Girls Write Now Media
Anthologies
Each year, Girls Write Now publishes a print anthology showcasing the work of today’s next-generation voices. These books showcase stories that surprise us and stretch our understanding of the world and ourselves. Our anthologies have received praise from Gloria Steinem, Amanda Gorman, Roxane Gay, Meg Wolitzer, Emily St. John Mandel, Janet Mock, and countless others. Says People magazine, “It’s hard not to be inspired.”
Metamorphosis: Girls Write Now 2026 Anthology
To truly understand Girls Write Now, zoom out and observe a complex, multi-dimensional organism, constantly and consciously in the making. Its contours come into focus, and each word dissolves and evolves: Girls becomes a spectrum across gender, race, age, and poverty; Write spans genres, media, and disciplines; Now stretches across three decades and counting. Resolved into its component parts—G. W. N.—its very being refracts: a nonprofit, but also an incubator of art, a developer of professions, a community that heals. Made for writing and mentoring—and, in turn, for training, curating, and fortifying coalitions of artists, educators, and leaders. Rooted in New York City, branching outward: statewide, national, even global. Dubbed the Collaboratory: intimate, versatile, cutting-edge; designed to move with AI, a volatile marketplace, and our own psyches. For Girls Write Now, Metamorphosis is not only the title and theme of this anthology—it is a state of being.
Our Digital Story Collection
Our Digital Story Collection
Heirlooms: A Story of the Connections we Hold to the Objects we Cherish
From an authentic Kilim rug to a fortuitous Opal ring, these treasured objects are heirlooms valued for the stories they tell, the cultural traditions they uphold, and the intergenerational bonds they form.
Wait For It?
My goal with this piece was to capture how no one mentions to young people how much hard work it actually takes to get to the big dreams they're encouraged to make and carry out.
Some Girls
After Joy Harjo's "She Had Some Horses", "Some Girls", is a piece about women, their beauty, and their worth.
Legends
Legends is a comedy series about a group of arena employees who work in a restaurant, trying to get by until the next thing comes along. In this episode, the group sneak into a concert.
Flood of Information
A live studio interview goes off the rails.
orange chicken
Allow the symphonic undertones of the poem to draw you into the emotions of an intimate dinner party. How do we exist in spaces we feel driven from?
To Indulge without Apology in Things that Satisfy our Souls
Maya Logan was a deep thinker, feeler and creator. Their time was infused with a curiosity that knew no bounds
Speaking On Children’s Book Writing
Featured Guests: Linda Marshall, Ashna Shah, and Candice Jalili Have you ever been told, “Okay, now explain it to me like
Speaking On the Muse Behind Music Journalism
Featured Guests: Ana Yglesias and Sidney Madden Have you ever felt like the less an artist gives, the more powerful
The wind
As an avid lover of the environment, Robyn's writings are constantly inspired by the nature around her.
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