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!
Graveyard Poem
Perhaps loving will save us. Why not?
man on the golden bridge
A child recalls their experience in the backseat of their father's car.
Mother Gothal
I wrote this poem about a dog at a local animal shelter that I have had the pleasure of meeting while volunteering there.
praying in a religion i don’t believe in
a raw exploration of the complexity of family, religion, and morality in the form of an abecedarian.
The Seeds She Sows
Before I ever dreamed aloud, the women before me dreamed through action; creating a legacy that continues through me.
The Lover’s Curse/ The Lover’s Blessing Video Series Pt. 1
The Lover’s Blessing/The Lover’s Curse Video Series explores the mind of individuals when they’re faced with both the challenges and the rewards of “love”.
English On Air with Fiona
This is a podcast I created for a local radio station on different writing styles you can learn about in English.
Speaking Between The Lines Project Pitch
Speaking Between the Lines is a humor-forward podcast breaking down viral moments and pop culture with smart, funny analysis because if media is unavoidable, we might as well understand it.
Upon Commenting on Social Media
An Introvert's Tale
Unbidden
Pursuing creative writing seems futile in our modern world—the lack of capital gain, the advancement of artificial intelligence, the rising difficulty in finding originality—but we must continue to let ourselves create and share our work.
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.