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EventsFriday, June 18, 2010
Start: 12:00 am
Mentees, would you like to return for another year with Girls Write Now?
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
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 Guest Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of The Thing Around Your Neck
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. Saturday, June 19, 2010
Start: 10:00 am
End: 6:00 pm
Looking for something to do with your mentor or mentee this summer? Girls Write Now offers several fun summer pair projects for you and your mentor/mentee to work on independently. 1. Start a pair blog! Download a copy of the GWN guidelines for starting your own pair blog at the bottom of this page. 2. Publish your own chapbook! Below you can download a calendar and template for creating your own chapbook. GWN will print your manuscript if submitted by Sept. 1, 2010. You must let Meghan know by July 15 if you will be submitting a chapbook for publication. Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Attention ALL GWN Mentees! You're invited to the... GWN Class of 2010 Mentee Graduation Party! ![]() When: Tuesday, June 29, from 4PM to 7PM (come anytime, leave anytime) Where: GWN Headquarters 520 8th Ave., between 36th and 37th Streets Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Start: 3:45 pm
GIRLS COLLEGE BOUND College Essay Writing Summer Workshop Series Workshop 1 ![]() Calling all NYC High School Girls! Are you a rising senior? Are you wondering what it takes to write a successful college application essay? Come to our 100% FREE summer workshop series and worry no further! |
Community Books Andi Buchanan, author of the internationally bestselling The Daring Book for Girls, reads from her first young adult novel, Gift, at our June 15 CHAPTERS event!
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