“Giving young women the ability to express themselves with clarity and force is an act of great potential social and political power. Girls Write Now harnesses that power.” —Zadie Smith, author of Swing Time, On Beauty and White Teeth
We take the strongest, boundary-pushing work each girl writes from the Writing & Mentoring Program and collect it each year in our award-winning literary journals. For the Digital Media Mentoring Program, we have exhibited their groundbreaking work through both online multimedia anthologies and an art book featuring their digital creations. We publish pieces from all of our mentors and mentees, showcasing the stories that surprise us and stretch our understanding of the world and ourselves.
Our anthologies have received praise from Gloria Steinem, Roxane Gay, Meg Wolitzer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Christina Baker Kline, Eve Ensler, Isaac Fitzgerald, Emily St. John Mandel, Janet Mock, and countless others. Says People magazine, “It’s hard not to be inspired.”
The Girls Write Now anthology has been recognized as the Outstanding Book of the Year in the Independent Publisher Book Awards, and has earned additional honors from the International Book Awards, National Indie Excellence Awards, Next Generation Indie Book Awards, and the New York Book Festival.
Get the Girls Write Now 2017 publications of RiseSpeakChange: print and multimedia
