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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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Dorkshop 1 of the GWN Digital Pilot: Interactive Gaming was Plot Your Destiny.
A New Mentee’s First GWN Workshop
Safely rescued from the battlefield of boring routine, I placed my brown boot-covered feet onto the holy ground of Girls
Narrate this: a Poetic Afternoon at GWN
Coming in to GWN this afternoon I am very optimistic for this poetry workshop, just like I was last year.
Craft Talk Author Dorothea Lasky visits GWN
Dorothea Lasky was the Craft Talk Author for the Narrative Poetry workshop, October 20 2012. Here Dorothea writes about her
Narrative Poems at the First Workshop of GWN15
GWN’s first workshop of the year explored the secrets and mysteries of narrative poetry. In the morning, Craft Talk Author Dorothea
Oct 11: Day of the Girl, For Girls Everywhere
Just a couple of hours ago, Malala Yousufzai was shot by the Pakistani Taliban for asking the same questions. She
“This is Why We Have Each Other”
GWN mentees Ava Nadel and Priscilla Guo were featured speakers at the first annual Day of the Girl in New
“I Am Girl”
GWN mentees Ava Nadel and Priscilla Guo were featured speakers at the first annual Day of the Girl in New
Blog 360: Orienting Ourselves
“Through tangling, dropping, twisting, fumbling, and forgetting, we laughed our way to both knowing one another and realizing we are
A Senior’s Renewed Commitment
September 29th was the beginning of another glorious year at Girls Write Now. This year is my last year at