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Girls Write Now has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Teen Vogue, The Today Show, Book Riot, The Kelly Clarkson Show, and many more.
Girls Write Now Mentee Ariel Zhang Wins Lena Dunham’s Famesick Writing Contest!
Announcing Grand Prize Winner of Girls Write Now's Mental Health-Focused Writing Contest in Partnership with Lena Dunham and Random House.
Kirkus Reviews Praises Girls Write Now’s Forthcoming Anthology, Metamorphosis
Kirkus Reviews Describes Metamorphosis: Girls Write Now 2026 Anthology as Sincere Engagement and Effort.
Mentees Envision Their Future at NBCUniversal’s Career Inspiration Camp
As a student coming from California coming to this camp was a great way to get exposure in the media
New York City Poetry Festival Features Girls Write Now Poets & Performers
Join four mentees for an afternoon of poetry on identity, resistance, and coming of age. Girls Write Now takes the Youth Stage at The New York City Poetry Festival on Sunday, July 19 at 2 PM. The 15th Annual Festival takes place at Nolan Park on Governors Island—this will be the second time our mentees grace the Poetry Festival stage. Registration is free—all you need is the $2.75 ferry fare. We look forward to seeing you there!
Girls Write Now with Melinda French Gates as She Launches her New Book
Girls Write Now was invited to hear Melinda French Gates speak at the New York City Center about her new release, The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward. The book is published through Moment of Lift and Flatiron Books, an imprint of Girls Write Now partner Macmillan Publishers. Girls Write Now is also a three-time grantee of Melinda Gates' Upswing Fund for Adolescent Mental Health.
Mentee Lydia Bach Makes Waves with Recent Publication, Today Show Appearance & Frazzled Lit Shout-Out
Congratulations to mentee Lydia Bach, whose list of accomplishments has been growing exponentially this year, including a publication, a feature on the Today Show, and inclusion on a short story longlist!
Rupi Kaur Shouts Out Girls Write Now on The Kelly Clarkson Show for International Day of the Girl
Poet and Girls Write Now Honoree Alum Rupi Kaur gave Girls Write Now a shout out on the Kelly Clarkson Show in honor of International Day of the Girl.
Latest News
Latest News
Coming June 3rd: Breaking Through: Girls Write Now’s 2014 Anthology
Girls Write Now is excited to release this year’s award-winning anthology, Breaking Through, at the Girls Write Now Awards Gala on June 3rd at
GWN + Penguin Random House Team Up Again for Global Walk June 2014
We’d like to thank Penguin Random House employees for once again voting Girls Write Now as the organization that will benefit from
Questioning Everything at the Science Journalism Workshop
This post was written by mentee Calayah Heron, who participated in the Science Journalism Workshop Running from the train station,
Join Us: Now Enrolling Mentors and Mentees for 2014-15
“I want to be that person who can be a gamechanger for a girl.” — Demetria Irwin, Mentor 2010-12; Program
Get College Bound with Girls Write Now
We here at Girls Write Now recognize that navigating the pressures of applying to college is just a part of
From #PagetoStage: Join us at CHAPTERS 2014!
Our CHAPTERS Reading Series for 2014 is well underway — so far we’ve seen the girls in our mentoring programs
“Your Voice Matters”
Guest Author Amy Fusselman brought the house down at our first CHAPTERS reading for 2014. Check out this awesome video
Shop Online and Support Girls Write Now!
The future is here: while you do your online shopping, you can also support our programs. That’s right: we’ve partnered
SAVE THE DATE: WRITE / CODE / SPEAK
It’s hard to believe that with last Saturday’s digital workshop, or Dorkshop as we call them, the first year is
The First CHAPTER: 2014 Readings Series Launches!
Our annual CHAPTERS Reading Series is where our girls and mentors get to take their writing from the page to