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    WRITING EDUCATION Girls Write Now takes a 360 degree approach to writing, offering courses across genres, media, disciplines, and industries, including college and career readiness. Writing courses can be taken as part of a Journey or ad hoc. Find courses that fit your goals, passions, skill level, and schedule, with both live and asychronous offerings. Learn & Write
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    Mentors & Mentees Girls Write Now mentors and mentees across the U.S. are all backgrounds, ages, genders, and skill levels. Our mentor and mentee writers come from and enter into all fields, disciplines, and professions. If you can write, you can do anything. Find a mentoring type that fits your passions, goals, and schedule. Become a Mentor or Mentee
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    COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES Girls Write Now offers a wide variety of interactive live community experiences, designed for you to explore, learn, connect, and grow. Tailored to the meet your needs and interests, events feature expert teaching artists, guest speakers, and facilitators dedicated to enhancing your writing and media skills, expanding your personal and professional development, and fostering collaborative creation. Experience Community
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    Girls Write Now Media Girls Write Now’s vast collection of original multimedia writing and art will warm your heart, give you chills, inspire action and resonate on a soul-deep level. This is storytelling that bends, blends, and transforms Explore Media
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    Membership Anyone can become a member and get access to select writing, mentoring, and community services. Former Journey Mentors or Mentees are automatically promoted to Silver Membership. Become a Member
    WRITING Learn and build skills though select synchronous and asynchronous courses on a range of genres, media, and topics, including college, career, and leadership development. Learn More
    MENTORING Connect one-to-one as a Mentor or Mentee for the Day or a Mentor or Mentee on Demand. Make a connection without an extended commitment. Learn More
    COMMUNITY Collaborate and network with other inspiring minds at engaging events and experiences that are not exclusively for Journey participants. Learn More
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    Partnerships Inspired by a sense of urgency to elevate diverse talent across industries, Girls Write Now proudly aligns with academic, community-based and corporate institutions to build customized partnerships. Together, let’s mentor across generations, shaping the future of your industry with creative, communicative, and competitive candidates. Join Forces
    Employee Engagement Get the benefits of interfacing with an extraordinary multi-generational community of writers and leaders; access unique professional development across all forms of writing; and find rare opportunities to mentor and be mentored. Learn More
    Talent Pipeline Girls Write Now advertises, recruits, trains, coaches, and refers diverse, competitive candidates of all ages and experience for internships, jobs, and opportunities at all levels of companies across departments and industries. Learn More
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    Speaking Executives, authors, experts, and game-changers: We offer talent the opportunity to pass on their craft to the next generation. Formats range from intimate workshops to interactive salons to high profile Awards, and more. Learn More
    BOARD & COMMITTEE PLACEMENTS Girls Write Now's dynamic leadership bodies focus on editorial, technology, teaching, and more—while often serve as launching pads to our high powered board of directors. Learn More
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    Authors, Artists & Leaders Our Contributors are authors, leaders, creatives, and technologists. If you can write, you can do anything. Explore our members, showcasing their unique profiles, areas of expertise, and significant contributions to our community. Meet Contributors
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    Mission & Vision We are a powerhouse of voices that have been ignored or silenced for too long. We are a pipeline of talent into schools and industries in need of different perspectives. Learn More
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  • July 2026

  • Thu 30
    Summer Showcase
    • Special Events

    Collaboratory Annual Showcase

    July 30–7:00 pm–9:00 pm EDT
    Girls Write Now Office 247 W 37th Street #1000, New York, NY, United States

    Celebrate everything learned and created throughout the fall, spring, and summer cycles of Girls Write Now. Mentors, mentees, and members

  • August 2026

  • Mon 3
    • Journey Meetings

    Career Exploration: From Searching to Securing the Position Journey Meeting 2

    August 3–7:00 pm–9:00 pm EDT

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  • Tue 4
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    • Career Chats

    Hot Off the Presses: A Career Chat with Editors from The Drift, Bustle, and Travel + Leisure

    August 4–4:45 pm–6:00 pm EDT

    Come to this Career Chat to learn from both legacy media and new media professionals about what it takes to produce a magazine or zine.

  • Wed 5
    • Journey Meetings

    Fresh Mouth Journey Meeting 3

    August 5–6:00 pm–7:30 pm EDT

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  • Sat 8
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    • Journey Meetings

    JM2: Zine Makers: Crafting A Peer Poetry Zine Journey Meeting

    August 8–4:00 pm–6:00 pm EDT

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  • Tue 11
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    • College Chats

    College Chat: Your College Survival Guide

    August 11–4:45 pm–6:00 pm EDT

    Hear candid advice from current students and recent graduates about navigating college life, making the most of campus opportunities, and finding support along the way.

  • Wed 12
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    • Community Studios

    IV Edit Print Committee

    August 12–7:00 pm–8:00 pm EDT

    I.V. Edit Print Committee focuses on traditional print media at Girls Write Now. This committee is dedicated to producing the yearly anthology that showcases the written work of Girls Write Now mentees. The goal is to provide a tangible platform for storytelling, allowing community members to see their work in print and share it with a wider audience. Participants in this group also learn all the steps of the publishing process, including concept development, manuscript preparation, design, printing, and distribution.

  • Thu 13
    Mentor PD

    Mentoring Through Uncertainty: Sustaining Yourself While Supporting Others

    August 13–6:00 pm–7:15 pm EDT

    This interactive professional development session explores how healthy boundaries, emotional balance, and sustainable mentoring practices enable mentors to show up consistently without becoming overwhelmed. Together, we’ll examine practical strategies for navigating emotionally complex situations, maintaining clear boundaries, and building mentoring relationships that are both supportive and sustainable.

  • Sat 15
    • Journey Meetings

    WWW: A Podcast Journey, Part II, Journey Meeting #2

    August 15–1:00 pm–3:00 pm EDT

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  • Wed 19
    • Journey Meetings

    Fresh Mouth Journey Meeting 4

    August 19–6:00 pm–7:30 pm EDT

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