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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
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Apply Now: Be a GWN Mentor or Mentee!
“If it weren’t for Girls Write Now, I couldn’t have gotten this far… I have faith in my writing, and
Reporting on the Reading: Girls Write Now Kicks off CHAPTERS
What can I say about the first CHAPTERS reading? It was good? It was entertaining? Words cannot describe how amazing
Ari’s Take on All Things Dorky
I must say, the Dorkshops as a whole were one awesome experience. It was a whole new world of technology,
Destination Dorkshop
The spring Digital Workshops (or “Dorkshops”) took off with a journey: for the first Writing Lab of the year we
Let’s Take a Trip: Journeying with Words at GWN
On a brisk March day, mentees and mentors gathered in Girls Write Now’s headquarters in midtown Manhattan to travel to
Snap, Capture, Lede: Travel Writing in a Nutshell
At the journalism workshop, I learned how to describe the space and places around me in a way that would
Oh, the Places We’ll Write!
As a teenager living in New York, my experience with travel has been severely limited to the East Coast. So,
Start a new CHAPTER: our 15th Anniversary Reading Series is here!
Get excited: it’s almost time for our 15th Anniversary CHAPTERS Reading Series! You’re invited to join us for an evening
Nice to Meet You! GWN’s Newest Board and PAC Members
Girls Write Now is fueled by dedicated volunteers, and we’re pleased to introduce some new faces to the mix: extraordinary
Sneak Peek: Get Digital With Creative Publishing, This Spring!
For more than a year, the Girls Write Now flagship Mentoring Program has also been a laboratory to pilot a