Writer To Writer

with Tusiata Avia

Share your ideas, gain fresh insights. Book a one-on-one mentoring session with poet Tusiata Avia to receive expert guidance on your writing project and support for your writing journey.

Registration closes 7 September 2025, 11.59pm SGT or when full capacity is reached.

Course Information

Course Code: WTW-TA

Duration: 1 hour

Recommended For:
Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced Writers

Dates

September to October 2025

Venue

Online (Zoom)

Please Note

  • Each registration submission is for one participant only.
  • Registrants will undergo a selection process, and those selected must complete payment to confirm their placement.
  • ACWP will maintain a waiting list once the maximum number of participants is reached.
  • Shortlisted participants will be contacted for payment and confirmation of your session’s date and time.

Overview and Learning Outcomes

During a Writer To Writer session with the Visiting Writer, you will:

  • Receive general advice from an experienced writer on your writing project.
  • Gain specific, practical insights on the art and craft of writing, including techniques and addressing writing challenges.
  • Get help shaping your approach to your writing life.
  • Understand what it takes to be a professional writer.

Please note that the one-on-one consultation is not a manuscript assessment.

Who Should Apply?

Writers, including:

  • Foundation Writers: Early-stage, promising writers with no publication history required. These writers may be writing for the first time or have never written with deadlines or structure before.
  • Intermediate Writers: Writers who have chosen to pursue writing as a full-time or part-time career with serious, professional intent but are not yet published with a mainstream or recognized independent publisher.
  • Advanced Writers: Writers who have published at least one book with a mainstream or recognized independent publisher, and/or have been published in at least one literary journal or anthology.

Participants will be selected by the Visiting Writer with assistance from the ACWP. A waiting list will be maintained.

Registration and Pricing

Course Pre-requisites

To sign up, please register at the link above and provide the following documents:

  • A short summary of your writing project (approximately 100 words)
  • A brief biography (50 to 100 words)

If you have registered with us before, you may resubmit the same information with an updated biography.


Course Fees

  • $25 for adults
  • $10 for senior citizens aged 55 and above, NSFs, and unemployed individuals
  • Free for students from Singapore institutions, including undergraduate and postgraduate students

Fees are non-refundable.

For all other inquiries including financial assistance, please email us.

About Tusiata Avia

Tusiata Avia is a poet, writer and performer. She has published 5 books of poetry (6th book due in November). She is also the author of children’s books, short films, television series, radio documentary, and plays. Her iconic play Wild Dogs Under My Skirt showed Off-Broadway in 2020, where it won the Fringe Encore Outstanding Production of the Year.

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