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Welcome to Girls Write Now!
GIRLS WRITE NOW is New York’s premier creative writing and mentoring organization for high school girls. Founded in 1998, our mission is to provide a safe space for girls to explore and develop their creative, independent voices, and learn how to make healthy choices in school, career and life.
Our core mentoring program custom matches bright, driven high school girls with a burning desire to write with professional women writers currently working in journalism, publishing, education, theater, advertising/public relations, and more. Once paired, mentor and mentee work together one-on-one for 1 to 4 academic years. But that’s not all we do…uh-uh.
It's Not Just a Reading, It's a New Experience
Submitted by girlswritenow on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 10:03am.Getting Ready for Ladies' Night at Teacher's & Writers on May 7, 2008 (Click here for details)
By Melika Edquist
GWN Volunteer
New York City is teeming with journalists, poets, authors, screenwriters; everyone seems to have a story to tell, a something to say, and it’s a competition out there to have one’s voice heard. You usually see it in the form of the “reading.” It’s one of GWN’s biggest events. You see them on our event pages: at Barnes & Noble, at the John Street Church, and right here at GWN central within Teachers & Writers Collaborative. 
New Online Survey for GWN Alumni
Calling all mentor and mentee almuni! Girls Write Now has posted two new surveys in an effort to reconnect with our past members. We miss you! (Plus, we're nosy.) Take a few minutes to fill out the questionnaire online and let us know what you've been up to since leaving the program. We want to hear your story. Mentee alumni, click here for your survey. Mentors past, click here.
Read about GWN in The New York Times!
OMIGOD!!
Girls Write Now was featured in this week's New York Times! We are unbelievably stoked about this piece by Courtney Sullivan, which profiles NYC's first and ONLY creative writing and mentoring organization just for high school girls. For the article, Courtney and a photographer visited with several mentors and mentees for an up-close-and-personal look at how writing develops in Girls Write Now's pair sessions. How stoked? As you can see, we can't even sit down. Check it out!
Then don't forget to mark your calenders for Ladies Night, on May 7, 2008 and the GWN 10th Anniversary Spring Reading on June 8, 2008, featuring special guest Amanda Diva!
Now Enrolling for 2008-09!
GWN is Supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
The Girls Write Now program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Read more about GWN's Funders and Community Allies here.
Your Online Shopping Can Help Girls Write Now
Did you know that your online shopping dollars can help Girls Write Now all year long? shop online through iGive.com and MyCause.com and a portion of every purchase will help directly fund Girls Write Now's volunteer-driven, absolutely free programming. Affiliated online stores include Barnesandnoble.com, Target.com, Sharperimage.com, Overstock.com, Home Depot.com, and more! Your cost is the same, and you can still use whatever coupons or discounts you may have. Every cent goes directly to Girls Write Now programming.
Looking for tickets to a show? Click here for great deals and another great chance to help raise money for Girls Write Now...RIGHT NOW!
