Featured Songwriting

Sunrise

By Jaya Rao-Herel, Mentee

"This song started with a sense of nostalgia that I wanted to capture through a poem. I set these words to a series of chords that fit their mood... We did multiple takes of the song, editing the volume and balance of the piece, which helped me grow my knowledge of audio engineering and editing." 

Featured Scholarship

Posse Nominations: Claim Your Spot!

Deadline: July 1

"Most young people in my neighborhood do not have the same opportunities that I am lucky to have received... And so, when I won the Posse Scholarship, I felt like their voices and dreams were also being honored.”
-Kayla Morgan, Mentee and Posse Scholar, Middlebury College

Every year, Girls Write Now nominates rising high school seniors for the chance to win a four-year, full-tuition scholarship from Posse. Contact us by July 1 if you are interested in being nominated, and take the first step towards your academic dreams!

Featured Partner Job Opportunity

Dotdash Meredith

Assistant Social Media Editor

Are you a social media maven and an adventurous foodie? Check out this Assistant Social Media Editor position at Girls Write Now partner Dotdash Meredith, where you will promote Serious Eats on various social platforms and harness your editorial skills.

Featured Partner Internship

Penguin Random House

Fall Editorial Internship

Join a literary giant and proud Girls Write Now partner by applying for the Penguin Random House Editorial Internship. In this ten-week program, you will gain invaluable exposure to all things publishing with panels, networking events, and employees' speaker series.

Featured Job Opportunity

Operations Manager

Join the Girls Write Now Team!

Girls Write Now invites skilled and imaginative candidates to apply for the position of  Operations Manager. This professional will envision and create a warm, healthy space to welcome back our staff, mentors, mentees—and the larger community—into our headquarters in the heart of New York City's Garment District.

Prompt of the Week

Seasons and Cycles

By Spencer George, Writer & Special Initiatives Assistant at Girls Write Now

A new seasonal cycle began last week with the official arrival of summer.

Choose one object that represents the new season to you and tell the story of its life cycle. It could be an ice cream cone, a plant, a rollercoaster, a type of fruit... Anything! Does the object's life have a beginning? Does it end, or is it circular? 

Enrollment 2022-23

There's Still Time to Apply!

Deadline Extended: July 11

Procrastinators rejoice! The deadline for new mentor and mentee applications for 2022-2023 has been extended to July 11.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to be an integral part of a dynamic intergenerational community of writers on a mission: including personalized mentoring, a robust curriculum—and college, career, and publishing opportunities that will open doors, shift your thinking, and bring you creative joy. Do your future self a solid and get that application in!

Taking Root on TikTok

Untitled [Original Song]

by Maya Cruz

"You’re not kind to wounds, but you clean them well. Cradle me with simplicity:
lullabies, church drives at night."

Sat. 7/2, 2 PM ET

Central Park, the Hans Christian Anderson Monument

SPACE CADE7S Concert

With Special Guest Mentee Caitlin Levy

Jam out with us in Central Park at a free concert by Brooklyn hip hop collective SPACE CADE7S! Plus, listen to original poetry performed by Girls Write Now mentee Caitlin Levy and discover emerging local artists.

FREE and open to the public