This piece was selected as an Honorable Mention in the First Chapters Contest, hosted in partnership with Penguin Random House and Electric Lit.
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Menagerie of Philosophy
Rin, Haru, and Umi
![Sophia Li](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/22114916/Sophia-Li.jpg)
This piece was selected as an Honorable Mention in the First Chapters Contest, hosted in partnership with Penguin Random House and Electric Lit.
A boy who plays violin is nudged out of his shell.
Regnants
![Erina Rejo](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/24151748/Erina-Rejo.png)
This piece was selected as an Honorable Mention in the First Chapters Contest, hosted in partnership with Penguin Random House and Electric Lit.
For two years, every action Ariella had taken was infiltrated by her father’s opinions. Until, she discovered secrets her government had hidden for decades. Was she just a pawn in a much more complicated game?
Monumental
![Olivia Kim](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/10095517/Olivia-Kim.png)
This piece was selected as an Honorable Mention in the First Chapters Contest, hosted in partnership with Penguin Random House and Electric Lit
Silver Eyes
This piece was selected as an Honorable Mention in the First Chapters Contest, hosted in partnership with Penguin Random House and Electric Lit
Couple in Training
![Kaia Boyer](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/10131226/kb.jpg)
This piece was selected as an Honorable Mention in the First Chapters Contest, hosted in partnership with Penguin Random House and Electric Lit.
Deja Evans and Vivian Wu are thrown into collaboration at summer camp after six months of no contact. Reluctantly, working together is the only option, even as the memories of their time together invade.
Offline
![Megan Ngo](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/03101819/mn.png)
![Molly Tansey](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/03102012/Molly-Tansey.png)
Told in a series of chat conversations, “Offline” tells the story of a writer who, fed up with his technology-assisted world, turns to the one thing he’s tried so hard to avoid: AI.
Speaking on Historical Flights of Fancy
![Nola Solomon](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/10114713/Nola-Solomon.jpg)
In this episode of Speaking in First Draft, Nola and Colette discuss how to write fictional narratives about real people, and why the themes of the French Revolution are still relevant today.
Speaking on Love, Dance & Sexism
In this episode, Girls Write Now Community Manager Emily Rigby speaks with former mentee and current mentor Samantha Isales about her piece “An Uncommon Love Story.” Fall in love with this beautiful and riveting tale of Harlemites navigating revolutionary love and regressive sexism inspired by Samantha’s experiences of home, bell hooks, and late nights in the club.
Yellow Lines
The melting of ice in lemonade. The feeling of watching yourself from the outside as reality begins to unfold. The moments that occur after impatience.
Forever & Always
![Shamu Ward](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/10120103/Amaya-Ward.jpg)
This short story is about my character, Princess Amantdeiylaia, who has a heart-to-heart with her lady-in-waiting and closest (and only) friend, Rhettna.
A Kiss at Midnight
![Ziying Jian](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/10114624/Ziying-Jian.png)
![Camille Bond](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/10120000/Camille-Bond.jpg)
The expression “a kiss at midnight” would normally evoke romantic images or scenes from fairy tales. This flash fiction collection puts 5 twists on the familiar theme.
The Elevator Bond
![Nia Rackley](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/15130919/Nia-Rackley.png)
![Jess Romeo](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/15131329/Jess-Romeo.png)
I smile and walk up to the waiting room. Even if I don’t get this job, at least I’ve got my friend back.
A Letter to Mom
![Nicole Wang](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/15125900/Nicole-Wang.png)
A raw letter addressed to my mom: hurtful memories one part of me hopes she still remembers, imperfections still left uncovered, and everything I never said to her.
Faith’s Hope
![Chloe Lee](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/07125007/Chloe-Lee.png)
Shutting her eyes firmly until compression so all she could see were glittering stars, Hope’s imagination stretched into answering her yearning for a companionship to fulfill her dreaded playtime.
Just like that, Faith was born.