ANTHOLOGIES
Girls Write Now Unmuted: The 2021 Anthology
Girls Write Now is thrilled to be in partnership again this year with Dutton, who produced this anthology. A special thanks to the team at Dutton—Christine Ball,Maya Ziv, and Lexy Cassola, and to Feminist Press and Jamia Wilson, who produced the ebook. Thank you as well to Amazon Literary Partnership for their continued support, which directly funds the production of our anthologies.
In the 2021 Girls Write Now Anthology, our mentees give voice to fear and silence, demand justice, and hold nothing back. To be unmuted right now requires a new brand of bravery, and these writers show how it’s done. Using stories, poems, essays, fiction, drama, interviews and more, they report on a global pandemic, a climate crisis and the movement for racial equality. They also invite us on their personal journeys through the labyrinth of young adulthood: feeling the rich soil of a neighborhood garden beneath their fingers; traveling through time in search of their parents; inhaling the charged air where young love is brewing. In a world pushed to the precipice of change, in a society that values the tried and true over the dynamic and new, the Girls Write Now class of 2021 is breaking the chains and showing what it means to speak loud, clear and true—to be unmuted.
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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.
Girls Write Now Unmuted Print Anthology
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Stories from Inside "Unmuted" Coming Soon!
How to Get Rid of Flowers
A story of my best friend and interacting with others through gifting away flowers after a year of no contact. Created with the background of a pier and New York spring.
My Strands of Identity
I've always wondered about hair and its intricacies…It's just dead cells but we want it to look good. And there's so much to talk about.
everything turns kind of cold
When the world becomes something like hopeless.
Temperature Check – Excerpt
An excerpt from Temperature Check, an Adult thriller featuring Kara, a 22-year old recluse whose life is changed overnight when she is the subject of a viral video, setting off a domino-effect of events.
Snapshot
We were nearing the end of our walk across Spain on the Camino de Santiago. At first, we saw it as a journey of personal growth. A brief snapshot of our privilege gave us pause…
The Letter
The perfect and responsible Elizabeth Hurston had never once made a mistake in her life. Now, she finally realized what it meant to ruin everything.
Living?
As the amalgamation of inherited struggles compiles daily, we the individuals of the world, can’t seem to get it together nor have we come to terms with what it means to be together.
Broken
A short story about the connection between a girl and her necklace.
“listen”
Sometimes you know better, sometimes you confront the part of you that knows better, sometimes you refuse to listen anyway.
Those Who Aren’t Seen
People-watching.
Praise for Here & Now
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.