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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.
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Shop the Strand’s ‘Trailblazing Women’ Book Picks to Support Girls Write Now
This Women's History Month, Girls Write Now is proud to partner with Strand as the beloved bookstore donates 20% of proceeds from their Trailblazing Women book collection.
I Am Woman; Because I’m a Girl
Girls Write Now celebrates International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month with a powerful poetry performance by Mentor-Mentee Alum Pair Hadia Sheerazi and Carmin Wong.
Celebrate Women’s History Month
Join us in celebrating Women’s History Month through community-crafted works, virtual events, writing prompts, and more!
Closing the Dream Gap: The Value of Having Role Models + Representation
Tune in to hear Kat Jagai, Girls Write Now mentor and mentee alum, speak on the value of having role
My Simple Realization Essay Contest: Girls Write Now Mentee Chelsea Lin Published in ‘Real Simple’ Magazine
To usher in Women's History Month, Girls Write Now is thrilled to partner with Dotdash Meredith for the publication of Mentee Chelsea Lin’s essay Each Tremolo Reminds Me in the March issue of Real Simple magazine!
The Love of Hip-Hop Playlist: Friday Night Salon Style
A sonnet is basically a chorus, and Shakespeare was basically a rapper. But Shakespeare's got NOTHING on a SZA and Isaiah Rashad collab. Well, at least that's what our Friday Night Salon guest author, poet—and Girls Write Now Fellow!—Sam Arriozola, thinks.
12 Spellbinding Books by our Black Teaching Artists
We're celebrating #BlackHistory this month and beyond by digging into books from some of Girls Write Now's incredible Teaching Artists!
Teen Vogue: Amanda Gorman on The Poetry “Renaissance,” Lifting Up Artists, and the Power of Girls of Color
"Now, a few months later, Amanda and Estée Lauder Companies have announced that five U.S.-based organizations will receive funding from the initiative: the American Library Association, Girls Write Now, We Need Diverse Books, WriteGirl (of which Amanda is an alum), and MIGIZI, which focuses on Native American youth."
Black History Month 2022: Self-Care with 5 Girls Write Now Artists
This year’s theme for Black History Month is Mental Health and Wellness. During this time, we are reflecting on the role of self-care as a crucial part of activism, artistic creation and daily life. Join us in practicing self-love with 5 Black artists in the Girls Write Now community!
Amanda Gorman and Estée Lauder Companies Join Forces with Girls Write Now
Girls Write Now is proud to join WRITING CHANGE, a three-year initiative to advance literacy globally.
