Welcome to Girls Write Now!
GIRLS WRITE NOW is New York’s premier creative writing and mentoring organization for high school girls. We are a community of women writers—authors, editors, educators, journalists, playwrights, publishers, advertising and PR professionals, literary agents and more—on a mission. Through our core mentoring program, our goal is to provide a safe space for New York City's high school girls to develop their creative, independent voices, explore careers in professional writing, and learn how to make healthy choices in school, career and life. Â
Girls Write New Year
On Sat., Dec. 13, a fruitful fiction workshop grew out of the spaces "between hope and despair." Thought-provoking, challenging discussions on the art of writing fiction were interspersed with original exercises and an unforgettable guest speaker, Nellie Hermann, author of The Cure for Grief. Read more Girls Write Now News and enjoy a happy, healthy, creative New Year from the Girls Write Now community!
This Holiday Season, Help Girls Write Forever
This holiday season, particularly at a time when resources are more limited, we are depending on our community of individual supporters to help us stay healthy and strong. Your donation of any size to this small and growing nonprofit will have a real impact on the lives of girls in New York City. Find out how you can help.
Girls Write News
On Sat., Nov. 15, somewhere "Between Hunger and Sustenance" we heard new poetic voices like Naomi Shihab Nye and special guest speaker, Lisa Ann Sandell, learned the intricate, traditional froms of sestinas and villanelles, and continued this year's theme of "Bridging Worlds." All who came hungry for knowledge left full of inspiration, ideas, and new exercises to try. Read more Girls Write Now News
Are We Friends?
Now you can visit Girls Write Now online at MySpace and Facebook!
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GWN is Proudly Supported by Federal & Local Government
The Girls Write Now program is supported in part by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Manhattan Borough President's Office. Read more about GWN's Funders.
   
  
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