Mentor Kaitlyn Greenidge’s debut novel We Love You Charlie Freeman landed on March 8th and we couldn’t help but respond with our love for Kaitlyn. Ahead of its publication, we had the pleasure of asking Kaitlyn a few questions about her role as mentor, her relationship with her mentee Angel Pizarro, and her life as a writer. How…
Mentee and Mentor Reunite: Six Years Together
Demetria Irwin is a New York-based freelance writer and editor. Follow Demetria on Twitter at @Love_Is_Dope and connect with her on Facebook. When I first joined Girls Write Now (GWN) as a mentor in 2010, the veteran mentors all talked about how GWN would become a big part of my life and I would find myself “spreading the…
Perfecting the (short!) story: 140 characters
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,…
The Magic of Matchmaking: Perfect, She’s Perfect
Mentor and Mentee pair Kathleen Scheiner and Laura Rose Cardona share their experience of first meeting at this year’s Writing and Mentoring Program orientation. Kathleen: I’ve had three mentees so far in Girls Write Now, but it still doesn’t change. When the mentor-mentee pairs are being announced, my heart is trip-hammering. I clap as each pair is announced, but I…
Pair Profile: Brittney and Amy
Brittney and Amy, in the Writing and Mentoring Program, are entering their second year as mentee and mentor. We asked them a few questions reflecting on their time together and what they’re looking forward to this upcoming year. How long have you been a part of Girls Write Now? What made you want to join the…
Back to School: A New (R)evolution
The Girls Write Now Programs team spent the summer recruiting, enrolling, orienting and training a talented new class of mentors and mentees, building volunteer panels for college prep and therapeutic services, launching a new Youth Board and Poetry Collective, and preparing curriculum for the Writing and Digital Media Programs — all while polishing off our mentees’…
Mother and Daughter: Mentor and Mentor
Robin Marantz Henig and Samantha Henig are mother and daughter and have both been Girls Write Now mentors. Robin is a freelance science writer and New York Times Magazine contributor, Samantha Henig is the online editor for the New York Times Magazine. Together, they co-authored “Twentysomething,” a book on the culture and science of being young. We asked them a…
Apply Now To Be A Girls Write Now Mentor or Mentee!
“If it weren’t for Girls Write Now, I couldn’t have gotten this far… I have faith in my writing, and I know from now on I will achieve and I will be successful.” — Yodalin Peralta, former mentee Life is better in twos. Girls Write Now is currently accepting applications for mentors and mentees for the…
Challenges & Rewards in Persona Poetry: A Mentee-Mentor Perspective
This post was co-written by a mentee-mentor pair in the Writing & Mentoring Program, Cindy Chu and Iris Cushing. It covers the persona poetry genre workshop on Saturday, March 7th 2015. A Mentee’s Perspective: Cindy Chu On Saturday March 7, 2015, Girls Write Now welcomed PM Craft Talk speaker Vanessa Jimenez Gabb, who discussed the…
“How Will You Use What You Know?” Girls Write Now on The Heidi Chronicles
Recently, Girls Write Now had the opportunity to see The Heidi Chronicles on Broadway, written by groundbreaking feminist writer, thinker, and advocate Wendy Wasserstein. At a pivotal moment during the show, the title character articulates her feelings out loud: “We’re all concerned, intelligent, good women. It’s just that I feel stranded. And I thought the whole…
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