Writing & Wellness Events for Women, Trans* & Gender-expansive Creatives
As one mentor put it, Girls Write Now events are “the cure for writer’s block.” We offer an array of writing-centered events to our community and to the public—and even virtually, our spaces are welcoming, inspiring, and empowering.
We come together to create multi-genre, multimedia work, share perspectives, hone professional skills, and support each other on the path to wellness both for ourselves and our communities. Join our mailing list to get weekly event updates!


The Power of Identity: Language and How We Use It
What are the words that you use to describe yourself? What words do others use to describe you? Join us for an interactive conversation about the ways we create community and celebrate nuance as storytellers.
Flying Solo: Daring Feats with Gigi Coleman
You’ve heard of the Wright Brothers. You’ve heard of Amelia Earhart. But what do you know about the first female African-American pilot, Bessie Coleman? Inspired by her Great-Aunt Bessie’s legacy, Gigi Coleman created an organization called The Bessie Coleman Aviation All-Stars and one-woman show to share Bessie’s too often ignored history with the world. Join us in partnership with Barbie for a celebration of resilience as Gigi Coleman honors her great-aunt and shares her remarkable story.
Making It Personal: Finding Your Voice In Documentary Screenwriting
Have you ever wondered what a script looks like for a documentary? In this workshop Writer and Director Lagueria Davis will teach about different types of documentaries and share the process of screenwriting for participatory documentaries. You'll hear about the sweet victories and the frustrating challenges, the truth and the myths, as well as the ins and outs of framing a documentary film. Join us to learn how to honor your unique voice and experience, while gaining the skills and insight to write personal voice over. It's all about your unique point of view and the choices you make in telling your story.
Sharing Our Collective Story: Video for Performance & Digital Storytelling
Want to learn how video can be used for storytelling and self-expression? Join us for this cutting-edge workshop in which multimedia artist Lani Asunción will share aspects of their interdisciplinary performative practice. Participants will explore conceptualizing performance for video through capturing movement, sound, and artistic rituals. Lani will discuss fundamental elements of video production and teach us video editing on a non-linear timeline using the video editing app VITA. Participants will create their own video and collectively we will share our narratives in the form of performative storytelling.
Kickoff College & Career Chat
In Career Chats, mentees gain exposure to various industries by networking with employees—Girls Write Now “mentors for the day”—across publishing, media, beauty, finance, and more. Professionals share their journeys, advice for breaking into their industry, and how they are charting a course for a successful career. Learn about positions you never knew existed, and get support applying to a curated selection of open jobs and internships within companies like NBC, Scholastic, Royal Bank of Canada, Estee Lauder, Dotdash Meredith, EHE Health, BBDO Advertising and more.
LGBTQIA2S+ Communities and Identities: A Conversation about Inclusion and Equity
In this session, we will discuss suggested practices to increase inclusion and equity specifically regarding LGBTQIA2S+ individuals via understanding relative language, concepts, common barriers, and sharing resources. We will explore LGBTQIA2S+ language and concepts such as biological/sex assigned at birth, gender identity, expression, and pronouns. We will look at introductory understandings of bias and learn about unique considerations for working with marginalized populations such as gender, sexual, racial, and ethnic minorities. Participants will have the opportunity to practice utilizing neutral pronouns, correcting missteps, addressing inaccuracies, and more.
Revolutionary Storytelling: Creating Our Zine
In February's P360 workshop, we'll learn about the history of zines as a revolutionary form of publishing, hear from some prominent zine editors, and then get brainstorming on our zine's title and theme! (Note: we will decide the title and theme of the zine during this workshop!)
Celebrating our Past, Present and Future Through Storytelling with Janis Kearney
Join us for an evening of discovery as we celebrate Janis Kearney's new book Only on Sundays: Mahalia Jackson's Long Journey. We'll hear about the care and curiosity needed to write historical nonfiction from a creative lens and practice finding the spectacular figures in our own lives with writing prompts.
Confidence to Dream: Defining Your Personal Narrative for Success
In this workshop, participants will be guided through a series of creative writing exercises designed to help them assess how they show up in the world as different versions of themselves—aka, their various characters—and focus on developing themselves as one who has the confidence to dream big!
College & Career Chat
In Career Chats, mentees gain exposure to various industries by networking with employees—Girls Write Now “mentors for the day”—across publishing, media, beauty, finance, and more. Professionals share their journeys, advice for breaking into their industry, and how they are charting a course for a successful career. Learn about positions you never knew existed, and get support applying to a curated selection of open jobs and internships within companies like NBC, Scholastic, Royal Bank of Canada, Estee Lauder, Dotdash Meredith, EHE Health, BBDO Advertising and more.
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FRIDAY NIGHT SALON SERIES
A special guest artist host shares their personal and professional journey and guides you through a series of writing prompts. Expect a magical night of creating and conversing in community. Open to the public!
Open EDITORIAL FORUMS
At monthly Editorial Forums led by our Editors-in-Residence, we harness our collective creative energy to reimagine the future of storytelling and shape publishing at Girls Write Now. Open to all mentees, mentors & alum!
GIRLS WRITE NOW LIVE
Our Spring Performance Series showcases the amazing stories mentees, who share their best work developed with guidance from—and often collaboration with—their dedicated mentors. Open to the public!
Awards & Special Events
Each year, we honor our community and the leaders who are paving the way for our mentees to break boundaries, both in life and in writing, and to realize their promise and the possibilities of change.


Guest/Teaching Artist Openings
Interested in teaching, hosting or speaking at a Girls Write Now event for a diverse, multi-generational group of women, trans* and gender-expansive writers? We’d love to hear from you!