On Stubborn Roots: Creative Nonfiction by Charis Chu
A Republic of Taiwan: Breaking the Chains
Rude: Creative Nonfiction by Colette Chang
Umbilical Cord: Creative Nonfiction by brenda Lin
Homing: Creative Nonfiction by Lenna L. Liu
the trilingualist: Creative Nonfiction by devon chang
The Taiwanese Experience: The Biggest Act of My Life – Creative Nonfiction by Jamie Su
Finalist, High School Category [Act I, Prologue] I’ve never taken an acting class. Or been in a drama club. Or even auditioned for a play. But I am an actress. And a heck of a good one, at that. To start, my name isn’t even Vivian. It’s Yu-Wei, but they didn’t know how to pronounce that at my kindergarten graduation. My parents brought me to court and had it legally changed a month later. They were afraid that kids at school would make fun of me. I never told them that they…
The First Meal (Of Many): Creative Nonfiction by Ruth Lee
Finalist, College Category Numbed by the thirty-hour travel warp of three connecting flights, I gaze out the car window with muffled fascination at the world before me. I grew up here, but it doesn’t feel quite real. Window views transient like movie scenes pass as my father drives down winding alleys: a cozy corner church; a wall of papery fuchsia flowers, sunlight filtering through their veins. I barely register my dad pulling into the driveway of his parents’ house and the engine rumbling…