• Special Events

    Random House Workshops: Writing with Suleika Jaouad

    Join author Suleika Jaouad for a very special virtual workshop to celebrate the publication of her new book, The Book of Alchemy. Suleika will share how journaling has helped her tap into that divine, mystical trait that exists in everyone: creativity.

    • Community Studios

    Computer Science: Code, Creativity & Career Paths

    Virtual Event

    Join us for a chill code and chat session where we work together to build our own first LED circuits! This session is for all experience levels, including complete beginners—come gain a new skill or learn even more about the wonderful world of robotics.

    • Community Studios

    Spoken Word: Voices Unleashed

    Virtual Event

    In honor of poetry month, we’ll be delving into the art of writing poems about being poets! Let’s untangle what it means to be a poet, and take a go at penning your own poetry reflecting on the writer you are, how you got here, and where you want to go.

    • Community Studios

    World-Building for Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Too much worldbuilding, no matter how awesome, can bog down a story, slowing the pace and shunting characters to the background, and too little will deprive readers of a sense of the world. In this session, we’ll discuss how to achieve this balance.

    • Committee Meetings

    IV Edit – Digital

    Virtual Event

    virtual, open to mentors, mentees, and the public Looking to practice your editing skills and support Girls Write Now mentees

    • Committee Studios

    IV DEIB Committee Studio – Code Switching

    Virtual Event

    What is code switching? Do you do it? If so, how often? In this IV DEIB session, we’ll demystify code switching, and examine how it impacts all of us personally and professionally.

    • Committee Studios

    Writing to Heal: Workshop with a Poetry Therapist

    This Studio will move you through a series of creative visualization, expressive writing, and journaling sentence stems to reduce stress and induce a sense of relaxation. We will also apply the Japanese technique of haiku and haibun.

    • Community Studios

    Write Outside the Box: Venturing Beyond Typical Conventions

    Keep your thinking caps on for our next session of Write Outside the Box. In this studio, we will be covering common themes, or tropes, in fiction and explore creative writing that moves beyond or subverts them.