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Be a mentee

“When I was 14 years old, I wrote, but I never called myself a writer until Girls Write Now told me I was. And then I couldn’t wait to call myself a writer again.” — Brittany Barker, mentee

Life is better in twos. Form a one-to-one mentoring relationship with a professional woman writer and transform the fierce words in your journal into powerful stories, poems, podcasts, plays, eBooks, blogs, and more.

Write YOUR story. Apply now.

If…

the pages of your notebook are scribbled full
you can’t leave your house without a pen
the callus on your middle finger is big enough to have its own zip

…you sound like a Girls Write Now Mentee.

If…

you don’t go to sleep without blogging your thoughts
you’ve channeled your high school drama into a webisode
your visual story lives on Tumblr

…you sound like a Girls Write Now Digital Mentee.

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Meet the Community
"The genuine people of this program are astonishing, and I am honored to have worked with the Girls Write Now staff, mentees and mentors this year. I was able to crawl out of my shell and be who I wanted to be: a writer." — Jessica Mia Bordon, mentee
In Our Words
Don’t wait another minute — we’re enrolling a new class of mentors and mentees starting fall 2013, PLUS registering girls for our FREE college prep series this summer.
Get the Scoop
It's your last chance to get inspired: NYC's best teen writers are stepping up to the mic June 14 with trailblazing activist and editor Marcia Ann Gillespie. CHAPTERS is wrapping up for the year, and trust us — you want to be there. Snag tix now!