Events

COMPLETE PORTFOLIOS DUE JUNE 1

Mentees, your completed portfolios and End-Year Author's Statements are due Tuesday, June 1. Please remember that these materials, a reflection of your hard work this year, are required to graduate from the Girls Write Now program as a mentee in the class of 2010, and to reapply to be a mentee next year. Your pieces must be printed out and filed in your portfolio at GWN no later then 6pm on Tuesday, June 1.

Your complete portfolio should contain the following:
(make sure each piece has your name and genre/category on it)

1) Mentee About the Author
2) Memoir draft
3) Poetry draft
4) Fiction draft
5) Playwriting draft
6) Journalism draft
7) Graphic Novel draft (due after 5/15 workshop)
8) Scholastic Submission (Note: if you submitted your piece through GWN, we already have a copy of your submission in your portfolio.)
9) Reading Piece
10) Anthology submission
11) End-Year Author's Statement -- DOWNLOAD BELOW


Remember, you only need DRAFTS for each genre -- a photocopy of whatever you started in the workshop or pair sessions -- they do not need to be typed, polished or complete.


Questions about your portfolio?
Contact Meghan or Jess by email or at 212.336.9330.

Mentors, would you like to return to Girls Write Now for our September 2010 - June 2011 season?

If so, we ask that you fill out a short Returning Mentor Application. Please submit your returning application no later than June 1, 2010 in order to ensure consideration for a spot in next year's class. Download an application below and email your completed one to jessica@girlswritenow.org by June 1.

We will be in touch with each of you individually after we've receiving your application.

Celebration of June Jordan’s His Own Where with Sapphire, Staceyann Chin, Sofia Quintero, and Girls Write Now

The Feminist Press celebrates the much anticipated reissue of June Jordan’s 1971 young adult novel, His Own Where, with a new introduction by Sapphire. This classic novel about two young people in Brooklyn navigating poverty and discovering love for the first time was a finalist for the National Book Award and gained both praise and notoriety for being written entirely in Black English. Acclaimed authors and poets Sapphire, Staceyann Chin, and Sofia Quintero, and future literary stars from Girls Write Now read from this stunning novella about urban love. For more information and event details, click here.

Mentees, would you like to return for another year with Girls Write Now?

If you're interested in committing to another year with GWN for the September 2010 - June 2011 season, we ask that you fill out a short Returning Mentee Application. Please submit your returning application no later than June 18, 2010 in order to ensure consideration for a spot in next year's class. Download an application below and email your completed one to meghan [at] girlswritenow.org, or drop it off at the GWN office, by June 18.

Please feel free to contact Meghan or Jess with any questions!

This spring, Girls Write Now is thrilled to announce CHAPTERS, featuring the work of New York City's best teen writers and the professional women who mentor them, and a dynamic, diverse line-up of special guest authors curated by Maud Newton. CHAPTERS readings will be held at the Center for Fiction (17 East 47th Street bet. 5th Ave. & Madison), from 6:00PM to 8:00PM. Co-sponsored by The Center for Fiction, EILEEN FISHER, American Eagle Outfitters, and glassybaby.

Friday, June 18

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the author of Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun, and The Thing Around Your Neck. She has received numerous awards, including the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.