Girls Write Now is a nationally award-winning nonprofit, media incubator, and multi-generational community. For nearly three decades, we have broken down the barriers of gender, age, race, and poverty to mentor, teach, and connect writers and leaders across disciplines and around the nation. With a focus on those historically disempowered due to their gender and gender identity, we harness the power of stories to shape culture, impact industries, and bridge worlds.
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Hope Lives in Our Words: The 2025 Girls Write Now Anthology
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In partnership with Dutton Books, Dottir Press, and Amazon Literary Partnership, Girls Write Now is thrilled to announce our newest publication, Hope Lives In Our Words: Girls Write Now 2025 Anthology. Available from Books Are Magic, McNally Jackson, and Amazon, the anthology is a multi-genre showcase from our 26th year of mentoring and training the next generation of young voices.
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Join Suleika Jaouad in Supporting The Alchemy Fund for Girls Write Now
Girls Write Now proudly partners with bestselling author Suleika Jaouad on The Alchemy Fund to support the transformative power of writing, mentoring, and community. Suleika’s new publication The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life is a guiding light for people tapping into their creative energy through journaling, with contributions from Jon Batiste, John Green, and Elizabeth Gilbert. In honor of the one hundred artists, writers, and thinkers who contributed, Suleika has set up the Alchemy Fund as a tribute and lifeline to the next generation of creative minds at Girls Write Now.
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Girls Write Now Monday Memo: October 6, 2025
Celebrating the Lesser Known Legacy of Toni Morrison…It’s Your Monday Memo Plus, RSVP for our book launch at McNally Jackson!
Girls Write Now Monday Memo: September 29, 2025
Cooking, Comedy, and Children's Books…It’s Your Monday Memo. Plus, a story about connections across cultures and time told through the objects we cherish.
Girls Write Now Monday Memo: September 22, 2025
Defying Death with Rachel Bloom…It’s Your Monday Memo. Plus, writing food, eating poems, and more creative prompts in our studios!
Girls Write Now Monday Memo: September 15, 2025
All Aboard Fall Journeys…It’s Your Monday Memo. Plus, mentee & intern Ayah Al-Masyabi named finalist in NPR's national podcast challenge!
Mentee Ayah Al-Masyabi Named as a Finalist in the NPR Student Podcast Challenge
Out of over 3,300 entries, Ayah Al-Masyabi's podcast about soccer in America was chosen as one of 13 high school finalists in the NPR contest.
What We’re Reading: When the Harvest Comes by Denne Michele Norris
When the Harvest Comes is a novel by Girls Write Now champion Denne Michele Norris.
Girls Write Now Monday Memo: September 8, 2025
How old is the youngest mayor in America?…It’s your Monday Memo. Plus, James Patterson partners with us to help writers finish their books!
Girls Write Now Monday Memo: September 1, 2025
Adventures Beyond The Screen…It’s Your Monday Memo. Plus, 15 new Community Studios starting September 15!
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Look at me. Look at my hair.
From an authentic Kilim rug to a fortuitous Opal ring, these treasured objects are heirlooms valued for the stories they tell, the cultural traditions they uphold, and the intergenerational bonds they form.
This all started out with a six-word prompt written by a classmate of mine, “wanted food, but I had homework.” I ended up turning it into something special to myself, and something relatable to everyone in high school.
Adulthood begins when you are able to look beyond the person you see in the mirror.
Two New Yorkers explore the echoes of city girlhood.
Hair I am
Heirlooms: A Story of the Connections we Hold to the…
Wanted Food, But I Had Homework
En Su Espejo
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