Girls Write Now is a nationally award-winning nonprofit, media incubator, and multi-generational community. For nearly three decades, we have broken down the barriers of gender, age, race, and poverty to mentor, teach, and connect writers and leaders across disciplines and around the nation. With a focus on those historically disempowered due to their gender and gender identity, we harness the power of stories to shape culture, impact industries, and bridge worlds.
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Hope Lives in Our Words: The 2025 Girls Write Now Anthology
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In partnership with Dutton Books, Dottir Press, and Amazon Literary Partnership, Girls Write Now is thrilled to announce our newest publication, Hope Lives In Our Words: Girls Write Now 2025 Anthology. Available from Books Are Magic, McNally Jackson, and Amazon, the anthology is a multi-genre showcase from our 26th year of mentoring and training the next generation of young voices.
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Join Macmillan in Uplifting Young Women and Gender-Expansive Youth
Girls Write Now is proud to team up with Macmillan Publishers to help more young women and gender-expansive youth own their stories and share them with the world.
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From Macmillan to Mentorship: Career Readiness at Girls Write Now
Loved the Macmillan Career Chat, and Want More Professional Guidance? Or Have Hard-Earned Expertise to Share? We've Got the Journey for You!
LitNews NYS: March 2026
LitNews NYS: Introducing Mentor on Call. Plus a Special Session on Emotional Intelligence.
Eames Institute Announces Girls Write Now Founder & Executive Director Maya Nussbaum a 2026 Honoree of the Curious 100.
Eames Institute Announces Girls Write Now Founder & Executive Director Maya Nussbaum a 2026 Honoree. The Eames Institute's Curious 100 is a celebration of one hundred courageous leaders and creative minds across the US who are harnessing the transformative power of curiosity to address today’s most pressing problems and shape the cultural conversations that define our moment.
LinkedIn Features Girls Write Now’s Innovative Approach to Virtual Community
In an article on their blog, LinkedIn for Nonprofits highlighted how Girls Write Now leverages tech platforms to facilitate conversations across divides and bring together people from unlikely places.
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As a first-generation daughter of immigrants, I was taught that hard work was the key to everything. But in chasing success, I began to question whether work should define my worth, or my life.
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This piece was selected as an Honorable Mention in the First Chapters Contest, hosted in partnership with Penguin Random House and Electric Lit. Mave Chen finds herself in an impossible situation where she’s the only one who knows a secret the conquering Rynnians would kill for.
Freedom is the ability to choose. Choose what your life looks like, and soap gives me that freedom.
We are proud to present an essay by Saraí Pérez, honorable mention in the 2025 Writing for Life Contest in the age 16-19 category.
Peaches & Ladders: Climbing as a First-Gen Daughter
things i wish trees could do
The Vile Crown
The Scent of Freedom
They Called Me Blasphemy, I Called It Poetry
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