Girls Write Now is proud to announce our newly expanded programming throughout the spring season. Join us every Friday evening for these exciting events! If you want to write and learn, we have brought back our Friday Night Salon Series and opened it to the public. If you want to hear and see the original work…

Dedicated to the young writers of Girls Write Now you tell me to quiet down cause my opinions make me less beautiful but i was not made with a fire in my belly so i could be put out i was not made with a lightness on my tongue so i could be easy to…

Epiphany of Hotpot Chelsea Yan Moving from city to city at a young age, away from my family and relatives, shaped my passions and how I view the world. These two chants connect blurry fragments of my childhood to my hopes for the future. Beware! A Chinese dinner banquet is a total war zone.  Flying…

put your elbows into it by Lilly Sabella I’ve lived in the same home in Queens my whole life, and everything—from cabinet doors to cereal boxes—reminds me of my childhood. This is a poem about my parents and how I fit into our family. My mother washed dishes my whole life her fingernails long and…

A Snapshot in Time Rachel Kelly “A Snapshot in Time” is a story about June, a teenager, who bonds with her grandmother and learns how far her love reaches. It’s Thanksgiving morning, and I flip through the musty old photo album in my grandmother’s study. I admire the pictures of my mom and four aunties,…

A Planted Scar Janet Rojas Vazquez I dedicate this poem to my mom, Ana Vazquez. She sacrificed so much to help me become the woman I am. Even when we aren’t together, I know she’s giving me strength.   I was four years old When my mom went to the grocery store And didn’t come…

this is Britney Phan “this is” is an answer to the question: “Where do you see yourself in ten years?” Just recently in history, women have the power to seize their opportunities and follow their dreams. This piece reflects on those dreams, and the future. When I wake up in the morning, I want it…