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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Elegy
In light of the boredom of life, daydreaming can captivate creativity.
Love as Fragile as Time
A young woman and a mysterious old god pay each other visits to the forest every now and then, and this time the woman asks the masked god a more personal question…
Dear Tammy
After a heated argument, two best friends lose contact. After seven years, one of them sends the other a letter for her birthday.
Pull The Pin and Release the Locking Mechanism
1. Hold the extinguisher with the nozzle pointing away from you. 2. Aim low. Point the extinguisher at the base of the fire. 3. Squeeze the lever slowly. 4. Sweep the nozzle from side-to-side.
Mollye
An excerpt from a speculative short novel about Mollye, a rebellious girl who is part of the Bergmann family, ruled by an all-powerful Mother, who finally shows Mollye just how alike their powers truly are.
Young Bones
Young people can take the world by storm. I hope we will one day be able to live without that burdensome fear of the clock stopping before our time.
Wake Up For Me
Sometimes, we as people become so consumed in the mundane tasks of life that we forget to notice the small beautiful things that constantly surround us.
Crown of Thorns
Nadia's set to take over the throne her father's prepared her for her entire life. But what if everything she thought she knew, including who she is, was a lie?
medallic weight
a poem revealing the hidden realities and anguished cries of eye bags.
i miss you
I attended a program over the summer and met people from all over the world. They showed me what genuine and crazy friendship looked like and I continue to miss all of who they were.
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.