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
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.
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