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!
We launched our partnership with an intergenerational workshop: Dotdash Meredith employees—mentors for the day—helped Girls Write Now mentees ideate and draft essays, taking their work to the next level before submitting to the My Simple Realization Essay contest. A panel of Real Simple editors then judged the entries, selecting winners based on originality, creativity, technical writing skills and relevance to the contest theme.
Chelsea’s essay won the Grand Prize and she went on to work directly with Real Simple’s editors to prepare the piece for publication. Thirteen additional mentee winners are also published on Stories by Girls Write Now.
Congratulations to Chelsea and the 13 Finalists
“Wai-Gong [Grandfather] loved the implicit beauty of traditional instruments and how they eloquently communicated centuries of Chinese history through each note. It’s now up to me to continue his legacy, and so I do.”
—CHELSEA lin
Mentee & My Real Simple realization Contest Winner
My Simple Realization: An Essay Contest & Story Collection
14 Girls Write Now mentees share mini- and mega-moments of clarity in these personal essays. This contest was produced in partnership with Dotdash Meredith and the team at Real Simple as part of the SeeHer Initiative.
Inspired by a sense of urgency to elevate diverse talent across industries, Girls Write Now proudly aligns with academic, community-based and corporate institutions to build customized partnerships. We are grateful to our friends at Dotdash Meredith: Together we are mentoring the next generation to be creative, communicative and competitive candidates—shaping the future of publishing and media.
The My Simple Realization essay contest is part of Dotdash Meredith’s ongoing participation in SeeHer, an initiative whose mission is to increase more inclusive representation of women and girls in media.
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Dotdash Meredith & Girls Write Now Join Forces to Mentor the Next Generation
Inspired by a sense of urgency to elevate diverse talent across industries, Girls Write Now proudly aligns with academic, community-based and corporate institutions to build customized partnerships. We are grateful to our friends at Dotdash Meredith: Together we are mentoring the next generation to be creative, communicative and competitive candidates—shaping the future of publishing and media.
The My Simple Realization essay contest is part of Dotdash Meredith’s ongoing participation in SeeHer, an initiative whose mission is to increase more inclusive representation of women and girls in media.
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