About this Fellowship
This fully-funded two-week residency was initiated in 2022 by VCCA Fellow and Board member Christina Chiu to support writers who self-identify as part of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.
Christina Chiu AAPI Writing Fellows
2025: Sarah Matsui
2024: Marina Budhos
2023: Lilly Nguyen
About Christina Chiu
Christina Chiu is the winner of the James Alan McPherson Award for her novel Beauty. She is also author of Troublemaker and Other Saints, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons.
Troublemaker was a nominee for a BOMC Stephen Crane First Fiction Award and winner of the Asian American Literary Award. Chiu has published in Tin House, The New Guard, Charlie Chan is Dead 2, Not the Only One, Washington Square, The McGuffin, and has won literary prizes from Playboy, New Stone Circle, El Dorado Writers’ Guild, and World Wide Writers.
Chiu received her MFA from Columbia University. She is a founding member of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, and the recipient of the Wai Luk Award for Outstanding Service to the Arts. Chiu curates and co-hosts the “Let’s Talk Books” Author Series sponsored by the New York Writers Workshop, as well as the Pen Parentis Literary Salon in New York City. She is also a shoe designer and visual artist.