Plus, our 2026 Pride Month book recs!
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June 15 - June 21
Hope Lives In Our Words
Featured Media:
Find Your Next Obsession
What Am I Made Of?
By Tatyanna Wills
If this isn’t the path I’m supposed to take then why does it feel right? Why does my stomach drop every time I see her? Why does the world stop when I hear her call my name? When she tells me she loves me everything just feels right. Her voice is a symphony and my heart is the metronome. Her soul is like a galaxy and I am merely an astronaut trying to uncover it all. The stars envy her because they too know that they cannot hold a candle to her beauty. I swear I’ve never loved someone more in my life.
Mic Drop:
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PODCAST SERIES
Speaking on Queer Love & Second Chances
Georgia Clark on Technicality & Vulnerability in Writing
Girls Write Now's popular podcast series Speaking in First Draft welcomes novelist, screenwriter, and playwright Georgia Clark—a romance author whose queer characters are warm, complex, and real. She's joined by Teacher-in-Residence Kayla Dudley to talk about her newest novel, Play It Again. They get into ensemble casts, writing across timelines, and the magic of finding your way back—to the stage, and to the ones who knew you best.
WRITING PROMPT
The Meet-Cute
An Exercise on Chemistry & Destiny
Write a scene where two characters who are destined to fall in love, meet in an unexpected or entertaining setting. Maybe it’s during a power outage, or a costume party, or a grocery store stand-off over the last pint of ice cream. How do their personalities clash or click? Show how their first encounter sets the stage for something more.
Through her holiday romcom Most Wonderful, acclaimed author Georgia Clark explores the magic behind creating fresh, relatable love stories.
BOOK COLLECTION
Pride Month Book Recommendations
2026 Pride Picks from our Community
We asked the Girls Write Now community for their 2026 Pride Month reads—from a nature writer's journey of self-discovery, to a boy trapped in a time loop in a girl's body, to stories of hope and survival. Check out these incredible recommendations!
This Pride Month, help a young writer find the words for who they are—and a community ready to hear them.
Thank you for supporting the next generation of creatives.
Happening Write Now:
Mark Your Calendar
COMMITTEE MEETING
Intersectional Voices in Tech
Thursday, June 18, 7-8 PM ET, Virtual
At this meeting, we match our esteemed Tech Committee members with passionate mentees from our recent Journey—Inimitable Voices in the Age of AI. In pairs, and then together as a full group, we will review the Tech Committee’s evolving statement on AI to get feedback and ideas for the next iteration. We look forward to the intergenerational exchange as we articulate Girls Write Now’s unique stance on AI for now and for the future.
Open to all mentors, mentees, members & the public.
MENTORSHIP
Mentors on Demand Summer Social
Wednesday, July 15, 6:30-7:30 PM ET
Girls Write Now has an extraordinary cohort of dedicated Mentors on Demand. This social event is a casual opportunity to meet your peers while sharing your thoughts, ideas, and feedback. Give or get tips and tricks for mentoring sessions, technical support, and resources to guide your experience.
Open to all Mentors on Demand.
MULTIMEDIA SHOWCASE
Collaboratory Summer Showcase
Thursday, July 30, 7-9 PM ET, Hybrid
Join us this summer to celebrate and experience all the incredible projects our mentees and mentors have created across multi-genre, multimedia Journeys from the past year. Games, prizes, podcasts, panels, and more! You won't want to miss this special event!
Open to all mentors, mentees, members & the public.
Get the Gig:
Curated Opportunities Just for You
Need help applying for these opportunities—and more?
Meet with a Mentor On Demand today!
JOB OPPORTUNITY
Simon & Schuster
Publicity Assistant, Children's Publishing
Simon & Schuster is seeking a highly organized, enthusiastic, and creative Publicity Assistant to support the Children’s Publishing publicity team. The Publicity Assistant will provide administrative and project support for a fast-paced department working across picture books, middle grade, YA, brand-driven publishing, and new adult titles. The successful candidate is detail-oriented, collaborative, proactive, and excited about helping authors and illustrators connect with readers.
Deadline: June 26, 2026
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PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY
The Luna Collective
Writer
The Luna Collective seeks new editorial writers to join their team, working alongside incredible editors to create content for their website. Content centers around editorial articles featuring musical and visual artists, as well as cultural pieces. For transparency, many of these opportunities are unpaid, but internship credit is an option. This is role is remote—you can be located anywhere.
Deadline: August 1, 2026
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FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Milkweed Editions
Fellowship
The Milkweed Fellowship is grounded in the belief that books have the potential to change the way we see the world, and that equity is essential to a vibrant, diverse, and empowered literary ecosystem. This paid, one- to two-year immersion program is designed to offer the tools, experience, and exposure necessary to pursue a career in book publishing. Intended to provide an alternative point of entry to an industry where the prerequisite to an entry-level position is often an unpaid internship, this learning-oriented position seeks to provide opportunity to those historically underrepresented among workers in book publishing—Indigenous, people of color, LGBTQIA+, and those with disabilities—so they may advance, discover, and champion transformative literature for years to come.
Deadline: July 10, 2026
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