Girls Write Now
At Girls Write Now, “Writing Works” means growing a writing and technology pipeline into the schools and industries that need your talents most.
In Writing Works, we mentor young women and gender non-conforming youth to be creative thinkers, clear communicators, and competitive candidates for the trails they choose to blaze—across all industries from publishing and advertising to entertainment, finance, and beyond.
Writing is an art, just like painting. Good grammar is the paint. It helps add clarity, shape, and dimension to our creations. But just like the blank page, it can seem intimidating. In this 90 minute workshop, we took a look at common grammar mistakes and how to fix them. Michele Thomas taught us tips…
In this workshop, mentees learned where to find money for school, the difference between grants, loans, and scholarships, and how to write personal statements tailored to specific funders. Mentors shared their experiences, helped mentees write their essays, and offered small group feedback.
In this workshop, Mentees had the unique opportunity to hear from Mentors across fields and ask questions in order to gain a better understanding of what they might major in or which careers they may pursue! Mentors shared their professional journeys, from college major to career highlights, and offer Mentees the tips, tricks, and wisdom…
On Wednesday, December 9th, NBCUniversal and Girls Write Now met for an intergenerational exchange during this time of global crisis and cultural upheaval. Led by Girls Write Now, Mentees had the unique opportunity to see behind the scenes of a major Mass Media and Entertainment company (Oxygen, Bravo, Syfy, Universal Pictures & more!), talk directly…
Mentees got to work one-to-one with a Mentor for the Day on attention grabbing college or scholarship application essays.
On Friday, December 4th, WarnerMedia’s “Global Volunteer Day”, WarnerMedia and Girls Write Now met for an intergenerational exchange during this time of global crisis and cultural upheaval. Led by Girls Write Now, Mentees had a unique opportunity to see behind the scenes of a major Mass Media and Entertainment company (HBO, DC Comics, Cartoon Network,…
On Wednesday, November 11, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Girls Write Now met for an intergenerational exchange during this time of global crisis and cultural upheaval. Led by Girls Write Now, HMH employees—“Mentors for the Day”— learned about the concerns of diverse New York City youth in the midst of COVID-19 and a growing movement for…
Participants wrote in our warm, brave space with teacher, poet, and mentee alum Brittany Barker. Brittany led mentees and mentors through a separate series of prompts to help us explore our feelings, particularly as they relate to the Election and political turmoil in our country. Through prompts and discussion, our community came together for a…
A special gift to the Girls Write Now community On October 6th, Girls Write Now hosted an inspiring evening of exhaling with yoga master Mona Anand. We soared through the sky on a lavender eagle, gathered on a cloud and looked up at the blue sky, and visualized a healing world together. Thank you to everyone who…
Are you a gamer or a creative person interested in telling stories visually? The video game business is now the major industry in entertainment! It’s larger than both the movie and music industries combined. In this workshop, attendees created their own digital game for social change, education, or entertainment, with Momo Pixel, a multidisciplinary artist, video…
Forbes and Girls Write Now met for an intergenerational exchange through the act of letter writing! Young writers, “Mentees For The Day,” and Forbes employees, “Mentors For The Day,” were be led by a Girls Write Now facilitator through a series of prompts to write letters and help each other through this unusual and anxiety-producing…
The first step to any book idea is to write a fantastic query letter. At this two-part workshop, we learned to shape and share query letters and recieved expert feedback from some of the top literary agents in publishing. PART 1: A QUERY LETTER WRITING WORKSHOP We learned how to write an effective query letter…
Our first TV Writing Bootcamp session was led by Priscila García-Jacquier! We began learning all about TV Writing—the three-act structure, what it’s like to work in the industry, and what it takes to make it!
During the first workshop of this three-part series, NYU Clinical Associate Professor Susanna Horng gave mentees tips and recommendations on how to take personal statements to the next level. Dividing into small seminar-style groups, mentees had the opportunity to get and give feedback on their drafts through Active Listening. The second part of the series…
At this week’s Writing Works event, we learned to turn our frustrations, viewpoints, and passionate beliefs into an Op-Ed during this workshop led by Girls Write Now mentee alum and recent New York University graduate Romaissaa Benzizoune! Romaissaa’s work has been published by The New York Times, Teen Vogue, Buzzfeed, McSweeney’s, and more. Previously, she had…
We’d never let you settle for a dry, meandering, lackluster profile. Girls Write Now ROCKED IT at our Writing Works Profile Workshop in partnership with LinkedIn! Youth and professional adults alike joined us for the workshop, led by Ruthie Hertzberg, Profile Ambassador and Senior Enterprise Relationship Manager at LinkedIn, and Marjorie Cader, Co-Founder of…
At our Writing Works Career Day, we learned how to implement creativity in the workday, wrote using prompts related to specific careers, heard about the personal journeys of professionals, found out about jobs in writing that make money—and asked all f our burning questions about what careers look like in today’s world!
Girls Write Now proudly hosted Letters to Young Writers in collaboration with Comcast NBCUnites to engage employees—Mentors for the Day—through letter-writing about their personal and professional journeys while learning about the experiences of diverse NYC youth.
Our May Writing Works Wellness Wednesday workshop with Warner Media focused on the importance of personal wellness to help achieve professional and academic success—an especially important workshop during this time!
Our Brilliant Friends, an After Dinner Book Club & Watch Party hosted by Europa Editions, recently partnered with Girls Write Now for the final episode of the series, which ran every Monday at 9PM EST and celebrated the Elena Ferrante novels and the HBO adaptation of My Brilliant Friend. All proceeds raised from the event went…
At our Writing Works Workshop: What The F*ck! Embrace The Change You Didn’t Ask For with Comedian and Life Coach Katie Goodman, mentees and mentors discussed how embracing the unknown is a difficult thing to do, but learning to be comfortable with the uncomfortable is one of the best life skills you can learn. In…
The idea of this organization is women helping women to sharpen their pen, and by extension their power. As a girl growing up in Ukraine, I devoured novels because they gave me access to worlds outside of my physical reach. Girls Write Now helps young women build the confidence to share their voices, using the…
Girls Write Now is giving young women the tools and confidence to tell their stories, and fostering a new generation of writers. These girls are being not only told but shown that their words matter. It is hard to find a more inspiring model than this, and Dutton is so proud of bringing these voices…
Girls Write Now is proud to be a long-standing partner with Agent of Change HBO/WarnerMedia, embracing our joint mission to amplify diverse voices and create a pipeline of talent into the entertainment industry. Recently, Girls Write Now aligned with HBO/WarnerMedia for an employee engagement workshop—an educational pop-up— that engaged and inspired girls and employees with…
Writing works. Take it from Girls Write Now mentee alum Kat Jagai, who used their writing skills to land a paid internship at top publishing house Houghton Mifflin Harcourt—that led to their dream job at Alloy Entertainment/Warner Media. This is just one of the many success stories coming out of our new workforce development program, Writing Works. “Girls Write Now works,” mentee alum Kat says…
Forbes + Girls Write Now = Day of Impact. Girls Write Now was thrilled to join forces with Forbes this summer for an exclusive journalism workshop where girls worked one-to-one with the pros, and got a behind-the-scenes look into the influential Forbes brand that has helped transform the magazine industry. Sure to grace the pages…
At Girls Write Now’s Career Day on June 22, 2019, hundreds of high school girls learned about the importance of writing through intimate conversation with mentors and role models across over 20 industries, from publishing, journalism, and advertising, to gaming, finance, digital media, and so much more. We are indebted to the N-Y Historical Society…
Girls Write Now was honored to partner with HBO in celebration of Women’s History Month. Together we developed a writing workshop that took place on March 22nd in The Inspiration Room—a pop-up exhibit on Lafayette Street meant to showcase “the power of authentic, unedited voices.” It was a full house, and the energy in…
Our vision is surpassed by reality. RBC is 100% behind this partnership —Pat Shields, Head of US Corporate Banking at RBC Girls Write Now is thrilled to forge a partnership with RBC Corporate Banking to help roll out our “Writing Works” initiative. As a corporate partner of Girls Write Now, RBC is not only making…
Contact us to learn more about how you can partner with Girls Write Now to achieve diversity in publishing. Panelists from the field discussed the need for more diverse voices in the publishing industry and how Girls Write Now is changing the game. (April 17, 2019, New York, NY). The publishing industry came together to kick…
Girls Write Now’s new partnership with Agent of Change Houghton Mifflin Harcourt fast-tracks efforts to provide underserved young women with professional development and career opportunities. Learning company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Girls Write Now are kicking off a pilot internship program at HMH’s New York office as part of Girls Write Now’s Writing Works initiative. This spring, HMH will…
This blog post was written by Christina Drill, Girls Write Now Senior Program Coordinator. On the first summer Friday in July, Hannah, our Communications Manager, and I met Girls Write Now mentee superstars Zaw Gordon, Leilah Fagan, and Kirby-Estar Laguerre in front of ABC Studios on West 66th. The girls were about to partake in…