Each month, Girls Write Now is bringing you a curated writing playlist and prompt using suggestions from mentors, mentees, and staff.
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Upcoming Events
January 25 – 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET
Plays to Comic Books & Comic Books to Plays! Let’s Get Episodic
Many playwrights use their skills in dramatic storytelling, breaking story, world-building, and strong dialogue to foster new work not just in theater but in television, graphic novels, and musicals. We'll explore these skills in several fun short writing exercises, and take one of them to explore in a new medium for you.
January 31 – 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm ET
The Space Between Men: An Evening of Poetry with Mia S. Willis
In their full-length poetry debut, Mia S. Willis explores how the intersecting cultures of Blackness and queerness relate to each other. Join them as they read a selection of poems from "the space between men" and share writing prompts based on the African American poetry forms that appear in the collection.
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Girls Write Now Mentees Speak Up on Grief Awareness Day for The Yellow Tulip Project Blog
3 Girls Write Now Mentee Alumni Wrote Personal Reflections on Grief for The Yellow Tulip Project
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Heal and Grow with Yasmine Cheyenne
Join Yasmine Cheyenne as she explains how to deal with feedback & be compassionately honest with ourselves.
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Mentee Allison Sengkhounmany Attends New York Times Summer Academy
Mentee Allison spent a summer in NYC networking, building skills, and meeting her mentor in-person for the first time.
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Girls Write Now & The Yellow Tulip Project Team Up For Mental Health Awareness
Girls Write Now and The Yellow Tulip Project Kick Off Wellness Collaboration
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Girls Write Now Joins NBCUniversal’s Creative Impact Lab
Reel Works and Girls Write Now Collaborate on Videos as Part of the Creative Impact Lab