WRITE WITH US

Prompt of the Week

By Amanda Wiles and Zabé Henry,
Community Studio Facilitators

Pink Collar Comedy, a Girls Write Now Community Studio, takes career readiness to hilarious places as we use the foundations of comedy to develop career skills.

Think about what person or character has your dream job. What do you think the interview/audition/assessment process is like for this role?

Whether you're at an open mic or a job interview, the skills you learn through comedy can make you shine. Learn how to harness this skill at Pink Collar Comedy this Wednesday, March 11 at 6 PM ET.

CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

Join the Reading as Resistance Challenge

Read Books & Support Girls Write Now

Looking to read more books while supporting women and gender expansive writers? Join Girls Write Now’s Reading as Resistance Challenge! Set a reading goal, create a fundraising page, and ask your community to support a cause you care deeply about!
Post about the books you read this month and tag us @girlswritenow.

SPEAKING IN FIRST DRAFT PODCAST

Speaking on Monsters, Siblings & Screenwriting

Advice on Writer's Block, Facing Rejection & Making Movie Magic

We’re starting off this season of Speaking in First Draft with our own writers’ room. We'll hear a short excerpt from mentee Genesis Juarez’s new dystopian project, which explores all things monsters and siblings. She is joined by GWN mentors Marya Cohn and Liza Wyles, who have worked in the film/TV industry for several years—writing, directing, and producing.

LIFE@GWN

“Listening to My Body” & “Loving the Woman I Become"

Mentees Kayla Dudley & Sasha Bailey

You may be familiar with Kayla Dudley from her Healotry Poetry series, or her work as a Girls Write Now intern, but did you know she is also a peer-to-peer mentee with Sasha Bailey? This Women’s History Month, we hear from the powerful pair Kayla and Sasha about the ways that Black womanhood shapes their writing, builds their self-love, and strengthens their world. 

COLLABORATORY EVENTS

March Community Studios

Tuesday, March 9-20, Various Times, Virtual

Take an hour of your day to flex your creative muscles and connect with members of the Girls Write Now community at our Community Studios! Throughout March, we have free and virtual workshops on topics ranging from memoir writing to zine making.

Open to all mentors, mentees, members & the public.
Create a portal account to attend all events.

CAREER CHAT

Mic Check: A Podcasting & Interviewing Career Chat

Tuesday, March 17, 4:45-6 PM ET, Virtual

It seems like everyone and their neighbor and their neighbor’s cat has a podcast. But how do you produce one? And how do you build an audience? Find out the answers to these questions and more at this timely Career Chat. Also, learn interviewing tips that you can use in podcasting and beyond. Speakers include Chloe Hoy of The Permanent Rain Press, Nia Stanford of bittnia, Brittany Luse of NPR’s It’s Been a Minute, and more.

Open to all mentors, mentees, members & the public.

SPECIAL EVENT

Open Mic

Thursday, March 19, 5-6 PM ET, Virtual

Join us for an evening of creativity, expression, and community! This Open Mic is a space to connect with other artists and creators through poetry, song, and overall storytelling. Whether you want to perform a piece you've written, something you love (but didn’t write), or just soak it all in, you're welcome here. We'll kick things off with some writing prompts then begin the open mic. Each performer will have 3 minutes to share!

Open to all mentors, mentees, members & the public.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Penguin Random House

Spring Internship Program: Publicity, Adult Books

Penguin Random House offers an immersive 20-week paid, remote internship opportunity through the Fall 2026 and Spring 2027. Interns are also exposed to the publishing process and their business through panels, networking events, and a mentoring program. As an intern, you'll get hands-on experience in how publicity professionals generate exposure and “buzz” for new books and advocate for the titles to the media.

Deadline: March 16 at 11:59 PM ET
Create a portal account to apply for this opportunity.

FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Octavia Project

Highschool Summer Institute

The Octavia Project Summer Institute is a FREE summer workshop program based in Brooklyn for young women and trans, nonbinary, and/or gender non-conforming youth ages 14-19 to bridge their love of science fiction, creative writing, art, science, and technology!

Priority deadline: March 15
Rolling deadline: May 15
Create a portal account to apply for this opportunity.

FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Inkluded

Inkluded Academy

Inkluded Academy is a tuition-free publishing course taught by industry professionals that aims to educate and help place BIPoC publishing aspirants in the book business. Held over the course of eight Saturdays in the summer, the Academy includes a rigorous curriculum, invested mentoring, and a commitment to job placement. In addition to lectures, discussions, Q&A, practical instruction, and assignment review, each participant will receive career counseling, one-on-one sessions, and guidance from a mentor.

Applications will close 11:59pm EST on April 19, 2026, or once they have received 200 applications, whichever is first.
Create a portal account to apply for this opportunity.