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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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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
GWN Mentees Featured on Business Insider
Kudos to Sharline Dominguez and Georgia Soares, named two of Business Insider’s 28 Most Impressive Kids Graduating From High School This
Dancing with the Scribes to Benefit GWN
GWN Board Chair, Kamy Wicoff did something she’s never done before–dance on stage, to celebrate her 40th and raise funds for
An Inside Look at Girls College Bound
Today was the first time I was able to see a (somewhat) typical GWN workshop. As a summer intern for
Show Your Support for the Class of 2012
“I feel that my next step as a writer is to keep on writing, and always, always write. It has truly
GWN 2012 REMIX Anthology, on Sale Now
The Girls Write Now 2011 anthology won Independent Publisher Award for Outstanding Book of the Year, plus honors from the Indie Excellence