• Next Level Summit: Gamechangers – Reimagining Sports Media Presented by NBCU Academy & Project Up

    CNBC Global Headquarters 900 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

    Apply now for a chance to join the Next Level Summit: Gamechangers – Reimagining Sports Media presented by NBCU Academy & Project Up. You’ll be part of a live studio audience at CNBC Global Headquarters with 75 other early career-professionals as we broadcast the event. The event also includes networking opportunities, free food, music, on-site résumé reviews, and more.

    • Special Events

    Mobile Filmmaking & Scriptwriting—Creating a Scene from Personal Story

    Reel Works 540 President Street, Suite 2F, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Join Girls Write Now and Reel Works for an in-person workshop that bridges written and visual storytelling through mobile filmmaking. Participants will reflect on a personal experience, script a short scene, and then bring it to life using their phones, gaining hands-on experience in both writing and directing. By the end, each participant will walk away with a self-produced short film scene rooted in their own story.

    • Collaboratory Workshops

    Behind the Mask: Writing Through High-Functioning Anxiety

    High-functioning anxiety often hides in plain sight—masked by achievement, productivity, and perfectionism. In this workshop, participants will explore how to translate their inner experiences into compelling narratives, whether through fiction, personal essays, or reflective journaling

    • Community Studios

    Mentor Support Group/Think Tank

    This month’s session will be an open forum to discuss, ask, share and express all thoughts about mentoring, having a mentee, writing, dealing, etc.

    • Career Chats

    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.

    • Collaboratory Workshops

    Real Conversations on the Mic: Effective Interview Techniques to Amplify Voices

    Online

    Christabel Nsiah-Buadi, an executive audio storytelling and podcasting strategist and founder of Your Podcast Pipeline, will lead a workshop to guide participants toward mastering the essential skills for conducting interviews that amplify and value the voices of their subjects.

    • Community Studios

    Writing Nonfiction That Reads Like Fiction

    Get ready to get inspired! This month, you’ll learn how to find the hook of your story and go beyond the basic “who, what, where, when, why.”

    • Community Studios

    Take Back the Pen: Deconstructing Harmful Narratives

    In our final studio, we will be looking at ways we can build community through the shared interest & power of writing, by the example of queer African writers.

    • Committee Meetings

    IV Edit – Digital

    Looking to practice your editing skills and support Girls Write Now mentees with their writing? Each month, IVEdit – Digital