Unlock new opportunities as a storyteller by entering your original writing and art in the 2022 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (SA&WA) for high schoolers. Haydil Henriquez, Manager of the NYC SA&WA will teach you the what and hows of submitting while answering all your burning questions!
Happening now through Nov. 8, 2021! Girls Write Now is thrilled to team up with Agent of Change Partner Meredith Corporation on an amazing opportunity to be published in Real Simple magazine!
Meredith national media and Girls Write Now meet for an intergenerational exchange to help teen writers ideate and draft winning essays for the Real Simple Essay Contest launching October 13. Meredith employees—“Mentors for the Day”—help mentees take their drafts to the next level using Active Listening techniques in small breakout rooms. Employees will also answer questions about their professional journeys at magazines like InStyle, Real Simple and People.
Girls Write Now presents The 2021 Agents of Change Awards: Harnessing the Power of New Voices to Change Minds and Heal the World.
From mentor to mentor: meet up with your peers to hang out, network—and give and get advice on your pair relationships. Don't miss our first mentor-only get together of the program year!
What is a haunted house? Why is a haunted house…well, haunted? In this workshop with Author Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo, we will examine works of literature and film that exemplify this trope, before moving into the creation of a piece of short fiction.
Award-winning spoken word poet, teacher and Girls Write Now mentee alum Brittany Barker helps us write our way to wellness. Meet up with your peers to hang out, get to know each other and get your creativity on while de-stress-ing!
Author LaTanya McQueen will lead participants through a series of writing prompts based on her terrifying debut novel, When the Reckoning Comes.
Sometimes our most important and meaningful writing assignments are the hardest ones to do—for example, a toast or tribute for someone we admire, a thank you letter, wedding vows or a personal essay for college.
Join Girls Write Now as we take a deeper dive into Diversity and Equity and what that means in our work, our interactions and our place in a changing world.
