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  • Fifth Annual Girls Write Now Awards

    HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FIFTH ANNUAL GIRLS WRITE NOW AWARDS

    We honored Zadie Smith, Sophia Amoruso, Ilana Glazer, Melissa Harris-Perry, Abbi Jacobson, and Teen Vogue's Elaine Welteroth emceed with mentee Daleelah Saleh.

  • APPLY TO BE A GIRLS WRITE NOW MENTOR OR MENTEE!

    APPLY TO BE A GIRLS WRITE NOW MENTOR OR MENTEE - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JUNE 12!

    Life is better in twos. Apply to be a mentor or mentee and start your next chapter. We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, so submit early!

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    QWERTY DIGITAL MEDIA EXHIBITION, JUNE 2

    The QWERTY Digital Media Exhibition showcases innovative genre-and medium-bending work by our mentees. Join us as Jenna Wortham from New York Times Magazine moderates a panel of professional women media-makers from Twitter, Giphy and more!

  • CHAPTERS 2017

    CHAPTERS READING SERIES

    With keynote speakers Hala Alyan, Emma Cline, Emma Straub, and Karina Glaser

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    GIRLS WRITE NOW IN THE NEWS

    Recently featured in The Nation, New York Magazine, Elle, Buzzfeed, Upworthy, and Bustle

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    RISE SPEAK CHANGE

    Rise Speak Change: The Girls Write Now 2017 Anthology showcases today's fearless stories and will be published in May. Lisa Lucas, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, writes: “The stories in this anthology harness the power of women. Read them. Share them."

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Highlights from the Fifth Annual Girls Write Now Awards

Breaking all records, a sold-out crowd championed the next generation of women writers and showed their support for Girls Write Now. We honored Zadie Smith, Sophia Amoruso, Melissa Harris-Perry, Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, and Teen Vogue's Elaine Welteroth co-emceed the evening with mentee Daleelah Saleh.

Must-see Events! QWERTY, this Friday, June 2nd & CHAPTERS June 16th

Mentees are presenting their best work at QWERTY, an annual digital media exhibition at DCTV (87 Lafayette) on June 2nd with moderator Jenna Wortham, Staff Writer for the New York Times Magazine and co-host of Still Processing. Our panel includes media-makers from GIPHY, Twitter and Girls Who Code. Also, meet us at the N-Y Historical Society for our final CHAPTERS reading on June 16th with keynote speaker Karina Glaser.

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Time Out names Girls Write Now one of 10 organizations making New York a better place.

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