THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT THE 2023 GIRLS WRITE NOW AWARDS
On October 12, Girls Write Now honored exceptional leaders who show us that if you can write, you can do anything. The festive evening showcased the storytellers, mentors, and creatives driving systemic change across all industries.
Want to partake in the magic? Join us for the 2023 Awards Rewind & Remix on November 28th!
GIRLS WRITE NOW HONOREES
NICOLE AVANT
Producer, Author & Activist
AYESHA CURRY
CEO, Sweet July & Co-Founder of Eat. Learn. Play.
MAJA KRISTIN
Philanthropist, Entrepreneur & Author
ZIBBY OWENS
Author, Podcaster & CEO, Zibby Media
RBC Foundation
Stephanie Gordon, Director,
Corporate Banking
NBC CSR Team
Hilary Smith, Jessica Clancy &
Samantha Cammarata
FEATURING
MENTEE SPECIAL GUESTS
IF YOU CAN WRITE, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING…
“We find ourselves through the shared experience of telling our stories. Having a safe place where the next generation of writers and creators can tell theirs means they have the agency to change the world. Because of Girls Write Now, these stories will create a domino effect for positive change, challenge the status quo, and harness the power of a community.”
NICOLE AVANT
2023 Girls Write Now Awards Honoree
Producer, Author & Activist
“Girls Write Now supports, nourishes, and
provides a bridge to telling the stories we so desperately need to hear.”
MAJA KRISTIN
2023 Girls Write Now Awards Honoree
Philanthropist, Entrepreneur & Author
“I’m incredibly honored to be recognized by Girls Write Now, an organization that goes above and beyond to elevate underrepresented voices with stories that need to be told. Nothing is more special than the love for reading and writing, and I hope that through my work with Sweet July and Eat. Learn. Play., as well as organizations like Girls Write Now, we can see positive and meaningful representation of women across publishing.”
AYESHA CURRY
2023 Girls Write Now Honoree
Entrepreneur, Actress & Author
“I’m beyond thrilled that my support of Girls Write Now will play even a small part in engaging, motivating, and inspiring the next generation of women authors. In all my interviews with authors, I hear over and over again how the right mentor recognizing their writing talent at the right time changed their entire lives. How profound to enable those connections.”
ZIBBY OWENS
2023 Girls Write Now Honoree
Author, Podcaster & CEO, Zibby Media
“It’s hard to think of a more perfect representative of the Girls Write Now mission than Ayesha Curry. It’s been gratifying for the Zando team to work with Ayesha, whose sharp and compassionate vision to find and nurture new voices for the Sweet July Books list is already ensuring positive and meaningful representation of women of color too often overlooked in the publishing industry.”
MOLLY STERN
Founder & CEO of Zando
“After watching an interview with Maya Nussbaum, founder and executive director of Girls Write Now, Mark-Anthony and I are inspired by the vision and mission of Girls Write Now to support girls at a critical age, by opening up possibilities through writing.”
B MICHAEL
Fashion Designer
GIRLS WRITE NOW AWARDS
OVER THE YEARS
Highlights From Past Awards
The 2022 Girls Write Now Awards
The 2021 Girls Write Now Awards
The 2020 Girls write Now Awards
The 2019 Girls Write Now Awards
THe 2018 Girls Write Now Awards
The 2017 Girls Write Now Awards
The 2016 Girls Write Now Awards
The 2015 Girls Write Now Awards
THe 2014 Girls Write Now Awards
Girls Write Now Agents of Change
GAMECHANGER | 100K+
LEADERSHIP | 75-95K
VISIONARY | 50K
INNOVATOR | 25K+
CHAMPION | 10-20K+
An Altrata company
SUPPORTER | 2.5-5K+
Foundation & Government
75-100K+
New York City Council
STARS CityWide Girls Initiative
Pinkerton Foundation
35-50K
Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Genesis Inspiration Foundation
Harman Family Foundation
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York State Council on the Arts
10-25K
Charles Lawrence Keith & Clara S. Miller Foundation
Find Your Light Foundation
The Hyde & Watson Foundation
Isabel Allende Foundation
Literary Arts Emergency Fund
Poetry Foundation
The Raymond and Gloria Naftali Foundation
The Rona Jaffe Foundation
5-9K
Berger Family Foundation
The Lotos Foundation
The Toskan Casale Foundation via the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative
1-4K
Stuart S. Applebaum Giving Foundation
Aspiring to Inspire
Cohn Giving Fund
Damon A. Noller Community Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation
DuBose Family Foundation
Fondation Femme Debut
New York Women’s Culinary Alliance
Robert & Mercedes Eichholz Foundation
The Starbucks Foundation
Xavier High School National Italian Honor Society
Marie and John Zimmermann Fund