• STARS

    Second Home Under Siege: STARS Youth Town Hall

    Online

    Join the girls and gender-expansive youth from all 10 organizations that comprise the STARS coalition for a panel discussion on school safety. For our fifth annual STARS town hall, we’ll be meeting at the Weeksville Heritage Center to talk through mental health, gun violence, metal detectors, and public transportation to school.

    • Enrollment Open House

    Summer Exploratory: Query Letter Writing

    Online

    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 query letter writing led by GWN Mentor and literary agent Madeline Wallace, 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!

    • Special Events

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

    Online

    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.

    • Enrollment Open House

    Summer Exploratory: Culture, Language, & Storytelling

    Online

    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!

    • Special Events

    End Of Year Celebration

    Girls Write Now Office 247 W 37th Street #1000, New York, NY, United States

    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.

    • Enrollment Open House

    Summer Exploratory: Podcasting

    Online

    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!

    • Enrollment Open House

    Summer Exploratory: Photopoetry

    Online

    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!

    • Enrollment Open House

    Summer Exploratory: Activists or Storytellers

    Online

    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!