Summer 2025
Aloud: Songwriting & Spoken Word (Summer 2025)
Enhance the power of your words by speaking or singing them aloud. In this journey, we’ll examine a variety of ways to share creative work using our voices and audio techniques with open mic events, podcasts, and songwriting.
Girls Write Now Collaboratory
This Journey is Closed, but You Can Pre-Enroll in a Spring 2027 Journey Now!
Requirements
- Active Participation: Attend and actively engage in class activities, including open mic events, group discussions, and feedback sessions.
- Completion of Assignments: Submit required assignments, such as a recorded podcast episode, a written song, or a personal statement, by the specified deadlines.
- Practice and Rehearsal: Dedicate time each week to practicing vocal techniques, preparing for performances, and refining your audio skills outside of class.
Aloud: Songwriting & Spoken Word Courses
In the Aloud: Songwriting & Spoken Word course, you’ll discover how to bring your creative work to life by speaking or singing it aloud. You’ll learn techniques for open mic events, podcasts, and songwriting that will help you amplify your voice and share your stories with confidence.
Aloud: Songwriting & Spoken Word Mentoring
Mentees and mentors in the Aloud: Songwriting & Spoken Word Journey will be matched for one cycle. Pairs will meet for at least two hour-long sessions each month.
Aloud: Songwriting & Spoken Word Community Experiences
Mentees and mentors in the Aloud: Songwriting & Spoken Word Journey must attend at least one Community Experience per month. They are expected to attend meetings that are specifically required for Aloud: Songwriting & Spoken Word. It is strongly recommended that they attend Exploratory Community Studios, College & Career Chats, and Salon Experiences.
Performance 360 Adventure
The Aloud: Songwriting & Spoken Word Journey is a part of the Performance 360 Adventure.
Journeys in the Performance 360 Adventure focus on building public speaking and presenting skills. It is perfect for mentees and mentors who want to build confidence in performing their work and sharing their ideas.
Learn more about the other Adventures offered at Girls Write Now below.
Find Your Journey
Find Your Journey
Explore Tour (Fall 2026)
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Teach GWN (Fall 2026)
In this Journey, members of the GWN community will develop curriculum and facilitate a community studio for one or more cycles within GWN’s Collaboratory structure.
The Career Journey: Inside Book Publishing (Fall 2026)
This Journey is for mentors curious about breaking into publishing, mentors already in the industry who want to pass on what they know, and mentees serious about building a career in books. Together you'll map the roles across publishing houses and literary agencies and get into the nuts and bolts of what each one actually does.
Explore Tour (Spring 2027)
Explore Girls Write Now’s creative and storytelling pathways through a multimedia, multi-genre experience featuring mini courses, exploratory studios, and one-to-one pair sessions. Develop skills across fiction, journalism, publishing, video, podcasting, visual storytelling, and more.
Independent Study (Spring 2027)
Create your own experience with our Independent Study Journey. Mentees and mentors meet as a pair, attend events of interest, and use coursework to support creative projects and personal goals. Along the way, you can connect with others during a mid-cycle mixer designed to spark inspiration, share ideas, and build community. The Journey culminates in a showcase where participants present the work they have developed throughout the cycle and celebrate their accomplishments together. Mentees and mentors will benefit by gaining greater independence in their learning, deepening their creative practice, and building meaningful connections while pursuing self-directed goals.
Teach GWN (Spring 2027)
In this Journey, members of the GWN community will develop curriculum and facilitate a Community Studio for one or more cycles within GWN’s Collaboratory structure. Each cycle involves facilitating three Community Studios, one per month. Mentees and mentors will gain valuable skills in leadership, teaching, and community building. Mentees and mentors can facilitate a Community Studio either independently (if they are 18 or older) or together as a pair.
Screenwriting: Crafting Short Film Stories (Spring 2027)
This two-cycle Journey guides participants from crafting a short film script to bringing it to life on screen. In the first cycle, mentors and mentees focus on developing compelling stories, dynamic characters, and engaging dialogue, learning the essentials of screenwriting for short films. In the second cycle, participants move from script to screen, exploring the practical aspects of video production, including planning, collaboration, and bringing their creative vision to life. By the end of the journey, mentees will have both a polished script and hands-on experience in producing their own short film.
Life Lines: Crafting Memoir (Part 1) (Spring 2027)
In this three-cycle Journey, writers will get the support and expert industry insight they need to write their memoir. In the first three-month cycle, participants will outline, structure their book, and begin their first drafts; in the second three-month cycle, participants will write and workshop their drafts; and in the third cycle, participants will finish their drafts and write their book proposals.
Lead Community Change (Part 2) (Spring 2027)
Lead Community Change is a dynamic two-cycle Journey that harnesses the transformative power of storytelling to drive social impact. Aspiring young leaders and activists will unleash their creativity to develop and implement innovative community-based social activism projects, supported by GWN’s rich storytelling resources.
Speak Your Truth: Spoken Word Poetry (Spring 2027)
Explore the power of spoken word poetry as a form of storytelling, self-expression, and social commentary.
