Our car boiled over again just after my mother and I crossed the Continental Divide. While we were waiting for…
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This Boy’s Life
Read this excerpt from Tobias Wolff’s memoir This Boy’s Life. “Map out” this memoir — mark all of the locations…
“Snowbound”
Example: “Snowbound” by Natalie Lima (Brevity Mag) Utilization of elements of creative nonfiction in the example While you’re reading, think…
Opening Lines Part One
Tell your life story in three sentences with a beginning, middle, and end. Here is an example:
Zibby Owens at the 2023 Girls Write Now Awards
Sounds of the Month: Writing Playlists and Prompts
Each month, Girls Write Now is bringing you a curated writing playlist and prompt using suggestions from mentors, mentees, and staff.
Her House Becomes Relic
I think it’s the pattern of my family to think no one understands me because my reaction to grief is to wish I could be in a white sterile room, to wish I had a great wind surrounding me that could push everything else away.
period indictments
This piece explores the under-discussed topic of period poverty.
2004
Here’s a peek into the ever-evolving story of my life, encapsulated in a short but mighty list.
Shining, Shattering
I wanted to explore the literal meaning behind overused phrases and metaphors, such as “pools of light,” “it was like time had frozen,” and “it felt like flying.”
Story Finds
By buying the church, he bought the graveyard and used his children and grandchildren to become the librarians of the dead.
A Perfume Named Nostalgia
Memories branch the past and present. Through four vignettes, this piece documents the continuities of life and the importance of revisiting and appreciating past experiences through olfaction.
Mentee Alum Shea Formanes’ Indie Sci-Fi Drama Plants Its Seeds
A Mentee Alum Seeks Funding For Her First Feature Film
NYC Mayor’s Office Cover Letter
Vacationland
Tess Nealon Raskin’s short screenplay VACATIONLAND takes place over the course of a day and tells the love story of a troubled housewife and her husband as he frets over his decision to lobotomize her.