ANTHOLOGIES
Rise Speak Change: The 2017 Girls Write Now Anthology
At the QWERTY Digital Media Exhibition, our mentees showcased projects that are changing the way we tell narratives. A video overlaid with powerful poetry, thoughtful podcasts, and interactive games created with Twine — our mentees used the skills they learned in our digital workshops to create these multi-platform masterpieces.
Our mentees are defining the digital age by bringing the craft of writing into the 21st century. In our Digital Media Mentoring Program, we boost girls’ tech savvy and creative potential through digital media. In bringing our curriculum and writing approach into the digital age, we prepare the girls we serve to truly be the next generation of writers—on whatever platform they choose. Students are paired one-to-one with a digital media professional and together they transform their writing into digital art. All workshops are facilitated by graduate students at Parsons The New School for Design. Our workshops feature writing and digital skill-building exercises, prompts, and share-outs to diversify participants’ modes of self-expression. At the end of a program year, girls are equipped to tell a story in GIFs, a poem in HTML, and take their words to the next level.Together we embark on a journey of creative workshops, public readings and showcases, opportunities for publication, and more, all to give girls the tools to advance their writing through different mediums.
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Read What's Inside
Browse our collection of stories from inside the book. Complete with notes from the author and anecdotes from our mentees and mentors.
Rise Speak Change: The Girls Write Now Anthology 2017
Stories from Inside "Rise Speak Change" Coming Soon!
Stories from Inside "Rise Speak Change" Coming Soon!
What the Lake Knows
Written during a moment of writer’s block, this piece explores the tension between silence, observation, and the desire to create.
Hey, how’ve you been?
Throughout life, people and relationships come and go, often leaving us with lingering questions. In this piece, I explore those unanswered questions and seek closure through the process of asking them.
Vanilla, Pandan, and Everything In Between
This descibes an integral part in my journey to accepting the Vietnamese part of my heritage, eating a traditional Vietnamese cake every year on my birthday.
Things Left Unsaid
In times of despair, there is no one to turn to but the secrets that unfold from the ones you once trusted.
The Scent of Freedom
Freedom is the ability to choose. Choose what your life looks like, and soap gives me that freedom.
How Writing Changed Me
This is a multimedia version of my writing piece How Writing Changed Me to demonstrate how writing made a huge impact on my life.
Aching Open
When faced with the width of the world, what can we choose?
A History of Runners
an ode to running in the form of a prose poem
a poem where she moves her head away after José Olivarez
I have heard that the body remembers what the mind does not. Whoever’s mind this poem is birthed from, I pray that your body heals from this memory.
“Writing is taking the reins of my life into my own hands”…Davia Schendel and Carolyn Zheng’s Life@GWN
“Writing is taking the reins of my life into my own hands”…Davia Schendel and Carolyn Zheng’s Life@GWN
Praise for Rise Speak Change
From the Literary Community
Intersectional Voices in Editorial Print Committee
Every year, the Intersectional Voices in Editorial (IV Edit) Print Committee brings their talents to the task of editing, producing, and promoting this fresh collection of writing from today’s emerging voices. The committee is made up of mentors, mentees, and other volunteers who are passionate about diversifying the publishing landscape.