Editing Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop (ACWW) (section)

== ACWW Alumni ==

ACWW alumni graduated to bigger and better things.  The following is a list of the names of some of the writers who had their start with ACWW and are finding their way into the mainstream: <br><br>

Marisa AnLin Alps, Louise Bak, Lien Chao, Ritz Chow, Glenn Deer, Sean Gunn, Jamila Ismail, Gaik Cheng Khoo, Laiwan, Jen Lam, Pei Hsien Lim, P.K. Leung, Kam Sein Yee, Ben Soo, Grace Chin, Ritz Chow, Jessica Jin-Jade, Kagan Goh, David M Hsu, Harry Huang, Winston C Kam, Edward Y C Lee, Iris Li Loretta Seto, Shjerwin Tjia, Gien Wong, Caroline Wong, Annie Zhu, Kentaro Ide,  Kwan-Yun Li, Kelle Ngan, Linda Mah, Tony Wong, Day's Lee, Kyo Iona Maclear, Taien Ng-Chan, Patria Rivera, Sook Kong, Sally Ito, Yan Li <br><br>

* Weyman Chan’s poetry first appeared in ''Many Mouthed Birds: Contemporary Writing by Chinese Canadians''. His first book of poetry, ''Before a Blue Sky Moon'' (2003) won the National Magazine Awards Silver Medal for Poetry, in 2003. ''Noise from the Laundry'' (2008) was a finalist in the Governor General’s Award for poetry. ''Hypoderm: Notes to Myself'' (2010) and "China Blues" (2012) are his latest books of poetry. <br><br>

* Andy Quon, co-editor of the anthology, ''Swallowing Clouds: An Anthology of Chinese-Canadian Poetry'' (Arsenal Pulp Press) came out with a book of short fiction, ''Calendar Boy'' (2001) and poetry, ''Slant'' (2001), ''Six Positions: Sex Writing'' (2005) and ''Bowling Pin Fire'' (2007).

* Co-editor of ''Strike the Wok: An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Canadian Fiction'' in 2003, Lien Chao’s first book, ''Beyond Silence: Chinese Canadian Literature in English'' (1997) won the Gabrielle Roy Award for Canadian Criticism. Her second book, ''Maples and the Stream'' (1999) is a long narrative poem written in both English and Chinese. Her third book, is a creative memoir, ''Tiger Girl'' (2001) while ''"Chinese Knotes"" (2009) is her first book of fiction. <br><br>

* Slam poet, Jen Lam’s self published her poetry, ''Memoirs of a Dragon-Eater'' (2000) <br><br>

* Fiona Tinwei Lam’s first book of poetry, ''Intimate Distances'' (2002) was a finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Award.  Her second book of poetry is ''Enter the Chrysanthemum'' (2009)<br><br>

* Former treasurer and board member of ACWW, ''Larry Wong’s '''Dim Sum Stories: A Chinatown Childhood''''' (2011) recounts his early life in Vancouver’s Chinatown. <br><br>

•	May Q, Wong’s A Cowherd in Paradise: From China to Canada (2012) a moving tale about the lives of her family, forced apart for twenty–five years because of the hardship of the Head Tax but overcame discrimination to eventually run a successful Montreal restaurant. <br><br>

* Ann Shin’s poetry ''Last Thing Standing'' (2000). She is currently working on a novel and a book of poems called Belonging. A suite of poems from Belonging was produced for broadcast on the CBC Radio One program ‘Living Out Loud’.<br><br>

* Singapore-Canadian Goh Poh-Seng’s ''The Girl from Ermita & Selected Poems'' (1998) and ''As Though The Gods Loved Us'' (2000) were published by Night wood editions. <br><br>

* Toronto writer, Terry Watada began with a book of poetry ''A Thousand Homes'' (1995) and followed up with the short fiction Daruma Days (1997) followed by two books of poetry ''Ten thousand Views of Rain'' (2001) and ''Obon: The Festival of the Dead'' (2006) and his first novel, ''Kuroshio: The Blood of Foxes'', (2007)<br><br>

* Former Ricepaper editor, Alexis Kienlen’s ''She Dreams in Red'' (2007) and 13 (2011) was published by Frontenac House.<br><br>

* Toronto based poet, Louise Bak is the author of ''emighty'' (1995) ''Ginko Kitchen'' (1997) ''Tulpa'' (2002)<br><br>

* Lily Chow’s ''Sojourners in the North'' (1996), won the Jeanne Clark Local History Award. Her second book is ''Chasing Their Dreams: Chinese Settlement in the Northwest Region of British Columbia'' (2001). Both books and is used as a textbook in many colleges and universities.<br><br>

* Most recently in 2012, former Ricepaper design editor and long-time ACWW member David Wong published the first ever Asian Canadian graphic novel ''''Escape to Gold Mountain''''