GIRLS WRITE NOW AWARDS

Honoring Nicole Avant

Producer, Activist & Author of Think You'll Be Happy: Moving Through Grief with Grit, Grace, and Gratitude

Each Year, Girls Write Now honors exceptional leaders who exemplify what we know to be true: if you can write, you can do anything. Girls Write Now Honoree Nicole Avant served as the 13th U.S. Ambassador to The Bahamas after being nominated by President Barack Obama, becoming the youngest as well as the first African American woman to hold the position. She is the author of Think You'll Be Happy: Moving Through Grief With Grit, Grace, and Gratitude, which comes out on October 17 from HarperCollins and is available for pre-order now.

Congratulate Nicole and learn more about her forthcoming memoir, available for pre-order now.

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Girls Write Now Fellowship

Get on a Solid Track for Non-Profit Work 

The Girls Write Now Fellowship Program is a one-year full-time paid opportunity with an award-winning nonprofit. Fellows play an integral role in the day-to-day operations with core responsibilities across departments from internal programs and operations to external relations through marketing, fundraising, and beyond.

Sounds of September Monthly Playlist

A Writing Playlist & Prompt by
Girls Write Now Fellow Sally Familia

Time for a summer recap! Pick a favorite day from each month this summer (June, July, August). Choose three of the senses (touch, smell, sound, taste, or sight). Assigning one sense per month, allow your favorite day to unfold on the page relying heavily on the sense you've chosen for that month.

Each month, we'll be bringing you a brand new playlist and prompt, with picks from our community. This September, write and groove along to music selected by Fellow Sally Familia, who curated our popular Sounds of Summer playlist series.

YELLOW TULIP PROJECT X GIRLS WRITE NOW

How Writing Helps Us Process Grief

Reflections on Loss by 3 Girls Write Now Writers

Grief is one of those topics that people tend to tiptoe around because of its sensitivity. By writing about it, I hope to convince others that it's less of a taboo subject and more of a universal part of the human experience. —Ifeoma Okwuka, 18, Bronx, NY

Read these reflections and more in the Yellow Tulip Project Grief Awareness Day blog post series by Girls Write Now mentees. For more moving stories, check out Yesterdays: A Grief Awareness Day Collection.

STAFF HIGHLIGHT

Editors-in-Residence: A Year in Reflection

Kathryn Destin and Morayo Faleyimu Talk About Where They've Been & What's Next

In the fall of 2022, Girls Write Now brought on mentee alum Kathryn Destin and mentor alum Morayo Faleyimu as our inaugural intergenerational Editors-in-Residence. Now, as they continue on in different capacities at Girls Write Now, we asked them what defined their year in this special role.

PARTNER JOB OPPORTUNITY

Scholastic

Rights Assistant

Provide administrative support for the entire Rights team, including the external consultants, at the largest publisher and distributor of children's books, a leading provider of core literacy curriculum and professional services, and a producer of educational and entertaining children's media.

For Partner Job & Internship Opportunities, fill out the Employment Interest Form after submitting the application so Girls Write Now can support you during the application process!

Check out more opportunities here.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Hachette Book Group

Fall 2023 Marketing & Publicity Intern, Legacy Lit

As an HBG marketing & publicity intern at Legacy Lit, GCP, you will have the opportunity to work closely with seasoned professionals and gain hands-on professional experience as you own day-to-day tasks, help with special projects, and attend departmental meetings.

Check out more opportunities here.

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Bold.org

Elevate Mental Health Awareness Scholarship

The scholarship is open to students at any educational level and field of study. The only application requirement is that students have personally experienced challenges with mental health or have had people close to them who have experienced mental health challenges. Students applying to the scholarship will be required to write an essay about how their experience with mental health has influenced their beliefs, relationships, and career aspirations.

Application due: December 1, 2023

Check out more opportunities here.