Girls Write Now Journeys for Professionals

Partnership Programming

Girls Write Now Journeys

Meaningful, Multi-generational Learning Experiences for Professionals Across Industries

Girls Write Now sits at the intersection of storytelling and connection—the human infrastructure every workplace is craving—with a 30-year track record of helping professionals of all backgrounds at all levels show up as their whole selves, tell their stories, and lead with purpose. At a time when many are stretched thin or disconnected, Girls Write Now helps professionals feel creatively energized, supported, and seen, all while elevating the communication and leadership skills that matter most in the workplace: clear and compelling storytelling, confident public speaking, and experience expressing ideas with clarity and authenticity across teams and generations.

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What Does a Journey Look Like?

3 Hours per Month for 3 Months! Open to Employees of All Backgrounds and Levels of Experience.

Journeys are 3 month cycles: Cycles are: Spring: March 1 – May 31; Summer: July 1 -September 30; Fall: November 1-January 31
Each Journey is 3 months long, requiring approximately 3 hours per month.
Journeys include one-to-one, cross-generational mentorship and collaboration (1-2 sessions per month)
Plus live community workshops, salons, or chats, virtual or in-person (at least 1 per month)
Pair and group experiences are bolstered by a dynamic curriculum covering a diverse range of genres, media, and topics.
Each Journey is a 3-month arc with a meaningful, creative outcome that meets your unique goals.

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“Girls Write Now has provided an unparalleled platform with support, tools, resources, and open communication. It’s been a collaborative, inspiring, joyful ride, and I feel lucky to be part of something so special!”

Stacie Rose, Award-Winning Writer, Editor, Producer & Director Mentor

“It was challenging—but rewarding!—for both my mentee and myself to try stand-up. It was intimidating at first, but Hollie Harper, the award-winning comedian and Girls Write Now teaching artist, made it very approachable. My mentee is pushing outside of her boundaries—it’s so impressive to watch her open up to the larger group and write her own jokes! She’s thriving with the new challenge of stand-up, and so am I!”

Ellyn Mendenhall, Writer Mentor

“When I started mentoring with Girls Write Now in 2020, my colleagues in big tech often asked why—or more precisely, ‘What does writing have to do with analytics?!’ Five years later, my answer is clear: Technology and creativity go hand in hand. You can’t afford to resist either one.”

Felicia Dodge, Director of Content Strategy & Social at We Are Social Mentor and Teaching Artist/Guest Author

“The Social Media & Marketing Journey sessions were so informational and engaging! I do social media marketing for a living and I learned a lot! ”

Sarah Bode, Associate Director of Marketing for Henry Holt and Co. Mentor

“Girls Write Now is a space where I am an expert in something and a novice in many more things. A space where a novice is a perfect thing to be. Where a willingness to listen is the only ask at the door. Back in my first mentor-mentee pair, it struck me that mentorship was a true exchange, learning flowed in both directions. What a gift to be a part of this community and this exchange, especially right now.”

Ashna Shah, Organizational Transformation Consultant Mentor and Teaching Artist/Guest Author

What You'll Gain as a Mentor: Personal & Professional Benefits

Our research across industries shows a clear pattern: professionals want more connection, more meaning, and more humanity at work—but so much professional development today is formulaic, overwhelming, or impersonal. When you feel confident, included, and creatively energized, your work improves. When you grow through mentorship and storytelling, teams collaborate better. When you find meaning, you stay engaged. Girls Write Now Journeys are designed for exactly that: to help you feel more alive and more connected in your work—and to build the skills every modern team needs.

Real Connection & Belonging

Live, small-group community-building experiences create psychological safety and genuine relationships across teams and generations.

Communication & Storytelling Skills

Through practical, creative curriculum, participants sharpen writing, speaking, and narrative skills that directly support leadership, collaboration, and clarity in any role. Journeys offer clear frameworks and tools delivered in a tone that is human, authentic, and accessible.

Mutually Beneficial Mentorship

Journeys include guided mentorship where participants both give and receive insight, strengthening cross-generational fluency and building management experience.

Creative Restoration & Burnout Relief

The experience offers structured creative time—3 hours a month—to recharge, reflect, express yourself, and reconnect with what feels energizing and purposeful.

Purpose & Visible Impact

Participants contribute to a multigenerational community, building skills while making a tangible difference in the lives of emerging young writers and leaders entering your industry.

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Recommended Spring Journeys

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Thousand Voices Book Club

In partnership with the Thousand Voices imprint, this Journey invites mentors and mentees to explore contemporary literature. Participants will close-read three books and discuss them at monthly Journey Meetings. We’ll focus, in particular, on reading as writers and taking note of the ways each author crafts their story.

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Inimitable Voices in the Age of AI

AI can replicate form, but not the glorious quirks of you. Together, we’ll explore the tenets of human inimitability—Play, Empathy, Friction, Serendipity, Physicality—and explore AI tools that amplify (not blur) your unique voice. That wonderful, specific, spiky point of view that each of us has—and that the world needs now more than ever.

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Writing Our Way to Wellness: Podcast Production

Explore the intersection of storytelling and wellness through the art of podcasting. Drill down into what wellness means to you personally, and as a practice, and learn to structure episodes that educate, inspire, and resonate. Engage in intergenerational, holistic conversations that honor both the craft of writing and the power of human connection.

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Civil Discourse: Connection & Persuasion

Through engaging activities and interactive discussions, craft and perfect persuasive speeches with well-reasoned arguments, presented with confidence. Explore techniques for effective communication, refine you ability to think critically under pressure, and practice responding to diverse perspectives in a structured setting.

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The Power of Punchlines: Standup Comedy for Change

Comedy is a form of intelligence—whether you’re new to comedy or a seasoned performer, this journey will help you use humor as a force for social impact. Explore the power of comedy as a tool for social change, with a special focus on stand-up comedy. From climate change and economic inequality to LGBTQ+ rights, racial justice, and mental health, learn how to write and perform material that blends humor with meaningful social critique.

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Poetry Rising: Voices from Latin America

Explore the voices representing Latin America in their poetry! Mentors and mentees will read poems that reflect on love, identity, and social change. Alongside reading, participants will write their own poems inspired by these works, experimenting with rhythm, imagery, and voice. Through discussion and creative practice, you’ll discover how poetry can express both personal and collective experience!

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We partner with companies across industries to identify top mentors

Publishing • Entertainment • Fashion & Beauty • Finance • Technology • Health • Education • Beyond!

Experience the Partnership Areas of Focus Community Building Our partnership works builds community through global networks of changemakers working to

Girls Write Now and Amazon Literary Partnership are teaming up to champion underrepresented authors and storytellers to change the world. Since 2009, Amazon Literary Partnership has provided more than $13 million to organizations across the country that empower writers to create, publish, learn, teach, experiment, and thrive.

Mattel, Inc. partners with Girls Write Now to help give girls and gender-expansive youth the resources and support they need to continue to believe that they can be anything.

Experience the Partnership Areas of Focus Community Building BiC “Mentors for the Day,” will bond with colleagues and come together

Experience the Partnership Partnership Experiences Areas of Focus Community Building In engagement workshops in which partner employees across all departments

Girls Write Now proudly aligns with Dotdash Meredith in a holistic, multi-year partnership to elevate senior leadership, provide speaking opportunities, engage employees, refer and place new talent, create activations on social media, offer financial education—and overall to celebrate and publicize our work together.

Girls Write Now is thrilled to partner with RBC for over five years, helping give young writers access and exposure to an industry in need of their talent and skills. Communication is everything, no matter what field, and our partnership with RBC positions us at the nexus of growth in storytelling for all industries.

“Girls Write Now reminds young women and gender-expansive creatives—especially those from underrepresented backgrounds—that their voices matter, their opinions count, and they are important. Over the years, my admiration for their mission has only deepened. It’s an organization that builds confidence, provides opportunities, and offers unwavering support. ”

Jon Yaged, Chief Executive Officer of Macmillan Publishers Girls Write Now Partner

“Girls Write Now’s mission—to mentor and empower young women to find their voices through writing and creative expression—deeply aligns with Adobe’s values of creativity, inclusivity, and community impact. Through their programs, these young creatives gain not only the tools and skills to tell their stories, but also the confidence and mentorship to pursue careers in media, technology, and the arts. Adobe has played a meaningful role in helping Girls Write Now amplify these voices, and I’ve seen firsthand how transformative that support has been. When they invite me to speak on panels, and I introduce myself as an Adobe employee, the audience’s excitement and light-heartedness is palpable as they associate our company with creativity.”

Shifali Bose, Senior Engagement Manager, Adobe Girls Write Now Partner

“One of our shared missions across the global News Corp organization is to inform, inspire and connect communities through storytelling. Girls Write Now plays a vital role in fostering emerging talent and strengthening the future of creative expression, and we are honored to receive this recognition as we continue working together to develop the next generation of storytellers.”

Maria Pacheco, Chief Executive Officer at Storyful Girls Write Now Partner and Honoree

“This organization and its mission of supporting young writers through workshops, mentorship, and community is near and dear to my heart. My hope is that the Alchemy Fund will provide resources for the program’s brilliant mentee writers, so that they can conjure their own versions of creative alchemy long into the future.”

Suleika Jaouad, Founder of The Alchemy Fund & Author of The Book of Alchemy Girls Write Now Partner and Honoree

“For more than ten years, Amazon Literary Partnership has supported Girls Write Now, and today and every day we are humbled by the vital work they do to support young women and break down the barriers of gender, race, age and poverty to mentor the next generation of writers.”

Al Woodworth, Senior Manager of Amazon Literary Partnership Girls Write Now Partner