“Writing does not have to be done in total isolation. Living is writing, too.” — ZADIE SMITH tells Girls Write Now mentees Find out what today’s top writers have to say to the next generation… “To write is to bring an inner voice into the outer world, to believe that our thoughts are worth entering the…
Girls Write Now Awarded a 2019 Amazon Literary Partnership Grant
Business Wire May 20, 2019 The Amazon Literary Partnership announced over $1 million in grant funding to 66 nonprofit literary organizations across the country. “This year’s grant recipients include a wide range of organizations striving to amplify diverse voices, including…Girls Write Now. Many of this year’s recipients work on behalf of overlooked or marginalized writers.”…
Phoebe Robinson Speaking at Girls Write Now Event
Washington Post November 4, 2018 The Washington Post interviewed Phoebe Robinson, bestselling author, comedian, and “warrior for social and political equality” — and featured a photo of Phoebe being honored at our Day of the Girl event in October. See more of the Washington Post interview Return to Media Mentions
I Am a Story Waiting to Be Told
“I am a story waiting to be told. Memoirs waiting to be written. Patience burning of suffrage, withering of double standards, of double consciousness. I am woman.” —Carmin Wong, 2014 mentee-alum For two years at Girls Write Now, Hadia, a development writer who grew up in Pakistan, mentored Carmin, an aspiring poet and a native of Guyana.…
Things We’re Grateful For: December Partnership with THINK
This month, we’re honored to announce our partnership with THINK, a line of women’s fitness apparel designed to promote positive thinking, empowerment and a healthy lifestyle. Based in Brooklyn, THINK values its local community, and each month donates 10% of its proceeds to a charity or nonprofit organization that aligns itself with THINK’s causes of female health…
Thank You, O Magazine!
This summer, O, The Oprah Magazine hosted a book sale to benefit Girls Write Now. Already fans, we were blown away by the support and generosity of their staff, and the rest of Hearst employees. Sarah Meyer, an Assistant Books Editor at O, remarked, “The choice of whom to donate the modest proceeds of our book…
Penguin Random House Global Walk for Girls Write Now
This post was written by communications intern, Emely Paulino. For the second year in a row, Girls Write Now was selected by Penguin Random House employees (last year, by Penguin Group) as the charity beneficiary of their Global Walk. On Friday, June 13th, Penguin Random House employees braved the rainy weather and walked along the…
GWN + Penguin Random House Team Up Again for Global Walk June 2014
We’d like to thank Penguin Random House employees for once again voting Girls Write Now as the organization that will benefit from this year’s Penguin Random House Global Walk! Last year, Penguin Random House employees helped raise more than $33,000 for Girls Write Now, breaking a fundraising record for their Annual Global Walk and showing that they really do walk…
Shop Online and Support Girls Write Now!
The future is here: while you do your online shopping, you can also support our programs. That’s right: we’ve partnered with Amazon to bring you the easiest way to mentor the next generation of women writers. Simply sign into AmazonSmile at this link, and 0.5% of your eligible purchases will go to our programs, at…
Happy Birthday to Gloria, a Woman Who Writes the World
This year, the Girls Write Now Awards are all about celebrating women and girls who write the world and inspire us to keep breaking through. That’s why we’re so pleased to announce that at this year’s Awards, taking place June 3 at the Bowery Hotel, our honorees are Gloria Steinem (Feminist, Activist, & Author) and…