This blog post was written by Girls Write Now Communications Advisor and Editor Molly MacDermot. The Writing and Mentoring Program (WMP) kicked off the workshop series with a popular theme: dystopian flash fiction. The goal? Embrace a dystopian theme and write a short (short!) story — in 500 words or less. Craft talk speakers Kamy Wicoff,…
Intimate Constellations: Reaching Higher with Persona Poems
This blog post was written by Communications Intern Sara Heegaard about the Persona Poetry Workshops on Saturday, March 7, 2015. We were thrilled to welcome accomplished poets Rachel Eliza Griffiths and Vanessa Jiminez Gabb as our craft talk authors for our Persona Poetry Workshop on Saturday, March 7, 2015. Under the guidance of both poets, Girls Write…
“Stay True to That Conviction to Write”: Q&A with Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
We were thrilled to feature writer Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn as one of our craft talk authors at our memoir workshop on November 22, 2014. As our mentees focused on using significant places in their lives to develop their memoir writing, Nicole, who was born in Jamacia and lives in New York, spoke of her own experiences of…
Evolution of Voice: Q&A with Alexandra Kleeman and Hasanthika Sirisena
This post was written by Communications Intern Sara Heegaard. At Girls Write Now, we’re lucky enough to work with inspiring female authors who help show us the strength of our voices, leading us by example with their own powerful words. On October 25th, we got the chance to spend time with two of these writing role models during our craft…
Creation, Quests, Community: Genre Workshop with Hasanthika Sirisena
This post was written by Muse McCormack, a mentee in our Writing & Mentoring Program. All I want to do is write. It’s all I have ever wanted to do. My great passion, my only desire (or at least one of the biggest). That’s why I signed up for Girls Write Now and the fiction workshop…
Workshops Launch, Voice to Voice
Following an awesome orientation — where we welcomed our biggest-ever class of mentors and mentees — and a spectacular celebration of International Day of the Girl, we launched our 2014-15 workshop series. This year’s studio and genre curriculum will be guided by a new annual theme, Voice to Voice. To us at Girls Write Now, this theme symbolizes the power of our…
“Your Voice Matters”
Guest Author Amy Fusselman brought the house down at our first CHAPTERS reading for 2014. Check out this awesome video and experience her inspirational message for yourself: Get more wisdom from Amy with her blog post about her CHAPTERS experience CHAPTERS is back April 25 with Farai Chideya: author, journalist, and so much more. It’s…
Introducing Farai Chideya
This blog post was written by Program Intern Olaya Barr. For our next CHAPTERS Reading on April 25, award-winning author, journalist, professor, and lecturer Farai Chideya will be sharing the stage with our readers. From 2006 to 2009, Chideya hosted NPR‘s News and Notes and still contributes as a political contributor to WNYC; in the…
Owning Your Work: Speaking with Strength and Courage
Amy Fusselman participated in the March event of our 2014 CHAPTERS Reading Series as our keynote guest author. I loved speaking at the CHAPTERS event for Girls Write Now on Friday. It’s not often that a reading is such a celebration of the writing process. This was a reading that acknowledged the hard work that…
Author Courtney Smith Talks Truths v. Memories
Courtney Smith was the Craft Talk Author for the Music Memoir Workshop, October 26, 2013. Here Courtney writes about her own experiences at Girls Write Now! A question has stuck with me since my time speaking to the ladies at Girls Write Now. It’s one they posed to me, abut the memoir format: what role…