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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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Walking away from my long and nervous subway trudge, I entered the elevator. The air inside was claimed by the
A Charmed Day at Girls Write Now
Doors close. 18th floor. Doors open. Anticipation. The elevator ride to the Girls Write Now office always feels like walking
Shooting for the Stars at #GWN15Orientation
The newly minted class of Girls Write Now mentors and mentees gathered at HQ to blast off into the 15th
New Worlds for a Returning Mentor
At training last weekend, I met a mentor who wants to have coffee in a Paris café with Salman Rushdie,
On the Wings of a Journey into New Worlds…
As I glided up to the 18th floor with fellow first-year mentor, Wendy, my chest bubbled with a mix of
A Mentee on Mentors: Training Distilled
A new school year has begun and for Girls Write Now, it began as it always does: with Mentor Training.
Thanks to You, GWN15 has Launched!
“The main thing I want to say to everyone here is thank you–thank you for making us who we are
It’s Our 15th Anniversary Launch Party!
Girls Write Now celebrates 15 years of exploring new worlds through words! Join us for our anniversary launch party and discover
Mentors and Mentees Meet: A New World Begins
Girls Write Now’s 15th year of programming starts with Mentor Training September 15th and Orientation September 29th. 150 combined mentors and mentees will be traversing
Monica & Elaine in NY Metro Parents
NY Metro Parents features GWN Pair Elaine Stuart-Shah and Monica Chin in The Mentor Effect: Helping At-Risk and Underprivileged Kids! Elaine and Monica highlighted the