Join us for an in-person Pottery Painting Studio, open to all Bay Area Girls Write Now community members! On Saturday, September 27, from 7–9 PM, you’ll have the opportunity to paint your own pottery piece while connecting with other creatives from across the Bay Area.
Bring your personal statement (650 words max) to be workshopped and revised by Macmillan employees, who will serve as our Mentors of the Day.
In the next I.V. Teach Committee meeting, we’ll review the Mentor PD sessions we’ve hosted so far and brainstorm topics that are important and relevant for our community for future professional development.
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In this Friday Night Salon, Batacan will share the techniques and strategies she uses to craft powerful, unsettling narratives that challenge the boundaries of the traditional whodunit. Aspiring crime writers will gain insight into how to root their stories in specific cultural, political, and social realities — making their work not just gripping, but deeply relevant.
Whether you’re a writer, reader, or simply curious about the forces shaping contemporary Filipino literature, this talk offers a rare opportunity to learn from one of the most important voices in the genre.
Celebrate the launch of Hope Lives In Our Words: The Girls Write Now 2025 Anthology at McNally Jackson Seaport! Hear dynamic new work from the next generation of women and gender expansive writers as a lineup of our authors read their poems, short stories, and more!
Building Tension: Tension isn’t just for horror, it’s the heartbeat that keeps any story alive. In this session, we’ll explore how tension can show up through emotion, description, or plot, and experiment with ways to build that pulse in our own writing so readers can’t look away.
This first session is a social circle for mentors to meet others, share ideas, ask questions, or simply drop in to say, “Hello.”
In this session, we will explore how poets give shape to loss and find meaning in what remains. Through close readings and writing exercises, we will discover how grief can become a language of memory, of showing grace, and of transformation.
