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Saturday, September 13, 2008
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Between Innocence and Experience: GWN Mentor Training 2008
Start: 11:15 am
End: 4:15 pm
**Between Innocence and Experience**
GWN Mentor Training 2008
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This is it, the launch of the new Girls Write Now season! This one-day training workshop, required for veteran and novice mentors, is designed to help you discover the tools, tricks and tips to make your mentoring experience a success.

  • Learn from our experts and veteran mentors about mentoring, teaching writing, and more.
  • Learn all about our revised program requirements, plus you’ll hear all about our exciting curriculum theme: Bridging Worlds.

When: 11:15 AM – 4:15 PM
Where: Girls Write Now
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Sunday, September 14, 2008
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The 3rd Annual Brooklyn Book Festival
Start: 10:00 am
End: 6:00 pm
Join GWN at the Brooklyn Book Festival!

Check out readings and performances by America’s hottest writers, including Joan Didion, Susan Choi, AM Homes and Susan Jenkins, and don’t miss your chance to head back to school (or just to the bookstore) in Girls Write Now style! Stop by the Girls Write Now table at the Youth Pavilion to pick up your copy of Becoming Women or all-new GWN t-shirts, totes, and jewelry.

Later, check out a reading by the winners of this year’s Underground Lit Match contest! Among last year’s winners: GWN alumna and college student Jeanette Anderson (3rd from left).

Lit Match 2007 Winners!
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Monday, September 15, 2008
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Summer Chapbook Project Due
Start: 12:00 pm
 
 
SUMMER CHAPBOOK PROJECT
 

Pairs working together over the summer can publish their own chapbooks.  Your chapbook can be poetry, short fiction, essays, songs, or a combination – anything you want!

It's not as complicated as it sounds (and a lot of fun)!  See below to download a guide to 5 easy ACTION STEPS for making your own chapbook.
 
Don't forget!  There will be a Chapbook Workshop at GWN the week of July 26th – August 1st.  This workshop will show you how to turn a loose collection of writing into a complete book.   For this workshop, have prepared 10 half-pages of typed writing.
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Summer Blog Project Ends
Start: 12:00 pm
 
 
STARTING YOUR OWN PAIR BLOG

Pairs working together over the summer can start their own blogs.  A blog (or web log) is a way to create a public space for your writing online.  You and your mentor/mentee can take turns posting writing, to share with each other and online readers!

When you make your own blog you get to pick your theme, style, title, and topics to write about.  And that's just the beginning!

See below to download a beginners guide to starting your own pair blog.  It includes sites where you can start your blog for free and advice from expert bloggers.
 
Check out the Girls Write Blog to get inspired!
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
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Between Solitude and Community: 2008-09 Member Orientation
Start: 11:15 am
End: 4:15 pm
**Solitude and Community**
2008-09 Girls Write Now Member Orientation

Orientation

At this special event, Girls Write Now really does bridge two worlds: mentors and mentees. During Orientation — mandatory for all GWN mentors and mentees — the girls and grownups come together for the first time this season! Activities include:

  • Icebreakers and writing prompts to get us in the spirit of writing together as a community
  • Getting-know-you activities to introduce everyone
  • An orientation to GWN’s program and requirements for 2008-09
 

When: 11:15 AM – 4:15 PM
Where: Girls Write Now
520 Eighth Avenue
(bet. W. 36th and W. 37th Streets)
20th Floor
Hopstop/NYC Transit
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