WORD BY WORD: YOUR DO WRITE NOW LIST Feb 11: CHAPTERS Submission DEADLINE: Submission Form and Guidelines Feb 11–16: Pair Check-Ins: Coordinate time with your mentor/mentee Feb 27: Performance tech coaching for public presentation of your work: email your cohort lead to sign up. Feb 28: Print Anthology Submission DEADLINE: Submission Form, Guidelines, FAQ [WMP ONLY] Mar 2: Entertainment &…
Activism through Feminism!
This blog was written by mentee Mekkiayah Jacobs who was selected by Girls Write Now to attend Gloria: A Life and was deeply inspired by the experience. When I was invited to join Girls Write Now at the performance of the play, Gloria: A Life, I was very surprised because I never win anything. As the weeks…
The Science of Speaking Clearly and Thinking Differently
This blog was written by mentee, Shea Formanes who recently created a podcast trailer with her mentor, Tracy Miller during our Persuasive Writing Workshop. Shea and Tracy decided to use their podcast trailer as a way to highlight unconventional stories and bring awareness to Austim Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a topic very close to Shea and her family. Shea…
An Ode to Formal Poems
This blog was written by mentee, Sarane James who was inspired by our craft talk speakers, poet Samantha Thornhill and violinist Morgan Weidinger at the Poetry Workshop. Sarane is a fourth-year Girls Write Now mentee and currently a senior at The Bronx High School of Science. Poetry hasn’t always been a kind medium for me. It always…
Thank you to our 2018 appeal donors for championing young women
Thank you to the 400+ donors listed below who championed young women and helped us raise 50% more than last year for our 2018 appeal. Quite simply, you are letting us do more! We are grateful for your generous gifts in honor of the girls we have served over the past 20 years and in support of this year’s class. Every…
Whitney Blackmon: Fitting a Mold of Her Own
This blog was written by mentee Jayli Milan who was inspired by Whitney Blackmon’s Industry Talk at the Poetry Workshop. When the Industry Talk at the Poetry Workshop began, I knew this would be a pivotal turning point in my life. Whitney Blackmon’s lithe form and commanding voice filled the room. As a model and the…
Dope Queen Phoebe Robinson Honored by Girls Write Now
Blouin ArtInfo January 9, 2019 Blouin ArtInfo reports that “2 Dope Queens” is returning to HBO in 2019, and highlights its creators Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson—adding that Robinson was “honoured by Girls Write Now, the city’s first and only writing and mentoring organization for girls, on October 11, 2018 on the occasion of national…
Do you have a mentor who changed your life?
#MentorsMatter. Share your story with us and honor your mentor with a gift to Girls Write Now to support our dedicated community of mentors shaping the next generation of women writers every day. Happy National Mentoring Month. Click below to donate and share your story, or email your story to us here. Meet mentor pair…
The Pitfalls of Giving Back
This blog was written by mentee Shanai Williams who learned a great deal about philanthropy through Katrina Huffman, former Chief Program Officer of Youth INC. Katrina was the Industry Speaker at Girls Write Now’s How to Get What You Want: Politics, Philanthropy, & Persuasive Writing Workshop. …
The Power in Our Voices
This blog was written by mentee Genesis Cespedes Mora who was inspired by poet and Girls Write Now mentee alum Brittany Barker’s Craft Talk at our workshop The Economy of Words:Poetry and Advertising. At the November Poetry Workshop, I had the privilege to hear the voice of one of us. Although she is further along in her path…
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