JIM WONG-CHU EMERGING WRITERS AWARD
The Award:
Created in 1999 as the Emerging Writers Award and renamed in 2017 to the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award in honour of Asian Canadian writing pioneer and mentor Jim Wong-Chu. The award continues Jim’s lifelong passion to discover and encourage writers to develop quality manuscripts and promote their work to established publishing houses.
The first recipient of the award was Rita Wong for Monkeypuzzle, a book of poetry. In 2001, Madeleine Thien received the award for her short story collection, Simple Recipes, which attracted a two-book deal from publisher McClelland & Stewart.
The Jury is composed of members from the literary and academic community. The winning submission will be awarded a cash prize.
About us:
Founded in 1996 The Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (ACWW) has developed and nurtured generations of Asian Canadian writers, a historically marginalized group in Canada whose stories were rarely documented. Today, ACWW operates Ricepaper Magazine serving a global audience and local community-building initiative programs such as LiterASIAN: A Festival of Asian Canadian Writing in Vancouver and Toronto, Canada.
Submission Guidelines:
Writers are invited to submit an excerpt of an original manuscript for consideration for the award. Shortlisted entrants will be further invited to submit their full manuscripts. Details and deadlines are below.
- Must be Canadian with Pacific Rim Asian heritage.
- Must not have previously published a book-length manuscript in traditional or digital format (inc. theatre plays, cinematic screenplays, poetry, etc)
- Must not have been a previous applicant to this award.
- Submission must be of Fiction Genre and postmarked by September 30, 2024.
- The Winner will be announced during LiterASIAN 2025
- Please submit only an excerpt from the manuscript (maximum of 25 pages):
Instructions:
1) Complete and mail the award application along with a fee of $40 payable to Asian Canadian Writers Workshop (download application here)
2) Send your application form and literary piece as a digital copy to submissions@asiancanadianwriters.ca
3) Please send payment to: http://paypal.me/jwc2020
Or personal cheque to:
Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop
P.O. Box 74174
Centre Point Mall PO
Vancouver, BC
V5T 4E7
Previous winners:
Madeleine Thien
Rita Wong
Philip Huynh
Catherine Hernandez
Karla Comanda
Jamie Liew
Jinwoo Park