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
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Wellspring
May our first source of acceptance be from within – an abundance of unconditional love awaits us there. Connecting with it renders a peace unattainable in external pursuits.
The First Decade
Sophie and Angela each wrote a poem to share their interpretation of the nuanced experience of girlhood. The poems work together as a whole, intending to move through a span of ten years.
The Morning, The Evening, The Eighth Day
Love and tragedy at the dawn of the world.
Denial
We all run from our roads.
It sparkled exactly like…
Timtim had a tough day at school. Luckily Mom always knows just what to say. Timtim had been staring at
What’s Normal Anyway?
For me, writing and creation is a way to express one’s inner truths, passions, and ideas. After years of reading
Double Life Trailer
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A Year Ago
This piece follows my personal experience of this passing year until now, doing my best to express what it was
The Stories That Raise Us
Motherhood is its own expression of creativity, and Lynda Pak’s creative force is unstoppable. In her four years on the
The Importance of Impact: Ensuring that Underrepresented Voices Matter
Last spring, Girls Write Now honored Macmillan CEO Jon Yaged for his continuous commitment to championing unsung voices at the
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.