, September 17 | 10 AM ET – 12:30 PM ET Online | 1 session | FREE | REGISTER HERE!   // NOTE ON ACCESSIBILITY // This workshop will be captioned. For access needs please e-mail tle@aaww.org.   This 2.5 hour session is for writers of science fiction, fantasy, and...

August 22, 2022 , 6:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] WORKSHOP: CRAFT OF COLLABORATION: RADICAL TOGETHERNESS IN TIMES OF CRISES, A WORKSHOP FOR ASIAN AND ASIAN DIASPORIC POETS

Monday, August 22 | 6 PM ET - 8:30 PM ET | Sliding Scale $50- $100 Online | 1 Session | REGISTER HERE! **This is a workshop that prioritizes Asian and Asian diasporic writers. We ask all allies to take a step back and to not register for this workshop.**...

July 22, 2022 , 10:00 AM

[VIRTUAL] WORKSHOP: FOSTERING CREATIVITY ACROSS GENERATIONS

Aaisha Bhuiyan and Sana Khan

Fridays, July 22 and 29, 2022 | 10 AM ET - 12 PM ET Online | 2 Sessions | Sliding Scale $75- $150 | REGISTER HERE! (One Ticket Per Family Unit) **This is a workshop that priorities BIPOC writers but welcomes allies.** **Apply for a scholarship seat here! Limited scholarship...

July 6, 2022 , 6:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] WORKSHOP: WE COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE WITH OURSELVES

Mimi Zhu

Wednesday, July 6 | 6 PM ET - 7:30 PM ET | Sliding Scale $25-$75 Online | 1 Session | REGISTER HERE! **This is a workshop exclusively for BIPOC (Black/Indigenous/People of Color) writers, prioritizing Queer, Trans, and Nonbinary BIPOC. We ask all allies to take a step back from this...

June 22, 2022 , 6:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] WORKSHOP: FRIDA AND HARRIET'S CHILDREN: A FREE POETRY WORKSHOP BY AND FOR SICK, DISABLED, DEAF AND NEURODIVERGENT 2SQTBIPOC

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Wednesday, June 22, 2022 | 6 PM ET - 8 PM ET Online | 1 Session | APPLICATIONS CLOSED **This is a free workshop exclusively for Sick, Disabled, Deaf, and Neurodivergent 2SQTBIPOC (Two-Spirit, Queer, Trans, and Black, Indigenous, People of Color) folx. If you do not identify as Sick, Disabled,...

May 18, 2022 , 6:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] RUPTURING THE POEM: A WORKSHOP

Mai Der Vang

Wednesday, May 18, 2022 | 6 PM ET - 9 PM ET Online | 1 Session | Sliding Scale $50- $100 | REGISTER HERE! **Limited Scholarship Seats Available. APPLY HERE! What happens when a poet relinquishes control in a poem? What does it mean to dismantle the rules of language?...

April 27, 2022 , 7:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] MORE THAN ORGANS: A QUEER ASIAN CELEBRATION

Kay Ulanday Barrett, Jimena Lucero, Chrysanthemum Tran, Rajiv Mohabir, and Wo Chan

RSVP HERE! Join us as we celebrate another year of More Than Organs, Kay Ulanday Barrett’s award-winning second poetry collection, released in 2020! More Than Organs is “a love letter to Brown, Queer, and Trans futures… MORE THAN ORGANS questions ‘whatever wholeness means’ for bodies always in transit, for the...

April 21, 2022 , 6:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] WORKSHOP: WORKINGS: WRITING FROM A PLACE, POETICS, RACE, CRAFT AND RAGE

Truong Tran

Thursdays, April 21 and 28 | 6 PM ET – 9 PM ET Online | 2 Sessions | Sliding Scale $100-$200 REGISTER HERE! **Limited Scholarship Seats Available By Lottery: APPLY HERE! Join us for a poetry workshop with Truong Tran, author of book of the other: small in comparison, released...

February 21, 2022 , 6:00 PM

[VIRTUAL] WORKSHOP: [ERA]SURE POETRY: POETICS OF ADDITIVE SUBTRACTION

Mariam Bazeed

Mondays, 2/21/2022 and 2/28/2022 | 6 PM ET - 9 PM ET Online | 2 Sessions | REGISTER HERE! Sliding Scale $100-$200 | **Limited Scholarship Seats Available By Lottery: APPLY HERE! ***The Asian American Writers’ Workshop is a space that seeks to uplift and celebrate BIPOC and queer, trans, and nonbinary...

December 11, 2021 , 2:00 PM

WORKSHOP: UNTANGLING MEMORY

Tiana Nobile

REGISTER HERE! ONLINE: 12/11, 2 PM ET - 5 PM ET / 1 PM CT - 4 PM CT SLIDING SCALE $50 - $100 ***Limited scholarship seats are available by lottery. To put your name in the hat, please complete this form. Applicants will be contacted 1 week prior to...

November 30, 2021 , 6:00 PM

WORKSHOP: LANGUAGE IN THE TIME OF EMOJI

Arlene Ducao and Myeong Hong Hurwitz

REGISTER HERE! ONLINE: 11/30, 6 PM ET - 9 PM ET SLIDING SCALE $50 - $100 *** Limited tuition support available. Please see below for instructions  *** Join us for a workshop with Arlene Ducao and Myeong Hong Hurwitz as they dive into the language of emojis and design! The...

October 14, 2021 , 7:00 PM

BECOMING THE ARCHER: RACHNA NIVAS & SHRUTI SWAMY

Rachna Nivas, Shruti Swamy, Ria DasGupta

AAWW in collaboration with the Leela Dance Collective presents BECOMING THE ARCHER: a conversation on classical dance and literature between world renowned Kathak artist Rachna Nivas and author of The Archer Shruti Swamy.

September 18, 2021 , 3:00 PM

WORKSHOP: PROTOTYPING MEMORY, A GAME DESIGN APPROACH TO NONFICTION

Emperatriz Ung

Saturday, 9/18, Sunday 9/19 | 3 PM - 5:30 PM ET Online | 2 Sessions | REGISTER HERE! Sliding Scale $100-$200 | Limited Scholarship Seats Available This class welcomes everyone regardless of past experience with programming or game design. No previous programming or game development experience needed! Using interactive fiction...

May 6, 2021 , 7:00 PM

WORKSHOP: POSTCOLONIAL ASTROLOGY

Alice Sparkly Kat

4 Sessions, Thursdays, May 5/6-5/27, 7 PM ET Sliding Scale $100-$200  Register here! Tapping into the political power of magic and astrology for social, community, and personal transformation, Alice Sparkly Kat’s cross-cultural approach to astrology as a magical language unmasks the political power of astrology, showing how it can be...

July 2, 2020 , 11:00 AM

VIRTUAL INTENSIVE POETRY WORKSHOP: POETRY & PROTEST, THE POLITICAL & PERSONAL

Staceyann Chin

***VIRTUAL WORKSHOP: This workshop will take place on Zoom.*** Thursday, July 2nd, 2020  11 AM - 1:30 PM EDT (2.5 hours) TUITION: Sliding Scale $50-$75 How do we create work that is deeply personal but is intended to be political? Join us for a unique virtual poetry intensive with powerhouse,...

January 14, 2020 , 6:30 PM

QUEER LONGINGS & LONGEVITY: A WORKSHOP

Kay Ulanday Barrett

“Queerness is a longing that propels us onward, beyond romances of the negative and toiling in the present. Queerness is that thing that lets us feel that this world is not enough, that indeed something is missing." - José Esteban Muñoz Queer Longings & Longevity is exploratory and generative and...

November 21, 2019 , 6:00 PM

WORKSHOP: SKETCH JAM!

Overstep

Thursday, Nov 21 1 Session 3 Hours (6PM-9PM) Sliding Scale $50-75. REGISTER HERE! Got an itch for sketch comedy writing but don’t know where to start? Join us for the inaugural Overstep Comedy Sketch Jam! Overstep is an all Asian sketch comedy collective dedicated to increasing diversity & kicking ass....

November 12, 2018 , 6:30 PM

SLOW MAGIC: WRITING THE LYRIC SENTENCE

Larissa Pham

Six Sessions, 2.5 hours (6:30PM-9PM) Mondays, November 12 - December 17 Fees & Payment Options: $325 General/$295 Member (JOIN THE FAN CLUB!) *This is a small class. Please apply through the link below if you are interested. Please complete this application. We will notify you if you are accepted into the...

October 2, 2018 , 7:00 PM

WRITING WITH ARCHETYPES: ASTROLOGY & STORYTELLING, A WORKSHOP

Alice Sparkly Kat

Six Weeks (Five Sessions plus Final Reading), 2 hours each (7PM-9PM) Tuesdays, October 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30. Final Reading on Tuesday November 6 Fee & Payment Options: $272 GENERAL // $240 MEMBER (Join the Fan Club!) **Full payment due before first class. We have a limited number of...

September 24, 2018 , 7:00 PM

TWO TRUTHS & A LIE: A WORKSHOP

Bushra Rehman

Six Sessions, 2 hours each (7-9pm) Mondays, September 24th, October 8th, 15th, 22th, 29th, November 5th Fees & Payment Options: $425 General / $400 AAWW Members (JOIN THE FAN CLUB!) Full payment due before first class. *Please note: this class skips Monday, October 1st. **There is an application process for...

September 8, 2018 , 12:00 AM

NO-NAME MIND: STORIES OF MENTAL HEALTH FROM ASIAN AMERICA, A WORKSHOP

Nina Sharma

Six sessions, September 8-October 6, 2018 Saturdays from 3:00-6:00pm Fees & Payment Options: Free Why You Should Take This Class: As psychic lives of Asian American women are yet to be rendered in their full complexities, "No Name Mind" offers a space to name our experiences with mental health and...

July 14, 2018 , 12:30 PM

POC PUBLISHING BOOTCAMP: FICTION AND ONLINE MAGAZINES

Hasan Altaf, Sarah Burke, Jeannie Choi, Alia Hanna Habib, Serene Hakim, Rachel Kim, Megha Majumdar, Rebecca Nagel, Quressa Robinson & Bijan Stephen

Are you looking for a literary agent, or route to pitch your work to magazines? If you want to hear agents and editors of color tell you how to get your work published—and book one-on-one time with an industry professional to talk about your writing goals, join us for an...

April 14, 2018 , 4:00 PM

NO-NAME MIND: STORIES OF MENTAL HEALTH FROM ASIAN AMERICA, A WORKSHOP

Nina Sharma

Six sessions, April 14-May 19, 2018 Saturdays from 4:00-7:00pm Fees & Payment Options: Free Application Deadline: Thursday, March 15 2018 at midnight.  APPLY HERE Why You Should Take This Class: As psychic lives of Asian American women are yet to be rendered in their full complexities, "No Name Mind" offers a...

March 19, 2018 , 6:00 PM

FICTION AS ACTIVISM: A WORKSHOP

Helen Wan

Why you should take this class: What is “fiction as activism”? All writing is an act of activism if it is an honest effort to engage with or comment on or generally make sense of the world. “Activism” doesn’t have to mean militant or angry, either. It can be funny, absurdist,...

February 17, 2018 , 2:00 PM

POETRY WORKSHOP: MASTER CLASS WITH MONICA YOUN

Monica Youn

One Session, 3 hours (2PM-5PM)* Saturday, February 17 Fees & Payment Options: General $75/Member $65 (JOIN THE FANCLUB!) Registration Deadline: February 14 *This class could run slightly longer than 3 hours, based on how many students are in the class. REGISTER HERE Course Description: This will be a 3-4 hour...

February 6, 2018 , 6:30 PM

THIRD CULTURE/THIRD GENRE: BETWEEN POETRY AND PROSE*, A WORKSHOP

Marwa Helal

You're a third culture kid who writes third genre* work: You have good sense when it comes to knowing whether what you're writing is better off as a poem or when it ought to be prose. But what do you do when it's both? Together, we will explore the art of the lyric essay, a poet's prose.

January 27, 2018 , 3:00 PM

MINING YOUR DIAMONDS: A WORKSHOP

Christina Chiu

One Session, 90 minutes (3:00PM-4:30PM) Saturday, January 27th, 2018 Fees & Payment Options: $25 Full payment due before first class. REGISTER HERE Why You Should Take This Class: Everyone has a unique story waiting to be unearthed. Like diamonds under a bedrock, you need the right tools in order to...

January 22, 2018 , 6:30 PM

QUEER LONGINGS AND LONGEVITY: A WORKSHOP

Kay Ulanday Barrett

4 Sessions, 2 Hours Mondays, January 22nd - February 12th Fees & Payment Options: $150-$250 Sliding Scale REGISTRATION DEADLINE: January 17th, 2018 **Note: tickets are listed on Eventbrite as "donation" in order to enable the sliding scale function. Please note that your registration is not confirmed unless you have paid...

August 11, 2017 , 6:00 PM

WORKSHOP: EXPERIMENTAL FICTION

Jade Sharma

Three Sessions, 3 hours each (6-9pm) Fridays, August 11th, August 18th, August 25th Fees & Payment Options: $150 General / $100 AAWW Members (JOIN THE FAN CLUB!) Full payment due before first class. STUDENT RATE AVAILABLE FOR LIMITED SEATS Why you should take this class: You’ve got something special in...

August 9, 2017 , 7:00 PM

WORKSHOP: PROTEST POETRY

Sally Wen Mao

Four Sessions, 2 hours each (7-9pm) Wednesdays August 9th, August 16th, August 23rd, August 30th Fees & Payment Options: $200 General / $180 AAWW Members (JOIN THE FAN CLUB!) Full payment due before first class. Maximum of fifteen students. Why you should take this class: Poet Sally Wen Mao, award-winning...

August 8, 2017 , 6:00 PM

SCREENWRITING WORKSHOP

Darine Hotait

Four Sessions, 3 hours each (6-9pm) Tuesdays, August 8, August 15, August 22, and August 29 Fees & Payment Options: $220 General / $200 AAWW Members (JOIN THE FAN CLUB!) Full payment due before first class. Maximum of ten students. Why you should take this class: Writer & Director Darine...

June 19, 2017 , 7:00 PM

THE SPECULATIVE LYRIC: ALTERNATE UNIVERSES AND IMAGINED FREEDOMS

Franny Choi

Two Sessions, 2 hours each (7-9pm) Mondays June 19th & June 26th Fees & Payment Options: $100 General / $80 AAWW Members (Become a Member!) Full payment due before first class. Maximum of fifteen students. *STUDENT RATE for limited seats, contact Tracy Wong at twong@aaww.org for availability!* In the introduction...

June 14, 2017 , 6:00 PM

VERNACULAR AS RESISTANCE

Marwa Helal

Three Sessions, 3 hours each (6-9pm) Wednesdays June 14th, June 21st, June 28th Fees & Payment Options: $250 General / $220 AAWW Members (Become a Member!) Full payment due before first class. Maximum of fifteen students. *EARLY BIRD! Sign up before June 1st for $200 General / $180 AAWW Members*...

March 31, 2017 , 7:00 PM

WORKSHOP: MINING THE POETIC UNCONSCIOUS WITH KAVEH AKBAR

Kaveh Akbar

Transcendent American poet Max Ritvo wrote that if the world outside a poet’s head is more interesting than the world inside their head, they might as well become a journalist. His point: it’s what’s inside the poet’s mind, what (or who) is hooting or singing or moaning or gagging inside...

March 22, 2017 , 6:00 PM

FIGHT BACK WORKSHOP: SECURE YOUR MOVEMENT

Equality Labs

Fam, things are about to get real hard. Harder than they have ever been and we need to hold fast and be smart about how we organize over the next four years. To protect ourselves we need to talk about digital security and how to practice digital self-defense during a...

February 20, 2017 , 6:00 PM

FIGHT BACK WORKSHOP: SECURE YOUR MOVEMENT

Equality Labs

Fam, things are about to get real hard. Harder than they have ever been and we need to hold fast and be smart about how we organize over the next four years. To protect ourselves we need to talk about digital security and how to practice digital self-defense during a...

December 14, 2016 , 6:00 PM

FIGHT BACK WORKSHOP: SECURE YOUR MOVEMENT

Equality Labs

Fam, things are about to get real hard. Harder than they have ever been and we need to hold fast and be smart about how we organize over the next four years. To protect ourselves we need to talk about digital security and how to practice digital self-defense during a...

May 11, 2016 , 6:00 PM

TURNING YOUR REAL LIFE INTO FICTION: A NOVEL WORKSHOP

Helen Wan

Four sessions 6-8pm: Wed 5/11, Tues 5/24, Tues 5/31, Tues 6/7. No class 5/17. Fees & Payment Options: Full class tuition: $325 General / $300 Members Full payment due before first class. Deposit: $80 General / $75 Members Try out the first class and see what you think! Just pay...

January 18, 2016 , 7:00 PM

WORKSHOP: TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE

Bushra Rehman

Two Truths and a Lie: Writing Memoir and Autobiographical Fiction Six Mondays January 18, 2016 - February 22, 2016 7PM-9PM $375 General / $350 Members Writing from life can be a tricky business. There are people to protect, faulty memories of events, and the pitfalls of self-censorship. In this workshop, we...