EVENT RECAP

Rupi Kaur Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Girls Write Now

Girls Write Now Founder Hosts Q&A with Poet

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of her debut poetry and prose collection, milk and honey, New York Times bestselling poet, author, and Girls Write Now champion Rupi Kaur held a one-night-only public poetry writing workshop that included readings and conversation at the New York Public Library. Girls Write Now Founder and Executive Director Maya Nussbaum facilitated an intimate conversation with Kaur after the workshop. Kaur has been a vital member of our community since self-publishing her first book, speaking at our Found Workshop in 2016.

Prompt of the Week

by Salon Artist Christina Olivares

Write a list of places that make you feel safe. Choose one of the spaces from your list and draw/map the space on the page. Then, write couplets speaking back to that space.

Learn how memory and poetry intersect with poet Christina Olivares. Through writing exercises exploring how you might articulate the smallest traces of memory, you will practice how to think about writing sequences of small poems to articulate larger memories.

NEWS & PRESS

Student Ambassador Amira Elrington-Edwards Featured in Article

Girls Write Now Student Ambassador Voting Projects Highlighted on LIHearld.com

LIHerald.com highlighted the work of Girls Write Now's Student Ambassadors as they worked on voter registration projects in celebration of National Voter Registration Day. The article showcased Elmont High senior Amira Elrington-Edwards, who hosted a voter registration drive at her Homecoming football game.

COLLABORATORY EVENTS

Fall 2024 Journey Orientation Dates

October 9-19

Congratulations to the mentors and mentees who have joined the Fall Cycle! Check your emails to be notified of your Journey. At that time, you'll also be introduced to your Journey Staff Lead and receive your orientation registration link. If you're unable to attend the orientation session, please notify your Journey Staff Lead as soon as possible. We look forward to embarking on these journeys together!

SPECIAL EVENT

Inspiring Women Write Now: Allende, Angelou, Rhimes & More

Tuesday Oct. 15, 6-7 PM ET,  Virtual

Explore the story behind Barbie's Inspiring Women Series! In collaboration with Mattel, we'll take you behind the scenes to discover how this extraordinary line of dolls was created, focusing on the selection of iconic figures like Isabel Allende, Maya Angelou, Shonda Rhimes, and more. We'll delve into the power of writers as role models, the importance of highlighting BIPOC and immigrant voices, and the value of giving back to our communities.

Plus, two attendees will receive a giveaway including their own Isabel Allende doll!

Open to the public

COMMUNITY CONVERSATION

Student Activism & Art

Thursday, Oct. 17, 7-8:15 PM ET, Virtual

Join us for an open and compassionate Community Conversation all about campus during a year of brutal war and polarizing elections. We'll connect with one another through discussion about writing as a form of resistance and the ways we can uplift one another to create spaces of hope and joy in classrooms, on campus, at work, and in other parts of our lives. We want to hear from you about how politics, protests, and social issues have affected your experiences in high school, college, and beyond.

Open to all mentors, mentees, alum, staff, volunteers, and board members

SCHOLARSHIP

Interlochen Center for the Arts

Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing Scholarship Competition

Students who submit their portfolio are considered for a chance to win a full-tuition scholarship to study Creative Writing at Interlochen Arts Academy. Previous recipients of the Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing Competition Scholarship have gone on to earn degrees from Cornell, Yale, Princeton, and the University of Michigan. Twenty creative writing students at Interlochen have been named Presidential Scholars in the Arts, one of the most prestigious awards for high school graduates.

JOB OPPORTUNITY

HarperCollins

Executive Editor, William Morrow

Willam Morrow, an industry leader in nonfiction and a commercial imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, seek an Executive Editor with an expertise and strong interest in publishing books by leading experts from various nonfiction categories across the political spectrum and appealing to women and a heartland audience. Categories include big idea books, narrative nonfiction, memoir, politics, psychology, business, culture wars, women's issues, and pop culture. Editor will also be an aggressive acquirer who generates and pursues their own ideas for a list that anticipates trends.

WRITING CONTEST

New York Public Library

National Teen Art Contest: Freedom to Read

Make your voice heard in the conversation about book bans and censorship for a chance to win $500, get published in Teen Voices magazine, and see your work exhibited in one of the Library's midtown locations! NYPL invites teens across the U.S. to submit original art to our contest on the theme of books, reading, censorship, or intellectual freedom.

Submit by: December 6, 2024