Polished Prose: Perfecting Personal Statements with Girls Write Now and HarperCollins
Monday, October 28
2:30-5 PM ET
virtual event; open to the public
including all mentees, mentors & alum
Join HarperCollins and Girls Write Now for an inspiring intergenerational exchange designed to elevate young writers’ college application personal statements.
It’s crucial for young writers to express their authentic lived experiences in meaningful and organic ways. Our goal is to help them provide the context, complexity, and depth that will enrich their personal narratives.
Girls Write Now veteran Teaching Artist Susanna Horng, along with HarperCollins employees, will guide mentees through a concise lesson on crafting personal statements, followed by dedicated time to draft their essays. Then, our “Mentors for the Day” will work with mentees in small group breakout sessions to refine their drafts. Mentees will engage in constructive feedback using our Active Listening technique, a proven methodology for effective collaboration.
Mentors will also share insights about their own college and career journeys. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your personal statement while benefiting from a wealth of intergenerational knowledge and networking!
To attend this event, create a Girls Write Now portal account and register for this event through the portal.
Meet the Teaching Artist
Susanna Horng
Susanna Horng is a mother, writer, and Clinical Professor in Liberal Studies at NYU who lives in NYC. Her work has appeared in Bennington Review, The Rumpus, and Minerva Rising. She has been supported by Catwalk Art Residency, a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Fiction, and was a Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship in Literature.
Meet the Partner
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins Publishers is the second-largest consumer book publisher in the world. With two hundred years of history and more than 120 branded imprints around the world, HarperCollins publishes approximately 10,000 new books every year in 16 languages, and has a print and digital catalog of more than 200,000 titles. Writing across dozens of genres, HarperCollins authors include winners of the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Newbery and Caldecott Medals, and the Man Booker Prize.
This event is open to:
all mentees, all mentors, program alum and the public
