Since 2017, Slant’d has hosted a range of community gatherings, such as story slams, narrative workshops, cooking classes, art therapy workshops, and more—engaging 1000+ AAPI writers both URL and IRL across the United States.

Through years of nurturing emerging creatives through our publications and insights from our 6-month community-led research project in 2022, it became clear that there was a need and hunger for short-term opportunities where AAPIs can unlearn what creativity looks like, who can be creative, and to find safe and joyful places to share their stories, fact or fiction.

Our programs were developed in direct response to our community's needs. To ensure accessibility, all of our programs are offered on a sliding scale with scholarships available, removing financial barriers that often exclude emerging AAPI creatives from literary opportunities.