Finding Your Voice

with Kirstin Chen

Ready to get to the write stuff? Join Kirstin Chen in this workshop series where manuscripts aren’t just turned in, they’re turned up for discussion. You’ll learn to articulate your artistic vision, punctuating your ideas and helping your writing make its mark in the world. Open to both short stories and novel excerpts. Recommended for intermediate/advanced fiction writers.

Registration Open

Registration closes 12 October 2025, 11.59pm SGT, with a maximum capacity of 10 participants.

Course Information

Course Code: WS-KCHEN

Duration: 2-3 hrs per session

Recommended For:
Intermediate and Advanced Writers

Dates

22 Oct, Wed
7.00pm to 9.00pm (2 hrs)
25 Oct, Sat
2.00pm to 5.00pm (3 hrs)
29 Oct, Wed
7.00pm to 9.00pm (2 hrs)
1 Nov, Sat
2.00pm to 5.00pm (3 hrs)

Venue

In-Person

ACC EduHub
51 Cuppage Road
S 229469

Please Note

Each registration submission is for one participant only.
Participants are required to attend all four sessions.
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.

Overview and Learning Outcomes

This course centers student writing as the main learning material. Through submitting manuscripts of their own work for class discussion, as well as reading and critiquing the work of their peers, students will learn to articulate their artistic visions and what they want their writing to do in the world. This workshop is open to both short stories and novel excerpts.

Who Should Apply?

Writers, including:

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 biography of ~50 to 100 words
Your manuscript on fiction to be workshopped

Manuscript Submission Guidelines at the Visiting Writer’s request:

The manuscript document should be no more than 25 pages and must be formatted with 12-point font and margins, double spacing, and include page numbers.
If your manuscript represents a selection from a longer work, you may include a brief synopsis. Do note, however, that selections that require a lot of context to understand (eg. a chapter from the end of a novel) may be more challenging to workshop.
We will not accept manuscripts that do not follow our formatting and length requirements.

Course Fees

$150 for adults
$60 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 Kirstin Chen

Kirstin Chen is the New York Times best-selling author of three novels. Her latest, Counterfeit, is a Reese Witherspoon book club pick, a Roxane Gay book club pick, and a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Her previous novels are Bury What We Cannot Take and Soy Sauce for Beginners. Her next novel, Tech Wives, an exploration of the myth of genius tech founders—and the women who support them, is forthcoming in 2027. She has taught at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, the University of San Francisco, Ashland University, and elsewhere. Born and raised in Singapore, she currently lives in New York City and San Francisco.