The Asian American Writers' Workshop (often abbreviated AAWW) is a New York-based nonprofit literary arts organization founded in 1991 to support Asian American writers, literature and community.[1] Cofounders Curtis Chin, Christina Chiu, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, and Bino A. Realuyo created AAWW because they were searching for New York City community of writers of color who could provide support for new writers.[2]
The Asian American Writers Workshop runs two fellowship programs for emerging Asian American writers.[3] The Open City fellowship is focused on journalism in a New York neighborhood, whether in the form of narrative nonfiction, creative nonfiction, or memoir.[4] The Margins Fellowship is for writers based in New York City, aged thirty and under, who work in the genres of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction.[5] Notable Margins fellows include Yale Younger PoetYanyi. The Workshop also offers the Asian American Literary Awards and sponsors Page Turner: The Asian American Literary Festival.
AAWW's online literary magazine, The Margins, was launched in 2012. The magazine proclaims itself as being "dedicated to the Asian American creative culture of tomorrow," publishes a variety of literature by Asian American writers including short fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and more. Through its published works and dedication to social justice, the magazine imagines a "vibrant, nuanced, multiracial, and transnational Asian America."[7] Since the magazine's start in 2012, The Margins has received over one million views with an average of 3,000 people a week.[8]
The magazine has three special projects: Open City, which reports in-depth stories from Asian immigrant communities in New York City; the Transpacific Literary Project (TLP), which showcases East and Southeast Asian writers and publishes literary work from the region; and A World Without Cages (AWWC), which publishes work by incarcerated writers and brings more Asian American voices into the anti-incarceration movement.[9]
In response to the 2015 "yellowface poet" incident, the organization published a "white pen name" generator,[11] which creates random white-sounding names "all the way back to Plymouth Rock." It was made in mockery of Michael Derrick Hudson, pushing back at the idea that writers of color might find greater success in the publishing industry if their names were whitewashed.
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^Ito, Hiroyuki (1998-11-17). "Asian American Writers' Workshop Makes A Scene". The Village Voice. from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
^"History". Asian American Writers' Workshop. 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
^"AAWW Announces 2016 Margins and Open City Fellows". Poets & Writers. 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
^"Apply to AAWW's Open City Fellowships". Retrieved 2018-12-09.
^Posted by a4 - Network Admin on October 27, 2015 at 11:16am in Opportunities; Discussions, View. "Fellowship Opportunity: The Margins - Asian American Writers Workshop". aaartsalliance.org. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
^Announcing the 2011 Asian American Short Story Contest, . Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
^"About Us". Asian American Writers' Workshop. 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
^"About Us". Asian American Writers' Workshop. 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
^"About Us". Asian American Writers' Workshop. 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
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For the airline see Atlas Air The Asian American Writers Workshop often abbreviated AAWW is a New York based nonprofit literary arts organization founded in 1991 to support Asian American writers literature and community 1 Cofounders Curtis Chin Christina Chiu Marie Myung Ok Lee and Bino A Realuyo created AAWW because they were searching for New York City community of writers of color who could provide support for new writers 2 Asian American Writers WorkshopAsian American Writers Workshop logoFormation1991Typenot for profitPurposeAsian American literatureHeadquartersNew York CityRegion servedUnited StatesExecutive DirectorJafreen UddinWebsitehttp www aaww orgThe Asian American Writers Workshop runs two fellowship programs for emerging Asian American writers 3 The Open City fellowship is focused on journalism in a New York neighborhood whether in the form of narrative nonfiction creative nonfiction or memoir 4 The Margins Fellowship is for writers based in New York City aged thirty and under who work in the genres of poetry fiction or creative nonfiction 5 Notable Margins fellows include Yale Younger Poet Yanyi The Workshop also offers the Asian American Literary Awards and sponsors Page Turner The Asian American Literary Festival In 2007 AAWW partnered with Hyphen Magazine to start a short story contest called the Hyphen Asian American Short Story Contest the only national pan Asian American writing competition of its kind 6 Previous winners include Preeta Samarasan Sunil Yapa Shivani Manghnani and Timothy Tau Previous judges include Porochista Khakpour Yiyun Li Alexander Chee Jaed Coffin Brian Leung Monique Truong and Monica Ferrell Contents 1 Honorary advisors 2 Literary Magazine 3 Response to controversy 4 References 5 External linksHonorary advisors Edit nbsp Asian American Writers WorkshopHarold Augenbraum Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Jessica Hagedorn Kimiko Hahn Andrew Hsiao Stewart Ikeda Gish Jen Elaine Kim Jhumpa Lahiri Russell Leong David Mura Robert Polito Arthur Sze Shawn WongLiterary Magazine EditAAWW s online literary magazine The Margins was launched in 2012 The magazine proclaims itself as being dedicated to the Asian American creative culture of tomorrow publishes a variety of literature by Asian American writers including short fiction poetry essays interviews and more Through its published works and dedication to social justice the magazine imagines a vibrant nuanced multiracial and transnational Asian America 7 Since the magazine s start in 2012 The Margins has received over one million views with an average of 3 000 people a week 8 The magazine has three special projects Open City which reports in depth stories from Asian immigrant communities in New York City the Transpacific Literary Project TLP which showcases East and Southeast Asian writers and publishes literary work from the region and A World Without Cages AWWC which publishes work by incarcerated writers and brings more Asian American voices into the anti incarceration movement 9 In 2019 The Margins was one of five recipients of the Whiting Literary Magazine Prize 10 Response to controversy EditIn response to the 2015 yellowface poet incident the organization published a white pen name generator 11 which creates random white sounding names all the way back to Plymouth Rock It was made in mockery of Michael Derrick Hudson pushing back at the idea that writers of color might find greater success in the publishing industry if their names were whitewashed References Edit Ito Hiroyuki 1998 11 17 Asian American Writers Workshop Makes A Scene The Village Voice Archived from the original on 2012 10 19 Retrieved 20 December 2009 History Asian American Writers Workshop 2019 11 11 Retrieved 2021 10 02 AAWW Announces 2016 Margins and Open City Fellows Poets amp Writers 2016 04 01 Retrieved 2018 12 09 Apply to AAWW s Open City Fellowships Retrieved 2018 12 09 Posted by a4 Network Admin on October 27 2015 at 11 16am in Opportunities Discussions View Fellowship Opportunity The Margins Asian American Writers Workshop aaartsalliance org Retrieved 2018 12 09 Announcing the 2011 Asian American Short Story Contest Announcing the 2011 Asian American Short Story Contest Hyphen magazine Asian American arts culture and politics Archived from the original on 2012 07 18 Retrieved 2012 07 21 About Us Asian American Writers Workshop 2019 11 11 Retrieved 2020 05 20 About Us Asian American Writers Workshop 2019 11 11 Retrieved 2020 05 20 About Us Asian American Writers Workshop 2019 11 11 Retrieved 2020 05 20 Announcing the 2019 Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes Literary Hub 2019 07 18 Retrieved 2020 05 20 WhitePenName Generator aaww org Retrieved 2016 04 24 External links EditAsian American Writers Workshop The Margins including Open City Hyphen Asian American Short Story Contest nbsp This article about a literary society or organization is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Asian American related article is a stub You can help 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