This blog was written by Girls Write Now mentee Ilana Drake who learned so much from speakers Julia Baylis and Sarah Dohrmann during the Fashion and Memoir workshop in April. During the April Girls Write Now Writing and Mentoring Program workshop, all eyes were focused on the two speakers, Julia Baylis and Sarah Dohrmann, each…
QWERTY 2017: Celebrating the Intersection of Art and Media
This blog post was written by Madhurie Parasram, Girls Write Now First Year Mentee in our Digital Media Mentoring Program. Madhurie co-hosted the 2017 QWERTY Digital Media Exhibition with her mentor Emma DeFelice on June 2nd. The event showcased work created by mentees in our Digital Media Mentoring Program throughout the 2016-2017 academic year, alongside a panel…
April CHAPTERS: Emcees Laura Rose & Kathleen
The 2017 Girls Write Now April CHAPTERS Reading, hosted by Pen+Brush was a completely sold out event! With an audience of 150, keynote speaker Emma Cline shared her experiences of writing the New York Times Bestseller The Girls and mentees and mentors performed a variety of amazing pieces. Mentee-mentor emcee pair, Laura Rose and Kathleen write about the…
One-Woman Show Workshop with Hallie Haas
This blog post was written by senior and second-year mentee, Diana Romero. When I found out that we were going to be having a One-Woman Show Workshop at GWN, I was very excited! Being a thespian myself, I was ready to see how we could use our writing and performance skills to bring life to…
Short Story Workshop with Patricia Park
This blog post was written by senior and first-year mentee, Maggie Wang. When I flipped through our April PM workshop packet, I was surprised to find that the craft talk speaker was Patricia Park, a Korean-American writer. It’s so rare for me to hear about Asian-American writers — the only notable name I can recognize…
The Importance of Representation
This blog post was written by Daleelah Saleh, a mentee. The workshop was on January 28, 2017. One of the hardest things about being a young girl of color is finding books that you feel like could’ve been written about you. As an avid reader, that was always something I struggled with and wanted to work towards changing.…
“I Exist.” A mentee’s reflections on Tavi Gevinson’s craft talk.
This blog post was written by Girls Write Now mentee Gia Deeton. The workshop was on January 28, 2017. At Girls Write Now, the craft speakers don’t stand on a stage above everyone else — they communicate with us. When I heard that Tavi Gevinson, founder and editor of Rookie Magazine, was going to visit Girls Write Now…
Found Poetry Workshop with Mahogany Browne and Morgan Parker
This blog post was written by Maddy Cuevas, a mentee. The found poetry workshop was on December 10, 2016. I was looking forward to the Found Poetry Workshop on December 10th in the Girls Write Now office for weeks. One of my teachers at school was familiar with the organization and their work, so I knew I…
FOUND POETRY WORKSHOP WITH RUPI KAUR
This blog post was written by Rahat Huda, a second year mentee and Posse Scholar. The found poetry workshop was on December 10, 2016. The A.M. mentee-mentor pairs were in for a treat at the December Found Poetry workshop– Rupi Kaur, an Indian poet based in Canada flew in the morning of to share her work with…
Sitcom Screenwriting-A Digital Workshop
This blog post was written by Lissa Sangree-Calabrese, a first year Digital Media Mentoring Program mentee. Lissa writes about her experience at the workshop in November. This workshop was on sitcom screenwriting. I am someone who has, as my dance teacher put it, “an obsession with the grotesque,” so writing something predominately funny and lighthearted,…
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