Submissions Deadline #1
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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!
Writing Works Workshops
Craft Workshop | Success At the Job: How to Excel Once You’ve Landed the Role
Online | Open to all mentees and writing Works mentors
Learn how to prepare for your first day, week, month and beyond so that you can put your best foot forward and exceed the company’s expectations. Landing a new role is only half the battle—excelling at a new position takes preparation, reflection, hard work and patience. In this workshop, you will learn how to set goals, prioritize tasks, handle mistakes, communicate professionally and more!
Community Conversations
Values, Beliefs & Aspirations: Writing Our Personal Manifestos
Online | Open to all mentees, all mentors and the public
What do you believe? Manifestos are proactive pieces of writing that reflect a writer’s or community’s vision, values, and intentions. In this Community Chat, we’re going to explore and discuss manifestos and other calls to action, before writing our own.
Salon Series
Friday Night Salon | Honoring Ida B. Wells with Author of her Biography and Great-Granddaugther
Online | Open to all mentees, all mentors and the public
Michelle Duster, great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells and author of Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells, celebrates the release of the Ida B. Wells Barbie Inspiring Women doll with this salon on writing history through a family member’s story—the family we’re born into, chose, or that chose us.
Committee Meetings
Anthology Committee Meeting
Online | Open to print anthology committee members
Hi, committee! An agenda will be shared via Slack prior to the meeting so that you know what to expect or prepare for. Let's make some storytelling magic! Mentees of committee members are welcome (and encouraged!) to come.
Community Conversations
Chronicling Our Lives: Women’s History Month
Online | Open to all mentees and all mentors
“What if half of history was missing?” Gina Luria Walker, a gender studies professor and historian asks. This is a salient question, given that cis-gender men are historically overrepresented as the authors and subjects of both history books and biographies. At this Community Chat, we’ll reflect on which histories get shared and also do some writing exercises that will help us chronicle our own lives.
Writing 360 Workshops
YA Romance: Finding Your Chemistry
Online | Open to writing 360 mentees and writing 360 mentors
Find the chemistry between your YA characters in this 360 workshop. Attendees will learn how to create authentic and meaningful connection between romantic leads. Prepare to master the swoon, sizzle and slow burn!
Publishing 360 Workshops
Storytelling with Graphic Design
Online | Open to publishing 360 mentees and publishing 360 mentors
Come learn how to express ideas and tell stories with line, shape, color and rhythm.In this interactive workshop, you'll hear about the behind-the-scenes process of Girls Write Now's graphic design aesthetic and get the chance to create designs for pieces written by the Girls Write Now community and for your own work!
Career Chats
Closing the Dream Gap: The Value of Having Role Models + Representation
Online | Open to the public
Barbie Dream Gap, The Female Quotient and Girls Write Now join forces to make the workplace for women better—which makes the workplace better for everyone.