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The Best Short Stories 2024 with Penguin Random House

Open to all mentees, all mentors, members and the public

Join Girls Write Now and Penguin Random House for a panel discussion on the Best Short Stories 2024 Anthology featuring The O. Henry Prize Winners! Our panelist include Jenny Minton Quigley, the series editor for the O. Henry Prize Stories, along with Amber Caron and Caroline Kim, two O. Henry Prize-winning writers whose work is featured in this year’s anthology.

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Special Events

A Networking Event on Technology, Innovation & the Next Generation of Leaders

Open to all mentees and program alum

Join the leading tech company Kyndryl at the Girls Write Now NYC headquarters to learn about tech, AI, and how to break into the ever-growing field. We will discuss the relationship between writing and AI and what we need to know about cybersecurity to feel safe, and engage in generative writing and networking activities.

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Community Studios

Finding Your Voice: Creating Memorable POV in Fiction

Open to all mentees, all mentors and members

This month, we are going to talk about the relationship between voice and character. We’ll get to know our main characters and talk about the ways their personality traits, background, identity markers, and more influence the ways our characters think and speak, whether our narration is 1st person, close 3rd, or even 3rd omniscient.

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Community Studios

Soul Tracks: Questing for Resilience (Expressive Arts Group)

Open to all mentees

What does it mean to be “broken”? And how do we reconfigure the pieces of your puzzling life to feel more complete? In this workshop, we metaphorically explore, through literature and writing, how the cracks of the mended kintsugi cup has its own beauty.

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Community Studios

Writing That Changes the World

Open to all mentees, all mentors and members

Does objectivity in journalism exist? Is it okay for journalists to take a strong stance? In this session, we’ll explore writings on the topic, discuss cases where journalists were barred from personal issues, and examine barriers to advocacy journalism.

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Romantic Comedy: Writing Modern, Unique Love Stories

Girls Write Now Office | Open to all mentees, all mentors, members and the public

Join acclaimed author Georgia Clark for a fun and engaging talk on what makes romantic comedies shine. Using her latest holiday romcom Most Wonderful as inspiration, Georgia will dive into the magic behind creating fresh, relatable love stories with characters you’ll root for and moments that’ll make you laugh out loud.

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Community Studios

Writing Past the Page: Pushing the Limits of Creativity

Open to all mentees, all mentors and members

How thin is the line between dreams and reality? This month, we’ll explore surrealism in fiction and other creative forms. We'll also discover how to use dreams and imagination to craft compelling stories that defy reason and embrace the bizarre.

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Collaboratory Workshops

Perspectives on Public Policy: Systemic Inequality with Dr. David McMillon

Open to all mentees, all mentors, members and the public

Join Girls Write Now and Dr. David McMillon, Assistant Professor of Economics at Emory University, for a timely discussion on how public policy can address systemic inequality. Dr. McMillon, who works at the intersection of economics and social justice, will explore how policies in education, criminal justice, and economic systems can either perpetuate or dismantle entrenched disadvantages.

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Community Studios

Memoir: Stories that Shape Us

Open to all mentees, all mentors and members

This month we will explore descriptive language, reading various examples of how color is described. Using guiding questions, we will process and discuss these works together.

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