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March 2010 Newsflash
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Mentoring The Next Generation of Women Writers Since 1998 |
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NEWSFLASH March 2010
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We launched March with one-woman shows, and we'll conclude with a full lineup of female authors you won't want to miss at our multi-genre CHAPTERS reading! Read on to meet our writers and readers, and to find out how you can support them with your love of both words and...shopping! Do you have news to share? E-mail us! |
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OUR GIRLS WIN BIG IN SCHOLASTIC AWARDS!
 We are proud to announce that this year Girls Write Now mentees have received a total of 27 Gold and Silver Keys—15 Gold and 12 Silver—from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards! That's more than double last year's 13 Keys! This year, 51 of our girls submitted a total of 147 pieces. Amazing!! Congratulations to all who participated!
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WHERE WE LIVE SUBMISSIONS DUE APRIL 1
Attention all mentees and mentors! The deadline for all 2010 Anthology submissions is Thursday, April 1 at 5PM: This includes the full length piece for mentees; the workshop gem for mentors (optional for mentees), and the pair snapshots for all mentees and mentors. For details, please visit the Anthology Information Page on our website. |
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PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP
A (ONE WOMAN) SHOWSTOPPER!  At this past Saturday's Playwriting Workshop, "Throughout My City," mentors and mentees experimented with improv, explored dramatic structure, and began crafting their own one-woman shows by writing monologues and then bringing other characters into the mix. Special thanks to the Playwriting team: Julie P., Leila C., Jenn B., Kirthana R., Kristin V., Nora J.; to guest authors Petronia Paley and Susan Stein; and to Dramatists Play Service Inc. and Teen Ink magazine. Mentees, check out two upcoming playwriting competitions on the Writing Opps for Teens page! |
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GIRLS COLLEGE BOUND
At the Playwriting Workshop this past Saturday, NYU's Garrett Renner shared his financial aid expertise with our juniors and seniors. Thank you, Garrett! If you missed the workshop, stop by the office to pick up a copy of the handout. Next up: At the April 10th Journalism Workshop, representatives from Macaulay Honors College at CUNY will provide a special info session just for GWN juniors! This session will be held at 2PM at GWN the day of the workshop, so plan to come early or stay late. And check out our newly updated College Resources page for for help with any stage of the college planning process.
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GIRLS WRITE NEXT: CHAPTERS READING MARCH 26 & JOURNALISM WORKSHOP APRIL 10
The next CHAPTERS reading is coming up on Friday, March 26! March readers, have you been practicing? Make sure your piece is under four minutes, and have your title and two-sentence intro ready. Mentee readers should plan to arrive at the Center for Fiction by 4:30PM for a mandatory group rehearsal. If you're not reading, please come out and support your peers! Then, next month, get out your critical-thinking caps for an exploration of the art and craft of op-ed journalism: writing that expresses the opinion of the author, not necessarily of a particular paper or publication. Mentees and mentors will leave the workshop ready to write and submit their own op-ed articles! To provide inspiration and a real-world look at the way women today address crucial issues in the public sphere, The Op-Ed Project's Catherine Orenstein and Janus Adams will each deliver a craft talk.
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PAIR SPOTLIGHT  At this month's CHAPTERS reading, Mentee Yvonne Ndiaye and Mentor Naima Coster will read complementary pieces: "I Am Not Your Size" & "First Night in New York." Yvonne and Naima together describe their individual work as writing about young women trying to find themselves--in countries that are new to them and in countries they have left behind. Yvonne writes: "She said: I’ll never see my mom again / But I am living with her. / I can’t wait to go back to Senegal / She will hear what I have to say." To hear more, join Yvette and Naima and fellow mentee/mentor readers at our CHAPTERS reading series on Friday, March 26, 6PM at the Center for Fiction! |
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EILEEN FISHER'S SPRING EVENT BENEFITS GIRLS WRITE NOW!  Love GIrls Write Now and shopping? Have shopaholic friends who you know would connect with Girls Write Now's mission? Please mark your calendar for EILEEN FISHER's Spring Event, on Saturday, March 27: All day, 10 percent of all sales at all nine New York Metro Area stores will benefit Girls Write Now. And please spread the word about what promises to be an incredible event! |
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GRANTS UPDATE With gratitude, GWN is pleased to acknowledge the Crosswicks Foundation, whose recent generous grant will help support our writing and mentoring program this year. |
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FOURTEEN SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS... AND COUNTING
"My granddad's granddad had a box under his bed. If you got to open the box (you had to beg) you would find a little door. The little door had a combination on it that you had to know to get inside the second box, which I did. I had the combination tattooed on my spinemeat when I was four while on a trip to see the circus. The tattoo was free. My granddad's granddad was very powerful and rich...." –Utah Snow Globe (Significant Object 10) and Blake Butler Story
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MENTORS IN THE NEWS Check out Girls Write Now mentor Lesley Pink's new "Single White Unemployed Female" column for The 405 Club, New York's Official (Un)Employment Network. Congratulations, Leslie! We're also thrilled to welcome Felix Arturo Pouncey Miller, the newborn son of Curriculum Co-Chair Maggie Pouncey, to the Girls Write Now community! |
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NEXT CHAPTERS READING, FRIDAY MARCH 26
The next installment of CHAPTERS, Girls Write Now's Spring Reading Series starring Girls Write Now and special guest author, Nami Mun, author of Miles from Nowhere, is March 26, 6PM, at the Center for Fiction! In celebration of International Women's Day, The New School for General Studies Diversity Committee is pleased to present a raffle prize of a 3-credit, college-level writing course! CHAPTERS is co-sponsored by The Center for Fiction, EILEEN FISHER, American Eagle Outfitters, and glassybaby, and is supported, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. |
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NOW ACCEPTING MENTOR AND MENTEE APPLICATIONS Girls Write Now is looking for passionate student writers and professional women writers to join our community for the 2010-11 school year. Teen who want to join a community of women writers, find out more on our mentee enrollment page. If you are interested in mentoring a teenage girl, or know some one who is, please visit our mentor enrollment page. Mentee applications are due May 3, 2010. Mentor applications are due May 1, 2010. |
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WELCOME NEW BOARD AND PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS Girls Write Now is thrilled to welcome Keisha DePaz to our Board of Directors. Keisha is an attorney in the litigation department at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, in the New York office. Keisha also serves as a mentor for Practicing Attorneys for Law Students Program, Inc. (PALS) and is on the Advisory Board of Day One. Elizabeth MacCrellish, director and founder of Squam Art Workshops, joins our Advisory Board this spring. We are also excited to welcome mentor alum Naz Riahi to the Program Advisory Committee as Enrollment Co-Chair, focusing on mentee enrollment. Naz is the Director of Development and Communications at ArteEast and is currently at work on her novel.
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GWN THANKS DOLEN PERKINS-VALDEZ
 "My mother spent many hours shopping for the family each week, and she did not mind if I threw a book in the cart. So I grew up reading all kinds of trashy fiction. I devoured the books voraciously, sometimes in a single night. Through them, I developed a love of reading." Read more from acclaimed debut novelist Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of Wench,as she reflects on books she read in her youth for Maud Newton, CHAPTERS curator and a member of Girls Write Now's Board of Directors. Girls Write Now is grateful to Dolen, the February 26 CHAPTERS special guest author, and we look forward to future collaborations! |
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SHE WRITES UPDATE
Check out She Writes' new homepage and its new classroom, where you can register for Word Yoga, Morning Mojos, and other innovative writing classes designed by Iowa workshop veteran BK Loren. They'll kickstart, nurture, and inspire all writers, emerging or established. (For one week only, access to these classes will be available for a FREE TRIAL.) Private writing group hosting is also now available on She Writes, enabling writing groups to share their work, edit, and ask questions of their writing group at any time, day or night. She Writes: A Room of Her Own Just Got Bigger.
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WRITING AROUND TOWN Looking for a unique pair activity? Hoping to bond with other mentees/mentors? Our Writing Events page is a great place to start! Check it out for event listings including mentor Rollie Hochstein's reading of her prize-winning story, "Women of Virtue," at The Writer's Room on Tuesday, March 16, 7PM. There's also inspiring offerings from Poets Out Loud, Urban Word's NYC Teen Poetry Slam, and more. Read on and invite other pairs to join you! |
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEEN WRITERS  As promised, we've compiled some great playwriting competition information for you! Check out our Teen Resources page to learn more about playwriting competitions, including the 2010 New South Young Playwrights' Competition and the Young Playwrights Festival Competitions. There's also an incredible opportunity to submit your diary to be exhibited along Anne Frank's at The Anne Frank Center USA, and many more chances to showcase your work!
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WRITING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN We're always updating our Resources for Professionals page with career information, writing opportunities, and more from diverse organizations like Ellen Levine Fund for Writers, the Constance Saltonstall Foundation, and countless others! |
