Girls Write Now mentees are using their voices—across genres, media, and platforms—to fill the world with hope. This is the best time to support young women leaders who are creating a better world for us all. #GiveWriteNow to Girls Write Now. Your donation this holiday is tax-deductible and directly benefits the next generation of women writers…
Meet the mentor-mentee pairs your donation directly supports.
Meet the mentor & mentee pairs who inspire us every day. Your gift to Girls Write Now this holiday season bolsters our program so we can match hundreds more girls with dedicated writing mentors. MEET CARINA & LUNA “Luna is full of interesting perspectives and great ideas—I feel lucky to be able to help…
A letter from our Founder and Executive Director
Dear Friend, Thank you for making a true investment in the writers and leaders we so badly need now. Girls Write Now was founded more than 20 years ago on the principle that writing and community are vital to the success of young women and gender non-conforming teens as they grow up, begin college, and pursue careers…
#GivingTuesday + Girls Write Now = Your Dollar Doubled!
For every dollar that you give today, a generous donor will match it. #GiveWriteNow and double your dollar to support the next generation of diverse women writers. Don’t wait to donate! “From the moment Maya and I exchanged our first hellos, I knew our meeting would lead to something bigger than any poem or story I could…
Advice from Our Champions to the Next Generation!
“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…