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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 is Featured in Crunchy Tales Article Highlighting the Importance of Mentoring
Girls Write Now was recently featured on Crunchy Tales as a great organization to become involved in as a later-in-life Mentor.
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.
7 Ways to Make Younger Friends in Retirement
August 11th, 2022 The Wall Street Journal “Intergenerational friendships can be powerful. The trick is starting them”. The Wall Street
Mentee Madison Mailutha Honored in Teen Writing Contest
Fourteen-year-old mentee Madison Mailutha was named an honorable mention in New York Public Library's James Baldwin Teen Creative Contest, which asked teens in New York City to take inspiration from Baldwin's work to tell the world what they're passionate about.
Abbi Jacobson Talks with Girls Write Now About Prelude Fellowship
Girls Write Now honoree and longtime champion Abbi Jacobson recently spoke with Girls Write Now about her new initiative, the Prelude Fellowship. Applications are due November 10!
Cover Reveal for the Girls Write Now 2025 Anthology: Hope Lives In Our Words
It’s almost here! The Girls Write Now 2025 Anthology will be published August 26, 2025 via Dutton Books, in collaboration
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Alum Spotlight: “Passions Translate” by Shira Engel
Shira Engel was a mentee with Girls Write Now from 2006 to 2010. She is now a junior at Wesleyan
Choose Your Own Adventure
As a six-year mentor, I am constantly looking for new mountains to climb for myself and my mentee. Our last
The Snail Moment: A Midyear Reflection
Communication is “a sophisticated game of hide-and-seek in which it is a joy to be hidden but a disaster not
Let’s Get Together: Mentor & Mentee Mid-Year Events
Winter is halfway through the program year at Girls Write Now, and just the right time to pause and take
Authored by an Author: Tzahalla Kessari of Project Girl on GWN
Tzahalla Kessari was a Community Partner Guest Speaker for the Mentee Mid-Year workshop, January 12 2012. Here Tzahalla writes about
Women: It’s Our Story to Share
The Girls Write Now mentee midyear event couldn’t have made me more proud to be a woman. Having all of
We are Women, Hear us PURR!!
I am woman Hear me purr Allow me to lure you in with the strength of my words We are
Our Holiday Goal: $100K. You Did It–And More!
Back in November, we kicked off the Girls Write Now Holiday Appeal to support our girls and our programs in
Mentees, Ahoy!
No mentors allowed: this weekend is our Mentee Mid-Year Workshop! It’s a chance for our mentees to talk amongst their
Your Dorkshop Mission: Write, Design, and Digitize
Girls Write Now’s digital media program was established with guidance from the MacArthur Foundation-funded Hive Learning Network, with support from