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!
Episode 1: On Environmental Advocacy through Creative Expression & Community Action
In this episode of The Vision Lab: Youth Voices for Change, Lead Incubator Mentee Robyn Lam speaks with Girls Write
Hit the road, Sharon
Excerpt from Screenplay 1950- Sharon’s home where she grew up Sharon: Mom! Mom! Sharon’s mom comes from upstairs to the living room Sharon’s mother: What, child?! Can’t you see I am busy. Sharon: Look what I found in the magazine, Andrea Hill is at the Ritz Carlton offering singing lessons. Mother: Sharon, darling, you're 10 years old, you know that you have no talent and will just have to marry well. You meet men at good colleges which means you have to study. Plus you wouldn’t even be let in with the clothes you wear. Sharon: oh, okay. Math isn’t very fun though.
Kina Under the Piano
After Aunt Ida died, Kina lies awake longing to hear her play once more. Until one night, she does…
Afloat at Sea
To devout to a form or an idea of perfection of living, will one only find that their voyage to such reality is forever lost like a shipwrecked at sea.
Lord’s Prayer
This is a "found poem" , in which a pre-existing text is re-structured to create new poetic meaning.
Solitude
This poem is for everyone who has felt alone in this world.
scrapbook of my childhood
This poem encapsulates the sense of feeling trapped beneath the weight of expectation as life continues around you, simultaneously representing a longing for the innocence of one's past.
Don’t Water Dead Flowers
A poem depicting the complex feelings following the endings of deteriorated relationships.
You are Safe. You are Protected. You are Sexy.
These are the words that have been guiding my growth.
Alphabet Boy
This animated children's book immerses you in its unconventional pages. Through its unique color and tender tone, my animated short depicts one boy's courage to trust himself.
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.