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Girls Write Now Partnerships

HarperCollins

Girls Write Now is proud to team up with HarperCollins to help more young women and gender-expansive youth own their stories and share them with the world.

Experience the Partnership

Honoring Board Chair

Judith Curr

At our Radical Gratitude Spring Awards, we honored Girls Write Now Board Chair and President and Publisher at HarperOne, Judith Curr, as a special guest.

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HarperOne Publication

Girls Write Now On The Art Of The Craft: A Guidebook To Collaborative Storytelling

Introducing our newest anthology published by HarperOne in celebration of our 25th anniversary: Girls Write Now On the Art of the Craft: A Guidebook to Collaborative Storytelling. This hands-on guide—conceived of, written, and edited by the young people of Girls Write Now—draws from the organization’s dynamic curriculum and the writers’ own personal experiences spanning decades.

Activation

Girls Write Now Q&A with Viola Davis

Girls Write Now teams up with HarperCollins for a virtual book launch celebrating Viola Davis’ new memoir, FINDING ME, in conversation with Mayor of Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Girls Write Now Mentees.

Viola Davis Book Cover "Finding Me"

Partnership Experiences

Craft the College Application Essay with HarperCollins: Getting Personal
Getting Personal: Craft Your College Application Essay with HarperCollins

Writing Works Workshop

HarperCollins and Girls Write Now meet for an intergenerational exchange to help young writers take their college application personal statements to the next level. Mentees receive a short lesson in writing personal statements, as well as dedicated time to craft their essays, before HarperCollins employees—”Mentors for the Day”— work with them to strengthen their essays in small-group breakout rooms. Mentors also answer questions about their college and career journeys.
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HarperCollins Authors at Friday Night Salons

Friday Night Salons

Friday Night Salons are a chance to learn and write with members of the Girls Write Now community as a special guest artist shares their writing journey and leads participants through prompts on topics ranging from six-word stories to journalism to poetry. We’ve had Salons hosted by HarperCollins authors such as Natalie Baszile, Yasmine Cheyenne, Megan Giddings, Elle Johnson, and Amy Zhang!
Blackout
Writing Fiction Tropes with the Authors of Blackout

Special Event

In this special Girls Write Now Salon, Blackout authors Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Ashley Woodfolk & Nicola Yoon spoke in-depth about their professional journeys and what it was like to write a novel about Black teen love.
Areas of Focus

Community
Building

In engagement workshops in which partner employees across all departments serve as “Mentors for the Day” and build community with the young writers of the future.

Industry
Exposure

Girls Write Now offers opportunities for HarperCollins authors and employees to pass on their passion and wisdom as guest speakers at our multi-genre, multimedia workshops and events.

Intergenerational Exchange

Understand how today’s young leaders and storytellers from underserved communities are feeling and thinking about publishing, and how Girls Write Now works with youth to elevate their voices. Employees have the chance to become role models, opening doors that can change lives.

College & Career
Readiness

Through Writing Works workshops, Girls Write Now mentees get hands-on interaction with publishing professionals and the opportunity to learn from their wisdom and expertise.

HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers is the second-largest consumer book publisher in the world. With two hundred years of history and more than 120 branded imprints around the world, HarperCollins publishes approximately 10,000 new books every year in 16 languages, and has a print and digital catalog of more than 200,000 titles. Writing across dozens of genres, HarperCollins authors include winners of the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Newbery and Caldecott Medals, and the Man Booker Prize.
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