Submit Writing & Art to Girls Write Now for Publication

Right now, submissions are open year-round to mentees, mentors, and all program alum. We also plan to feature work from our broader community in the near future.

A pair piece is one where both mentee and mentor each contribute their thought, voice and writing or production work to the final product.

We accept original work in the following genres and mediums. Check out our Digital Media Production Kit for video, audio, photo, design tools and more!

If you sourced free audio or visuals for your piece, please ensure you have permission to publish it and be prepared to credit the original creators. (Ex: Music Credit: “Clarity,” by Samantha Holmes).

Note: You are limited to three tags per section, so please choose the most relevant options only.

Yes. Please be mindful of copyright so that we don’t infringe upon the work of other creators. You may not use Google, Pinterest or social media for images unless you get direct permission from the original creator to share the image with your work.

Does your work reference or include someone else’s creative work or likeness? If yes, you must acquire permission from that entity or ensure that you can use the work under fair use or creative commons licensing. If you have questions about copyright or fair use, please see this guide from Google.

Yes, pieces are limited to 850 words. You may submit longer-form work in parts or chapters to be published as a series. We need to keep edits manageable for our volunteer editors! 🙂 

Yes, please make sure to give adequate context in the introduction.

Yes, if that publication allows for this and if you worked on that piece in pair sessions or if it originated within Girls Write Now programming.

No! We encourage you to share anything and everything you’re proud of!

When submitting your work to Girls Write Now you hereby grant Girls Write Now a royalty-free, worldwide, nonexclusive right to publish, reproduce, display, distribute, archive and use your submitted work, either separately or as part of a collective work, on the Girls Write Now website, Girls Write Now’s social media accounts, in a printed publication, or elsewhere.

You also hereby grant Girls Write Now the right to create derivative works of your submitted work to promote and/or market your submitted work.

You retain ownership of all rights under copyright in the submitted work, and all rights not expressly granted in this agreement.

You also certify that:

• (i) you are the sole author of the submitted work, have full authority to enter into this agreement and in granting rights to Girls Write Now are not in breach of any other obligations;
• (ii) the submitted work is your original work and, if relevant, you have secured the necessary permissions to use any non-original images, audio, quotes, graphics, etc. in your original work and that they are properly attributed to the original source(s); and
• (iii) the submitted work contains nothing that is unlawful, libelous or which would, if published, constitute a breach of contract or of commitment given to secrecy or confidentiality, 
• (iv) the submitted work does not contain hateful speech or imagery, defined as any language, logo, symbol or image that has the intention to promote hostility against people on the basis of race, religious affiliation, disability, sexual orientation, gender/gender identity or ethnicity/national origin.

We are working to build a body of stellar volunteer editors—both mentee and mentor—to help our community’s work really shine. Your final draft will be assigned an editor who may ask questions or send you feedback via Google Docs or Slack, so please do plan to hear from us after you’ve clicked “Submit.”

Yes! We’d love your help to edit, create art for, produce, and publish our community’s work. Check out more details about the opportunities.