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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LitNYS is the nation’s largest ecosystem of literary arts organizations, building literary capacity, community, and culture for 25 years. Girls Write Now plays a key leadership role spearheading initiatives that support the writing, mentoring, and community experience of the LitNYS network.
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Mentoring Through Uncertainty
Advice and Resources for Supporting Youth During Social, Political, and Personal Stress
STARS Youth-Led Town Hall
At This Year's STARS Town Hall, Youth Led the Conversation on Safety, Asking: What Does a Safe Space Look Like for Young People in 2026?
Girls Write Now Represents U.S. at International Literary Gathering in Italy
Girls Write Now Represents U.S. at International Literary Gathering in Italy. Sponsored by the Moleskine and Hawthornden Foundations, Girls Write Now Begins Creative Collaboration around the Globe.
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.
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!
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This feeling will stay with me for a while, but I am satisfied with where I am with it.
This piece was selected as an Honorable Mention in the First Chapters Contest, hosted in partnership with Penguin Random House and Electric Lit. Deja Evans and Vivian Wu are thrown into collaboration at summer camp after six months of no contact. Reluctantly, working together is the only option, even as the memories of their time together invade.
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.
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Couple in Training
Peaches & Ladders: Climbing as a First-Gen Daughter
things i wish trees could do
The Vile Crown
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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