Forum for inclusive, representative and progressive dialogue, ACWW showcases the quality work by artists, scholars, and cultural producers since 1969
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The Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop (ACWW) was created out of a need to develop and nurture Pacific Rim Asian writers. Its primary purpose is to foster a community of writers and build literature. ACWW established a number of successes: writing workshops, literary anthologies, book clubs, mentorship of new writers, one-on-one manuscript development sessions, an annual reading series, chapters in Edmonton and Toronto, as well as the creation of the ACWW Emerging Writer’s Award.
ACWW began in the late early 1970’s when a handful of community activists turned writers wanted to tell their stories and have their voices heard. The earliest publications featured two anthologies: Inalienable Rice: A Chinese and Japanese Canadian Anthology (1979) and West Coast Line: The Asian Canadian and the Arts (1981).
Founding members began to publish: Paul Yee’s Teach Me How to Fly Skyfighter (1983) (illustrated by SKY Lee); Jim Wong-Chu’s ChinatownGhosts (1986); Paul Yee’s Curses ofThird Uncle (1986), Tales of GoldMountain (1989); SKY Lee’s DisappearingMoon Café(1990). These pioneers formed the organization to promote Asian Canadian history, culture, and literature. The idea of ACWW was officially recognized as a not for profit society when the the Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop Society (ACWW) became a legal entity and continues today governed by a board of directors and executive team.
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