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Fifth Annual Girls Write Now Awards

Thank you to the mentees and mentors for participating in this awesome program and making this mini-universe real. It sounds like a fantasy, too good for this world. A place where women and girls meet to write and discuss writing. Incredible. —ILANA GLAZER, Co-creator & Co-star, Broad City, and winner of the Girls Write Now 2017 Groundbreaker Award

Our Fifth Annual Girls Write Now Awards broke records with five incredible honorees and a sold out space.

Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue Elaine Welteroth and Girls Write Now mentee Daleelah Saleh were our emcees as we presented our prestigious awards to: Zadie Smith, Author of Swing Time; Sophia Amoruso, Author & Founder of Girlboss; Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, co-creators and co-stars of Broad City; and Melissa Harris-Perry, the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University. For inspiration, take heart in the wisdom of our honorees (see their words below).

1NEW YORK, NY – MAY 23: (L-R) Sophia Amoruso, Zadie Smith, Ilana Glazer, Elaine Welteroth, Daleelah Saleh, Maya Nussbaum, Rahat Huda, Abbi Jacobson, Natalia Vargas-Caba, and Melissa Harris-Perry attend the Fifth Annual Girls Write Now Awards at City Winery on May 23, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Janette Pellegrini/Getty Images for Girls Write Now)ZADIE SMITH: How marvelous to create an organization that makes writing a regular possibility for hundreds of girls.
SOPHIA AMORUSO: 
Keep writing. You’ll find yourself in your writing. 
MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY: 
You have to be what you’ve never seen before. You have to write it. 
ABBI JACOBSON: 
Girls Write Now is arming girls with the tools to tell their stories and express what is going on in the world and in their lives and we need that more than ever, more than ever before we need that right now.

  • Check out photos that capture the night’s festivities
  • Hear from our award-winning honorees by watching their inspiring speeches and viewing their Q&As
  • Watch mentee Natalie Mojica’s incredible reading 
  • Learn about Rise Speak Change: Girls Write Now 2017 Anthology, which was launched at this year’s event
  • Elle and JustJared covered the Awards
  • Twitter was abuzz with highlights from the night!
  • View the Fifth Annual Girls Write Now Awards Program

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At Girls Write Now, we are saddened and horrified by the recent acts of domestic terrorism grounded in the systemic racism and inequality we work as a community to challenge and change every day. We are here to support you individually and as a community through our robust programming. Check out our calendar to see our current offerings or visit our Life Resources page to support you during this time. 

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Looking for more purpose-driven work in the new year? Check out available roles to join the team! 

Friday Night Salon with Mahogany L. Browne

Join us on Friday, January 29, 6-7:30PM EST for (Un)Spoken Rules of Growing Up Girl: Writing Poetry for Young Adults with Mahogany L. Browne!

GIVE. WRITE. NOW. And Thank you!!

Girls Write Now’s services are more essential than ever before—serving the hardest hit communities—and many of our young women and gender nonconforming 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 have enriched and extended our programs, leading the historical transition to virtual learning.

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Are you a licensed mental health professional who’d love to work with our community of writers and creatives? We’re seeking volunteer Wellness Advisors. Get more info & apply here!

Relive the Girls (Re)Write Now Awards

If you missed the awards, you can still watch it! Relive this revolutionary night of mini–master classes with honorees on empathy, art, activism & humor and Girls Write Now mentees on writing with purpose, climate justice & self-care. 

Writing from our Future Leaders

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

Girls Write Now in the News

Girls Write Now’s work has recently been featured by the National Endowment for the Arts, Time Out New York, NYXT and more!

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