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    The Best Short Stories 2024 with Penguin Random House

    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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    Audio/Podcasting Career Chat

    This Chat will explore the essential attributes and pathways to positions within the audio and podcasting industries. Here is your chance to ask all of your burning questions with a panel that covers everything from podcast production to audiobooks!

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    Career Chat: Safiya Sinclair & Dawn Davis on How to Say Babylon

    Join poet and memoirist Safiya Sinclair, along with editor Dawn Davis, as they discuss the journey behind the creation of Safiya’s award-winning memoir, How to Say Babylon, as well as their respective career paths.

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    A Word from Our Sponsors: A TV Industry Career Chat

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    This Chat will explore the possible pathways to break into the TV industry. Here is your chance to ask all of your burning questions with a panel that covers everything from writing to acting to producing and more!

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    And, Scene! A Playwriting Career Chat

    This Chat will explore the possible pathways to break into the theatre industry. Here is your chance to ask all of your burning questions with a panel that covers everything from playwriting to acting to producing and more! Come to learn about careers on and off the stage.

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    Publishing & Polyglots: A Career Chat on Writing & Translation

    Every writer dreams of being published. And, if you’re lucky, your work will be published in different languages so that people across the world can engage with your words. In this Career Chat, you’ll learn about publishing from various perspectives. Whether you’re a monoglot or a polyglot, you’ll gain so much from our Mentors for the Day. Come hear from Rhonda Mullins, a translator and writer; Aube Rey Lescure, a French-Chinese-American writer; and Natália Affonso, a translator, editor, and communications and publishing professional.

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    Commit to the Bit: A Comedy Career Chat

    In this Career Chat, you’ll have a chance to ask all of your burning questions with a panel that covers comedy from multiple perspectives. Speak with Emily Flake (cartoonist for The New Yorker), Caroline Easom (comedian and YouTuber), and more!

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    Mic Check: A Podcasting & Interviewing Career Chat

    It seems like everyone and their neighbor and their neighbor’s cat has a podcast, but how do you produce one? And how do you build an audience? Find out the answers to these questions and more at this Career Chat.