ANTHOLOGIES
Taking Our Place in History: The Girls Write Now 2020 Anthology
Girls Write Now is thrilled to be in partnership with Dutton, who produced this year’s anthology. A special thanks to the team at Dutton—Christine Ball,Maya Ziv,Marya Pasciuto and Hannah Feeney, and to Feminist Press and Jamia Wilson, who produced the e-book. Thank you as well to Amazon Literary Partnership for their continued support and for recognizing Girls Write Now as a 2020 grant recipient, which directly funds the production of our anthologies.
The Girls Write Now 2020 class of mentees are using their voices for change in one of the most uncertain periods of modern history. This book invites you into their homes and families, their schools and neighborhoods, their hearts, hopes, and fears. Enter a world where clay creatures take on aluminum oppressors. Get thrown against an elevator wall in the midst of a horror story. Go backstage with a rock band, say goodbye to relatives as you start a new life, stand with an engineer solving a coding problem. Stare out from a coffin—or up at whales in the sky—and fall in love with the color of your skin. Experience tragedy in a mosque, feel the wounds of slavery, know the terror of glass shattering in a World War II village, and see how this next generation of leaders look to the past and write their present to create a better future.
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Taking Our Place in History: The Girls Write Now 2020 Anthology
Stories from Inside "Taking Our Place in History" Coming Soon!
Stories from Inside "Taking Our Place in History" Coming Soon!
butterfly
“Butterfly” is about change, more specifically the changes of being a woman. I discuss my personal experience and it’s struggles.
Episode 5: Educational Equity in Action — Building Voice, Confidence & Community
In this episode of The Vision Lab: Youth Voices for Change, Lead Incubator Mentee Ayushree Dahal speaks with AnnMarie, Founder
Episode 4: Finding Hope Outdoors: Nature Journaling, Teen Wellness, and Turning Ideas into Impact
*Trigger Warning: there are mentions of teenage suicide in this podcast* In this episode of The Vision Lab: Youth Voices
American Education
This poem is one of my strongest poems that I have written. I truly hope that my message is spread and leads to change in our world.
“i remember.”
Sometimes, the hardest thing to do is to be honesta contigo misma y remember the journey that you've embarked on that has created the version of you that is difficult to accept en el espejo.
Perfect Day
A short story about the separation from my best friends.
The Seersucker Man
A jaded seer and a dorky history student solve supernatural mysteries in their swanky apartment building… that used to be a sanitarium. Their first case is a mysterious spirit dressed in seersucker.
Episode 3: Inequality in Education: How Music, Books, and Language Make Community Strong
In Episode 3 of The Vision Lab: Youth Voices for Change, Lead Incubator mentee Joi Ysabella Carla Salvino talks with Lourdes Macias, a rising sophomore at a New York college studying international relations, about who gets access to education in the U.S. and abroad. Their conversation turns to what communities already have—the music they make, the books they share, the language they speak—and how those become tools for closing the gap.
Powerless
"Powerless" was inspired by the recent Los Angeles fires that directly affected myself and my community. Through this piece, I share the pain, chaos, and hope that illuminated from the event.
My Apple Pie
It is a heartwarming story of making a baked good with love, with a family member you love.
Taking Our Places in History
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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.