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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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CHAPTERS 2017 READING SERIES: RECAP BY THE CHAPTER
This blog post was written by Spencer George, Communications Intern. The Girls Write Now CHAPTERS Reading Series opens up an empowering space
SUMMER BOOKS: WHAT WE ARE READING RIGHT NOW
REVIEWS Books by our dear friends, Janet Mock, Roxane Gay and Margaret Atwood! “For me as a young person, books were my very
BE A MENTOR FOR GIRLS WRITE NOW
The Rumpus May 25th, 2017 The Rumpus posts about Girls Write Now and the search for our 2017-2018 mentors, who
Bustle and The Wing’s Saturday Of Service Benefits Hundreds Of New Yorkers In At-Risk Communities
Bustle June 6th, 2017 Girls Write Now attends Bustle and The Wing’s Saturday of Service to educate on and discuss
Bustle + Girls Write Now + The Wing = Great Success!
Mentor Morayo Faleyimu and Girls Write Now Senior Communications Advisor & Editor Molly MacDermot attended the Bustle event at The
PostScript: An Alumnae Reading – June 28 at Girls Write Now!
We are pleased to invite you to join us for PostScript, a Girls Write Now alumnae reading, this June! Whether New York
2017 QWERTY DIGITAL MEDIA EXHIBITION
In Girls Write Now’s cutting edge Digital Media Mentoring Program, girls create at the intersection of language, technology, and art. The professional women in media who serve as mentors support teens as they explore writing through video and audio production, interaction design, creative programming, animation, and more. On June 2, The QWERTY Digital Media Exhibition showcased the innovative genre-and medium-bending work by New York City teens.
FIFTH ANNUAL GIRLS WRITE NOW AWARDS: MENTEE READING
Mentee Natalie Mojica performs “Girls” at the Fifth Annual Girls Write Now Awards, with an introduction by her mentor Gabriella
Ilana Glazer & Abbi Jacobson’s ‘Broad City’ Season 4 Debuts On August 23!
JustJared May 25th, 2017 Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer attend the Girls Write Now Awards. See more by JustJared Return
Zadie Smith, Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, and Melissa Harris-Perry on Their Writing Secrets
Elle May 25th, 2017 Zadie Smith, Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, and Melissa Harris-Perry “share the power of storytelling at the