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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Our doors are open to writers, thinkers, leaders, and dreamers of all ages, backgrounds, skill levels, and perspectives. Whatever you do, you write. Wherever you are, we’re here. This is home base to connect and create.
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Join forces with us to elevate diverse talent across fields and industries. We welcome partnerships with community-based organizations, academic institutions, and companies big and small.
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When you write, you can do anything. When you give, we can do everything. Invest in a 30 year tradition that transforms lives, shapes democracy, enriches industries, and heals the world.
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Local Roots, Global Reach
Championing Youth Advocacy, Literary Capacity & International Creative Exchange
Girls Write Now is driving change at every level. In New York City, we’ve helped spearhead STARS Citywide Girls Initiative—a coalition of ten nonprofits serving girls and gender-expansive youth—which recently produced a Town Hall with Council Members Ty Hankerson and Amanda Farías on what safe spaces look like for young people in 2026, alongside Girls Write Now’s youth-led Crafting White Papers for Change advocacy program. Across the nation, we play a key leadership role in LitNYS, the country’s largest literary arts ecosystem, connecting partners through the LitNews newsletter, the Lunch With Lit podcast, and the new Mentor on Call peer support service. And around the world, we joined fellow Creativity Pioneers at Casa Ecco on Lake Como to explore “Disorientation and the Compass of Language,” with deep thanks to the Moleskine and Hawthornden Foundations for connecting us to changemakers across the globe.
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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.
Girls Write Now Partners with Tribeca Film Festival as Co-Host
Girls Write Now is Co-Hosting at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival!
2026 Pride Month Book Recommendations from Girls Write Now
The Girls Write Now Community's Recommended Reading for Pride Month
Mentees Inspire CITYarts Peace Wall
“I firmly believe that when kids create, they don’t destroy- they inspire us all. At this time more than ever,
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.
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!
Mentoring Through Uncertainty
Advice and Resources for Supporting Youth During Social, Political, and Personal Stress
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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.
The story focuses on the point of view of a young girl watching her mother get treated for a cold at a local clinic. After her mother is treated, she is unrecognizable.
This is my personal essay from Lead 360 that describes my passion for creating a healthier environment and world.
Before I ever dreamed aloud, the women before me dreamed through action; creating a legacy that continues through me.
A short story about the connection between a girl and her necklace.
They Called Me Blasphemy, I Called It Poetry
Hills Like White Infirmaries
The Ever-Changing Earth
The Seeds She Sows
Broken
Girls Write Now Anthologies
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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It feels like there’s never enough time in the day, and that feeling only grows as we get older. But did you know that when you mentor at Girls Write Now, you get time back? Our community gives you more than you could ever imagine, including a new sense of how to live and give your best life.
