Once you’re part of Girls Write Now, you’ll never have to go it alone—creatively or professionally. We curate college and career opportunities from our extensive network and share some of the best wellness and writing tips from our diverse community of creatives.
The World Needs Your Talents & Your Voice
What sorts of opportunities are you seeking?
Write with Women & Gender-expansive Authors & Creatives
Writing Prompts & Inspiration
-
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. Let’s Go!
-
Sally’s Sounds of Summer: Writing Playlists & Prompts
Get your creative juices flowing with weekly writing playlists and curated prompts all summer long! Let’s Go!
-
Erasure Poetry: The U.S. Constitution
Using an excerpt of text from the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights, skim through and select words that… Let’s Go!
-
Women’s History Month Writing Prompts
Unlock your creative power and explore your gender identity with 5 prompts in honor of Women’s History Month! Let’s Go!
Writing Tips & Guides from Our Community
-
How to Submit to Literary Journals
Publishing your creative writing is an exciting opportunity to share your work with the world for others to enjoy. If… Let’s Go!
-
10 (Not So Obvious) Publications You Should Pitch To
Check out these 10 places that Mentee Alum Romaissaa Benzizoune recommends for pitching op-eds and make your voice heard! Let’s Go!
-
Write an Artist Statement that Expresses All You Are with djassi daCosta johnson
Get inspired to “choreograph” your own artistic path and put it into words. Let’s Go!
-
Personal Essay Writing Tips & Prompts to Get You Started
Almost every personal essay, whether it’s 300 or 3,000 words, tells a story of change: a change in your attitude or the way you move through the world, a change in your relationship, a change in your core beliefs or habits. Let’s Go!
College & Career Resources
-
Networking Tips and Tricks To Land Your Dream Job
At our Writing Works workshop, The Joy of Networking with Macmillan, Girls Write Now mentees had the opportunity to flex their networking muscles as they learned how to make authentic, impactful and fun connections in a professional setting from Macmillan “Mentors for the Day.” Use these tips and tricks from Macmillan employees to help you… Let’s Go!
-
From Application to Admissions: Tips for Writing a Winning Scholarship Essay
Courtesy of Tom Rabbit, Girls Write Now College Guide 1. Grab the Reader Never underestimate the power of a strong… Let’s Go!
-
How to Write a Scholarship Essay
Scholarship essays vary dramatically in subject. However, most of them require a recounting of personal experience. These tips will be… Let’s Go!