Editorial Office Hour: Submissions Support Session
Work one-to-one with an editor on your piece, ask questions about submission requirements or get technical help with a software or tool you're not sure how to use!
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Writing Works Workshops
Industry Workshop | Earth Day with Twitter: Poetry for Our Planet
Online | Open to all mentees, corporate partner employees and program alum
In celebration of Earth Day and National Poetry month, Twitter and Girls Write Now join forces to put some beauty and love for Mother Nature out in the world by group creating poems a line at a time.
Special Events
Poetry for the Planet: A Conversation with Roxane Gay on Twitter Spaces
Online | Open to the public
Join Girls Write Now for our first ever Twitter Spaces event with esteemed author Roxane Gay! Pop in for a casual conversation about all the things YOU want to talk about and ask your burning questions.
Special Events
Mentee Q+A with Viola Davis
Online | Open to all mentees, all mentors and the public
Girls Write Now teams up with HarperCollins for a virtual book launch celebrating Viola Davis' new memoir, FINDING ME, in conversation with Mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms and Girls Write Now Mentees.
Writing Works Workshops
Get LinkedIn To Your Talent Story: Building Your Best LinkedIn Profile with Ruthie Hertzberg
Online | Open to all mentees, program alum and writing Works mentors
We all have a talent story to tell, and when it comes to showcasing your education, accomplishments and skills to recruiters and hiring managers, it is paramount to get LinkedIn to your story!
Salon Series
Letters As Gifts: Writing Personally For Permanence
Online | Open to all mentees, all mentors and the public
Join author Anna Quindlen for an evening of inspiring writing prompts, Q&A and more!
Writing Works Workshops
Industry Workshop | Your Unique Life with Scholastic: Create a Contest-winning Essay
Online | Open to all mentees and corporate partner employees
Bring your creativity and originality as Girls Write Now and Scholastic join forces for a personal narrative essay contest! The winner will win a cash prize and be published in Scholastic’s Choices magazine.
Community Conversations
White Supremacy Culture & Its Impact on Our Well-Being
Open to all mentees, all mentors and program alum
At this Community Chat we’ll define white supremacy culture, consider its characteristics and examine how it manifests in the world around us. We'll discuss ways it impacts our own sense of well-being in our day-to-day lives and share techniques for taking care of ourselves and our communities in resistance.
Salon Series
Testing Your Characters: Tough Choices, Second Chances with Sabina Khan
Online | Open to all mentees, all mentors, program alum and the public
Join author Zara Hossain as she discusses her YA novel, ZARA HOSSAIN IS HERE, and how to write character-driven plot lines so tangled readers are left with no choice but to root for your protagonist's redemption.
Special Events
Launch of Taking Root: The Girls Write Now 2022 Anthology!
Online | Open to the public
This anthology is a catalog of seeds—each young writer cultivating a shimmering, emergent voice.