Workshops

DVAN is excited to host workshops and craft talks to further support writers and creative members of our community to learn, work, and create alongside established diasporic Vietnamese artists in a collaborative setting. Our offerings are special in that they focus on aspects of creative craft and profession in ways that are particularly resonant and relevant to SE Asian and Vietnamese writers and creatives. Writing workshops and craft talks are open to the general public. Sign up on the DVAN e-newsletter list to receive news of occasional special offers and free or deeply discounted tuition rates for DVAN members.

If you are a writer-educator interested in presenting a craft talk or facilitating a workshop, we also would love to hear from you. Please email course proposals and resumes to us.

Upcoming Workshops

DVAN’s Memoir Writing Series: Craft

Our upcoming Memoir Writing Series will provide aspiring and emerging memoir writers a chance to hone their craft within a culturally specific Vietnamese/Southeast context. A three-part sequence of online classes, this workshop covers craft, writing exercises, and editing, and prepares participants for publication. Award-winning writer, DiaCritic’s contributing editor, and workshop instructor, H’Rina DeTroy will once again lead this online memoir classes in creative writing.  ...
Nov 29, 2023 - Dec 13, 2023
4:00 pm
Online Event
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Past Workshops

DVAN’s Memoir Writing Series: Craft

Our upcoming Memoir Writing Series will provide aspiring and emerging memoir writers a chance to hone their craft within a culturally specific Vietnamese/Southeast context. A three-part sequence of online classes, this workshop covers craft, writing exercises, and editing, and prepares participants for publication. Award-winning writer, DiaCritic’s contributing editor, and workshop instructor, H’Rina DeTroy will once again lead this online memoir classes in creative writing.  ...
Oct 18, 2023 - Nov 01, 2023
4:00 pm
Online Event

DVAN Workshop Series: Introduction to Memoir

In this two-hour workshop , we will explore how to take the raw material of our lives and begin to shape it into the narratives that make memoir a compelling and popular literary genre. This offering gives writers with little to no experience in the genre of memoir a chance to jump right in and generate new writing. Participants will walk away with ideas for shaping the raw material of their lives – personal experience, family history, insight & reflection, etc. – into authentic and engaging narratives. ...
Mar 11, 2023
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Online Event
No event found!