COLLABORATORY EXPERIENCES

November Studios Start This Week

Journalism, Screenwriting, Expressive Arts & More—Open to Mentors, Mentees & New Members

A Community Studio is the perfect way to connect with talented writers of all ages, backgrounds, and disciplines. If you're a mentor or mentee, a Studio can be a low-prep pair activity, and a fun way to fulfill your community experience requirement.

If you're brand new to Girls Write Now, parachute in to see what we're all about!

Whether mentor, mentee, or new member, explore your passions while writing this month on diverse topics like Visual Storytelling: Comic/Cartoons;
Exploring Native Plants through Writing & Visual Art; Journalism: Styles, Stories, and Techniques—and more!

Open to all Mentees, Mentors & the Public. If you don't yet have an account, it's easy to set one up and become a Girls Write Now Member.

CURRICULUM RESOURCE

Prompt of the Week

by Bernice L. McFadden,
Friday Night Salon Artist

Write three short paragraphs. Base the first on "fear," the second on "anger" and the last on
"pleasure" without using these words. Try to render these emotions by describing physical sensations or images. Try to make your language precise and fresh.

Learn how to deepen your story by channeling the senses on the page with the author of ten critically acclaimed literary novels, Bernice L. McFadden.

LEADERSHIP & DEIB

Intersectional Voices (IV) Committees

Join This Month's IV Committee Studios 

The IV (Intersectional Voices) Committees are Girls Write Now leadership bodies, each designed for the community to have a voice and take a stake in the organization’s key initiatives and policies. They include IV Editorial (Print & Digital), IV Teach, IV Tech, IV DEIB, and more. Our Intersectional Voices Committees are dedicated to elevating the diverse perspectives of our broad cross-section of stakeholders, making recommendations to leadership, and ensuring a dynamic, cutting edge, inclusive, and representative environment.

Learn more below and join us at an upcoming Intersectional Voices Committee Studio...

COMMITTEE STUDIO

Committee on Print Editorial: Talk With a Publishing Pro

Wednesday, Nov. 13, 7-8 PM ET, Virtual

In this Committee, Intersectional Voices in Editorial - Print (IV Edit - Print), we will explore the publishing process from all angles, including editing, promotion, and bringing more voices to the page. This month, talk to author and IV Edit - Print Committee member, Donna Hill, about her writing career and learn more about how authors get their work out into the world. Plus, learn how you can edit for the next in our series of award-winning anthologies.

All attendees will receive a free copy of the Here & Now: Girls Write Now 2024 Anthology e-book!

Open to all Mentees, Mentors, past Print Anthology Committee Members & the Public. If you don't yet have an account, it's easy to set one up and become a Girls Write Now Member.

COMMITTEE STUDIO

Committee on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging: Beyond the Binary 

Thursday, Nov. 14, 7-8:30 PM ET, Virtual

Join us to to learn about Girls Write Now's new committee, Intersectional Voices in Diversity Equity & Inclusion (IV DEIB). We know your diverse perspectives and experiences will be of great value to us all—and we invite you, along with a "360 degree" group of stakeholders, to collaborate on key issues that impact our programming, community, and organization. At the meeting, we will explain how the committee works, establish community agreements, then delve into our first topic, going "Beyond Binary" to discuss our current gender policy, which goes beyond the narrow confines of gender as a binary construct.

Open to all Mentees, Mentors & the Public. If you don't yet have an account, it's easy to set one up and become a Girls Write Now Member.

COMMITTEE STUDIO

Committee On Intersectional Voices in Digital Editorial

Wednesday, Nov. 20, 6-7 PM ET, Virtual

Learn all about the editorial process at Girls Write Now by joining the Intersectional Voices in Editorial Digital Committee (IV Edit: Digital). On this committee, we edit the digital and multimedia stories of Girls Write Now, including online publications, podcasts, videos, and interactive media. Participants explore various aspects of multimedia production and envision how Girls Write Now can continue to lead in a new era of publishing, leveraging modern platforms to showcase diverse voices and stories.

Open to all Mentees, Mentors & the Public. If you don't yet have an account, it's easy to set one up and become a Girls Write Now Member.

CAREER CHAT

Entertainment Career Chat

Tuesday, Nov. 19, 4:45-6 PM ET, Virtual

This Chat will explore the essential attributes and pathways to creative fields in the entertainment industry. Here is the chance to ask all of your burning questions with a panel that includes Dramatists Guild Director of Education and Outreach Tari Stratton; Talent Agent Victoria Kress; The Bear Casting Director Jeanie Bacharach; and Northwestern Theatre and Drama PhD student Chloë Jackson.

Open to all Mentees, Mentors & the Public. If you don't yet have an account, it's easy to set one up and become a Girls Write Now Member.

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Dotdash Meredith

Associate Editor, Health

Health is seeking an associate editor to help them keep the growing library of Health.com articles up-to-date and accurate. They are looking for an SEO-savvy content enthusiast with a passion for all things health and wellness. Day to day, they will be responsible for working with staff editors, freelancers, and project managers to keep various editorial improvement projects running. The ideal candidate is familiar with and eager to learn about health and medical topics and enjoys working both independently and with team members.

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Center for Reproductive Rights

Communications Strategy & Operations Coordinator

Reporting to the Associate Director for Messaging and Strategic Communications, the Coordinator, Communications Strategy and Operations will support the function of a successful communications team via contributions across strategy and operations. On the strategy side, this role will support the creation of global strategic communications through drafting strategic messaging, resource development, and maintenance of a resource hub of thematic and institutional messaging. On the operations side, this role will support the communications team budget, contracts, and project management.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY

OCA National

OCA Summer Internship

Celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2024, the internship program seeks to cultivate future leadership for the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community by providing opportunities to work in the public sector and learn about issues affecting AANHPIs. Based in the nation's capital, interns will learn to build relationships, meet with legislative officials, and engage in leadership development workshops.