Writing Works Program

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About the Writing Works Program

In Writing Works, we mentor young women and gender expansive 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.

Pen Your Personal Statement with HarperCollins

PEN YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT WITH HARPERCOLLINS

On Wednesday, July 28 Girls Write Now joined the employees of HarperCollins for networking and professional development through Girls Write Now’s college and career readiness program, Writing Works, giving young women and gender-expansive youth access and exposure to industries in need of their talents. At this workshop, HarperCollins and Girls Write Now met for an intergenerational…

Pen Your Personal Statement with Meredith

PEN YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT WITH MEREDITH

On Thursday, July 22, Girls Write Now joined the employees of Meredith Corporation for networking and professional development through Girls Write Now’s college and career readiness program, Writing Works, giving young women and gender-expansive youth access and exposure to industries in need of their talents. At this workshop, Meredith and Girls Write Now met for…

Pen Your Personal Statement Workshop with Penguin Random House

Pen Your Personal Statement with Penguin Random House

On Wednesday, July 14, Girls Write Now joined the employees of Penguin Random House for networking and professional development through Girls Write Now’s college and career readiness program, Writing Works, giving young women and gender-expansive youth access and exposure to industries in need of their talents. At this workshop, Penguin Random House and Girls Write…

Career Convo

CAREER CONVO!

In this workshop, Mentees had the unique opportunity to hear from Mentors across fields and ask questions to better understand what they might major in or which careers they may pursue! Mentors shared their professional journeys, from college major to career highlights, and offered Mentees all the tips, tricks, and wisdom they gained along the…

Query Letter Workshop

Query Letter Workshop

Back by Popular Demand! At this workshop, participants learned how to write a great manuscript or start one. They did this by getting their work out there in the world by writing a solid query letter to attract a reputable literary agent who will sell their book to a publisher and negotiate their contracts. In…

ViacomCBS

Gratitude Attitude: Thank You Letter, ViacomCBS

On Thursday, June 17, Girls Write Now joined the employees of ViacomCBS for wellness and professional development through Girls Write Now’s college and career readiness program, Writing Works, giving young women and gender-expansive youth access and exposure to industries in need of their talents. At this workshop, mentees and ViacomCBS employees shifted their perspectives by…

Tributes & Triumphs with NBCUniversal

TRIBUTES & TRIUMPHS: CELEBRATING WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH WITH NBCUNIVERSAL

On Wednesday, March 24, Girls Write Now and Comcast NBCUniversal proudly teamed up for a Women’s History Month workshop through Girls Write Now’s college and career readiness program, Writing Works, giving young women and gender-expansive youth access and exposure to industries in need of their talents. Led by Girls Write Now, mentees had the…

landing the role series

Landing the Role Series

Landing the Role Series Part I: Cover Letters & Resumes for Internships & Jobs Took place on Wednesday, February 10, from 4:30 – 6:00 PM ET In Part 1, we learned how to write a cover letter and craft a resume that will help us stand out in any candidate pool. We reviewed best practices…

Editing Your Submissions: One-to-One Support

With the approaching Anthology submission priority deadline of February 7, and extended deadline of February 15, mentees joined this session to work one-to-one with a mentor on polishing their piece! They also learned common mistakes, editing best practices and formatting tips from Jisu Kim, Co-chair of the Girls Write Now Anthology Committee and the Senior…

Cicely Tyson In Conversation with Whoopi Goldberg: ‘Just As I Am’ Book Launch

Girls Write Now partnered with HarperCollins for A Conversation with Miss Cicely Tyson & Whoopi Goldberg in celebration of Ms. Tyson’s new book, Just As I Am, on Thursday, January 28, 6-7PM EST. Special guests included Glory Edim, founder of Well-Read Black Girl, and Tracy Sherrod who is the editorial director of Amistad (an imprint…

Grammar Clinic January 13

Writing Works: Grammar Clinic

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…

Scholarship Writing

Scholarship Writing: Easing Your Financial Burden

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.

What's Your Path: College & Career Happy Hour!

What’s Your Path? College and Career “Happy Hour!”

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…

Letters with Young Writers with NBCUniversal

Letters with Young Writers and Comcast NBCUniversal

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…

Personal Statement One-to-Ones

Mentees got to work one-to-one with a Mentor for the Day on attention grabbing college or scholarship application essays.

Save the Last Word: A Space for Healing

Letters with Young Writers and WarnerMedia

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,…

Explore Your Feelings with Brittany Barker

Explore Your Feelings: Write in Our Warm Brave Space

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…

hmh workshop

Letters with Young Writers and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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…

A Night to Exhale with Girls Write Now

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…

Create the Games You Want to Play Digital Game Creation 2-part series hosted by Momo Pixel creator of "Hair Nah"

CREATE THE GAMES YOU WANT TO PLAY: DIGITAL GAME CREATION WITH MOMO PIXEL

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…

Letters with young writers a wellness event

LETTERS WITH YOUNG WRITERS WITH FORBES

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…

QUERY LETTER WRITING WORKSHOP + FEEDBACK WITH TOP LITERARY AGENTS

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…

TV Writing Bootcamp Promo

TV WRITING BOOTCAMP WITH PRISCILA GARCÍA-JACQUIER

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!

Penning your personal statement, July 15, 22 and 29 at 2PM

PENNING YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT SERIES WITH SUSANNA HORNG

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…

TURNING RANTS & RAVES INTO OP-EDS

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…

Writing Works Career Day

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!

ROCK YOUR PROFILE WITH LINKEDIN

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…

Letters to Young Writers with Comcast NBCUniversal

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.

WELLNESS WEDNESDAY WITH WARNER MEDIA

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!

Europa Editions’ Our Brilliant Friends Book Club Partners With Girls Write Now

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…

What The F*ck! Embrace The Change You Didn’t Ask For

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 Role of Storytelling: Up close with Fresh & Girls Write Now

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…

Highlights from our Editing Workshop with Dutton, Putnam and Berkley!

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…

An Educational Pop-Up with HBO/WarnerMedia & Girls Write Now

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! A mentee alum’s career success story…

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 Partnership

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…

Career Day in Partnership with N-YHS, a STARS Citywide Girls Initiative

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 + HBO Team Up: Inside The Inspiration Room

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…

RBC + Girls Write Now Partnership: Writing Works

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…

The Publishing Industry Gathers to Kick Off “Agents of Change,” a Girls Write Now Initiative

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…

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Girls Write Now Partner to Bring New Talent, Voices to Books & Media Industries

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…

Alicia and Kirby

Mentees Write a Segment for Fusion Late Night Show!

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…