Special Events

A Juneteenth Reflection: What’s the Future Got To Do With It?

Online | Open to all mentees, all mentors and the public

Join Girls Write Now and Howard University professor and Founder of the writing for healing non-profit SOAR, Kimberly Collins, for a reflective Juneteenth discussion that allows us to excavate our origin stories while healing for our future.

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Enrollment Open House

Summer Exploratory: Culture, Language, & Storytelling

Online | Open to the public

At this Summer Exploratory, you’ll learn about Girls Write Now's Collaboratory, hear from our veteran Mentors and Mentees about their GWN experiences, jump right in with an exercise on culture, language, & storytelling led by GWN Fellow Sally Familia and GWN Mentee Izabell Mendez, and learn how to apply to the Collaboratory. Plus, we’ll have a Q&A, so come with questions! We hope to see you there!

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Special Events

End Of Year Celebration

Girls Write Now Office | Open to all mentees, all mentors and GWN staff

Join GWN’s End of Year Celebration, where we will toast YOU and your accomplishments this year. Let's kick back and enjoy performances, acknowledgments, games, fortune telling, a photo booth, and more! Come mingle and have a good time with the community either at the GWN office in NYC, or join us virtually via Zoom.

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Summer Exploratory: Podcasting

Online | Open to the public

At this Summer Exploratory, you’ll learn about Girls Write Now's Collaboratory, hear from our veteran Mentors and Mentees about their GWN experiences, jump right in with some fun exercises on podcasting led by GWN Community Coordinator Vahni Kurra and GWN Editor-in Residence Kathryn Destin, and learn how to apply to the Collaboratory. Plus, we’ll have a Q&A, so come with questions! We hope to see you there!

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Enrollment Open House

Summer Exploratory: Photopoetry

Online | Open to the public

At this Summer Exploratory, you’ll learn about Girls Write Now's Collaboratory, hear from our veteran Mentors and Mentees about their GWN experiences, jump right in with some fun exercises on photopoetry led by GWN Community Manager Jesse Jagtiani, and learn how to apply to the Collaboratory. Plus, we’ll have a Q&A, so come with questions! We hope to see you there!

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Enrollment Open House

Summer Exploratory: Activists or Storytellers

Online | Open to the public

At this Summer Exploratory, you’ll learn about Girls Write Now's Collaboratory, hear from our veteran Mentors and Mentees about their GWN experiences, jump right in with an exercise on activism and storytelling led by GWN Community Manager Emily Mendelson, and learn how to apply to the Collaboratory. Plus, we’ll have a Q&A, so come with questions! We hope to see you there!

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Writing Works Workshops

Honing your Personal Statement with HarperCollins

Online | Open to corporate partner employees, woman-identifying and trans* and gender-expansive members of the public

HarperCollins and Girls Write Now meet for an intergenerational exchange to help young writers take their college application personal statements to the next level!

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Writing Works Workshops

Shaping Your Personal Statement with Scholastic

Online | Open to corporate partner employees, woman-identifying and trans* and gender-expansive members of the public

Scholastic and Girls Write Now meet for an intergenerational exchange to help young writers take their college application personal statements to the next level!

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Publishing 360 Workshops

Take Me With You, Issue #1 Zine Release Party!

Girls Write Now Office | Open to publishing 360 mentees and publishing 360 mentors

It's here! Come celebrate the release of our zine, Take Me With You: Underground. We'll read pieces from the zine, share some highlights from the year, and start brainstorming ways to keep the creative energy from our first issue into future iterations.

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