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Download Girls Write Now Organizational One Pager 2020

Our New Anthology Is Here!

Announcing Taking Our Place in History: the Girls Write Now 2020 Anthology published with support from Dutton and Amazon Literary Partnership, available for purchase from McNally Jackson Books!

Enrollment Is Open

“Girls Write Now has been my stepping stone into the world I had only dreamt about.” —Calayah Heron, Mentee Alum. Apply today to be a mentor or mentee for the 2020-2021 program year! Deadline is Monday, June 8th.

Girls Write Now Live Airs June 5

The sixth episode of Girls Write Now Live—honoring Agent of Change Kiley Reid, NYT bestselling author of Such a Fun Age—streams live on Friday, June 5 at 6 PM. Join us to hear genre- and medium-bending work from the next generation of women writers!

Graduation Gala June 12

Celebrate the Class of 2020 at our virtual graduation on Friday, June 12th, 6-7:30PM EST. Featuring commencement speeches from Tayari Jones, Roxane Gay, Rupi Kaur, Jodi Kantor, Rachel Cargle, and more!

Give. Write. Now: Spring Appeal 2020

Girls Write Now’s services are more essential than ever before—serving the hardest hit communities in New York City—and many of our young women and gender non-conforming youth have themselves become essential workers to help their families. They carry an enormous burden and face devastating loss, slipping further into poverty. To meet the need, we are enriching and extending our programs in innovative ways—including filling the gaping hole of summer youth programming.

NYXT Features Girls Write Now

NYXT highlights how NYC-based nonprofits are adapting to the COVID-19 situation, including how Girls Write Now has pivoted programming to a virtual-format.

STARS Summer Syllabus

Now heading into our 7th year, the STARS Citywide Girls Initiative, comprised of ten leading nonprofits, has collectively served nearly 30,000 girls of color and gender non-conforming youth in all 51 Council Districts across the 5 boroughs—with life-changing outcomes for one of the city’s most vulnerable populations. At STARS, we understand the power of a collective, and we have banded together to ensure the extension and enrichment of our services, filling the gaping hole of summer programming for NYC youth. Introducing the STARS Summer Syllabus—capturing the depth and diversity of STARS programs across disciplines.

Girls Write Now Live: May 1 Highlights

The third episode of Girls Write Now Live was History in the Making—an evening of performances featuring the diverse voices of today’s young writers with electrifying original storytelling through prose, poetry, video, illustration, and more forms of multimedia work. We also honored the evening’s keynote speaker Lauren Wilkinson, author of American Spy (Random House) with the Agent of Change Award.

Friday Night Salon: May 8 Highlights

Friday, May 8th featured another installment of our Friday Night Salon Series, I remember. I believe. I am. with poet, author, educator, and producer Samantha Thornhill. Our Friday Night Salons— now open to the public— are a space for our community to learn from and write with incredible authors, poets, journalists, and novelists. The Girls Write Now Friday Night Salon Series is an extension of our Writing Works Program.

Spring 2020 Update

Our mentors are rising up and enveloping their mentees with love and support, and vice versa—and they are writing. For over two decades we have faced the world’s crises together, and we are able to do that because of your support. Learn how our programs are thriving with new virtual innovations, and how we’re adapting to meet the needs of our community.

Class of 2020 Handbook

The one-stop shop for active mentors and mentees in the Writing 360 Program! Calendar, requirements, writing curriculum, and resources galore for wellness, college, career and so much more…

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