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Girls Write Now Live: Graduation Week Minisodes

To celebrate the strong, inspiring, and bold voices of the Girls Write Now Class of 2020, we aired a Girls Write Now Live: Graduation Week minisode for three nights leading up to our June 12 Graduation Gala event—a fundraiser for Girls Write Now’s initiative to ensure that New York City’s young women and gender non-conforming youth are supported with free programming all summer long.

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These minisodes featured the multimedia, multi-genre work of mentees, each showcasing work on themes like high school on June 9; home and place on June 10; and love and self-love on June 11. You can watch all three episodes—each runs for about a half-hour—right here!

GRADUATION WEEK EPISODE 1: JUNE 9, 2020


This episode is emceed by mentor alum and anthology committee co-chair Maya Millet. In order of performance, featured mentees include:

  • Atiqa Chowdhury; fiction, “Beloved”
  • Nyasia Bailey; memoir, “Tale of an Unsung Writer”
  • Gabi Palermo; podcast, “Toilet Talks Podcast”
  • Lyla Malcomson; memoir, “The Day I Fell In Love”
  • Sandy Tan; interactive novel, “Becoming”
  • Hermei Herman; poem, “Salty, with a Hint of Bitterness”
  • Chelsea Chinedo; audio, “What to do!”
  • Leslie Pantaleon; video, “My High School Experience: in the context of Girls Write Now”

GRADUATION WEEK EPISODE 2: JUNE 10, 2020

This episode is emceed by mentor and anthology committee member Grace Ali. In order of performance, featured mentees include:

  • Giftbelle Lomotey; poem, “Where I’m From”
  • Joanne Cai; poem, “This Sacred Earth”
  • Alice Kresberg; graphic design, “Different Views”
  • Giana Adote; fiction, “Evening Distractions”
  • Vicky Huang; graphic design & memoir, “The World Through Me”
  • Genesis Cespedes; poem, “Beauty”
  • Dominique de Castro; audio, “City Symphony”
  • Christine Yan; video, “A Slice of Life”

GRADUATION WEEK EPISODE 3: JUNE 11, 2020

This episode is emceed by mentor and teaching artist Arriel Vinson. In order of performance, featured mentees include:

  • Lola Hart; memoir, “I Love You, Lola”
  • Amina Rosa Castronovo; poem, “Every Shade of Blue”
  • Suhaylah Sirajul-Islam; poem, “A Moment In History; A Favorite”
  • Tatiana Mezitis; fiction, “Crossing”
  • Kaitlyn Yang; fiction, “Raspberry Heart”
  • Lilly Sabella; fiction, “Crescendo”
  • Jayla Greenberg; poem, “Morphine Wings”
  • Isabelle Sanderson; poem, “Encounters”
  • Jayola Reid; poem and video, “Dedicated to my Natural Hair”

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Presenting Girls Write Now Live: Unmuted Spring Performance Series!

Join Girls Write Now mentees and mentors and special guest honorees for a boundary-pushing performance series! This season, we’re proud to bring you eight shows—March 12, March 26, April 9, April 23, May 7, May 18, May 21 and June 11. Register now to join us in celebrating the power of shared stories!

Life Resources and Events

At Girls Write Now, we work to challenge and change the systemic racism and inequality by breaking down the barriers of race and poverty to elevate the voices of girls and gender nonconforming youth who are too often not heard—or worse, silenced. From mental and emotional wellness to advocating for racial justice, 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.

Girls Write Now Stands in Solidarity with the AAPI Community

At Girls Write Now, we are alarmed and deeply disturbed by the recent incidents of violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across the country. As ever, we are committed to challenging systemic racism and xenophobia, and standing in solidarity with our community as we process and heal through art and storytelling.

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Girls Write Now is a dynamic, multi-generational community of writers on a mission. Complete our Inquiry Form to be notified when enrollment for the 2021-22 program year opens!

We’re Hiring!

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

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.

Get Involved!

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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