• 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!

    • Publishing 360 Workshops

    Take Me With You, Issue #1 Zine Release Party!

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

    It’s here! Come celebrate the release of our zine, Take Me With You: Underground. We’ll read pieces from the zine, share some highlights from the year, and start brainstorming ways to keep the creative energy from our first issue into future iterations.

    • Special Events

    Teen Voices Festival at New York Public Library

    New York Public Library 476 5th Avenue, New York, New York, United States

    Calling all teens! Join us at the Library on Friday, August 25, for author talks, giveaways, and an afternoon of teen creativity—all free! Girls Write Now will be tabling, so stop on by and say hi!

    • Special Events

    Meet Up at Maméfest: A POC-Centered Music Festival

    Get into the groove of the new Girls Write Now Collaboratory year and meet fellow mentors and mentees at a music festival! Girls Write Now has been invited as a non-profit partner to Mamé Fest.