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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
Latest News
PEN World Voices Festival 2018
The PEN World Voices Festival returns this April 16th-22nd! Join PEN America for this year’s festival, themed “Resist and Reimagine”,
MAGICAL REALISM WORKSHOP WITH BROOKE OBIE
This blog post was written by mentee Nneka Ulu on our March magical realism workshop with novelist and former mentor,
JOIN SHE WRITES UNIVERSITY THIS SPRING
Girls Write Now is proud to partner with She Writes for She Writes University, an eight week series of writing classes for writers, by writers!
Girls Write Now has announced their twentieth anniversary season!
MobyLives (Melville House Publishing) March 9th, 2018 The Girls Write Now CHAPTERS line-up for 2018 is mentioned on the MobyLives
Felicity Seidel to Partner with GWN announced in “Raucous LUCKY CHICK Returns To Paradise Factory After Sold-Out NYC Runs”
Broadway World March 5th, 2018 Felicity Seidel has formed a collaborative partnership with Girls Write Now. Seidel will serve as a
Gifts That Give Back: Teen Vogue X Girls Write Now
Urban Outfitters January 2018 Teen Vogue partners with Urban Outfitters on a clothing collection with all proceeds going to Girls
These Women Make A Big Difference In Very Little Time & So Can You
Refinery 29 March 3rd, 2018 Refinery 29 includes Girls Write Now on their list of the best places and organizations
Open Letter from WomenForward Coalition Leaders
Girls Write Now Partners with PIMCO #WomenForward Dear Changemakers, The latest World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report tells us
STARS Citywide Girls Initiative 4th Annual Summit
Girls Write Now partners to launch the 4th Annual Girls Leadership Summit a project of the New York City Council’s
Visit the set of Broad City and Have Lunch with Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer
No one knows better than Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer that when women have the agency to write stories, they