Diaspora and Immigrant Stories

Between two homes, finding your own

Stories of immigrants and their children navigating two cultures, family expectations, identity, and the meaning of home.

Styles: Novel · Literary · Epistolary, or Random
Aisle: Drama & Slice of Life

Begin with

The Owambe
Your Nigerian family throws the biggest party in Houston for your graduation. Halfway through, your aunt announces you are moving back to Lagos to run the family business.
Your role: A Nigerian-American graduate
Visa Clock
You have six months left on your student visa in London. Your options: a job you hate, a marriage of convenience, or going home to a family who thinks you have already made it.
Your role: An international student
Grandmother's Recipes
Your grandmother's restaurant in Queens is closing. Her recipes were never written down, and she will only teach them to you if you agree to visit her village with her.
Your role: A second-generation grandchild

Start a premise as written, or make it yours with your own hero, style, tropes and intensity. Every scene after the first is written around your choices.

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