Plus launching a poetry contest with Channel Kindness
February 6-12
Featured Girls Write Now Story
Black-nificence: Stories of Resistance
A Story Collection
Curated by Editor-in-Residence Morayo Faleyimu
In this year's Black History Month collection about Black resistance, seven writers seek a sense of self through art, community, emotion, and independence. These poets and memoirists eschew stereotypes as they carve out their own sense of what it means to be Black and resilient in America.
Happening Write Now
WRITING WORKS
Kickoff College and Career Chat
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 4:30-6 PM ET, Virtual
In Career Chats, mentees gain exposure to various industries by networking with employees across publishing, media, beauty, finance, and more. Professionals share their journeys, advice for breaking into their industry, and how they are charting a course for a successful career. Learn about positions you never knew existed, and get support applying to a curated selection of open jobs and internships within companies like NBC, Scholastic, Royal Bank of Canada, Estee Lauder, Dotdash Meredith, EHE Health, BBDO Advertising, and more.
Open to all mentors, mentees, and alumni
MENTOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
LGBTQIA2S+ Communities and Identities: A Conversation about Inclusion and Equity
Friday, Feb. 10, 6-7:15 PM ET, Virtual
In this session, we will discuss suggested practices to increase inclusion and equity specifically regarding LGBTQIA2S+ individuals by understanding relative language, concepts, common barriers, and sharing resources. We will explore LGBTQIA2S+ language and concepts such as biological/sex assigned at birth, gender identity, expression, and pronouns. We will look at introductory understandings of bias and learn about unique considerations for working with marginalized populations such as gender, sexual, racial, and ethnic minorities. Participants will have the opportunity to practice utilizing neutral pronouns, correcting missteps, addressing inaccuracies, and more.
Open to all mentors
PUBLISHING 360 WORKSHOP
Revolutionary Storytelling: Creating Our Zine
Saturday, Feb. 11, 2-4 PM ET, Virtual
In February's Publishing 360 workshop, we'll learn about the history of zines as a revolutionary form of publishing, hear from some prominent zine editors, and then get brainstorming on our zine's title and theme! (Note: we will decide the title and theme of the zine during this workshop!)
Open to Publishing 360 mentors and mentees
Community Spotlight
PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY
Submit to the
Girls Write Now 2023 Anthology
Submit by Friday, Feb. 10
Girls Write Now mentees have the opportunity to add their voice to Girls Write Now On the Other Side of Everything: the 2023 Anthology. Mentees can submit their short fiction, non-fiction, scripts, poetry, or other writing through their Girls Write Now portal account by no later than Friday, Feb. 10.
MENTORING PAIR SPOTLIGHT
Draft Editing and Dim Sum
Mentor Erica Silberman and Mentee Samantha White Reflect on Their Mentorship
Matched by Girls Write Now in 2007, Erica Silberman and her mentee Samantha White have nurtured each other's writing, professional lives, and culinary adventures (they have a regular dim sum place).
Erica is Girls Write Now's Director of Curriculum, and a mentor alum.
"We always ask ourselves, 'Are we going to go out for dumplings and talk or are we going to write?' but we both know the answer. It's a ritual we practice.
And then there's the dim sum." -Samantha White
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
What Our Mentees Are Reading
A Book List Celebrating Intergenerational Exchange
We're flipping the script. After asking mentors what books they'd recommend to their mentees, we've got a book list full of great picks from our mentees! Check it out, from work by Elizabeth Acevedo to Yoojin Grace Wuertz, and much more.
Prompt of the Week
From Dominique Morisseau, Girls Write Now Salon Teaching Artist
Imagine that there is a job or a trade or a life that defines you and brings you pride. What is it? What about it gives you pride or purpose?
Learn how you can use your art as a form of resistance, protest, and insurrection with Dominique Morisseau in her Friday Night Salon. Dominique is a TONY-nominated playwright and MacArthur Genius grant recipient.
Get The Gig!
CONTEST OPPORTUNITY
Channel Kindness x
Girls Write Now
The Art of Kindness Poetry Contest
Channel Kindness, a project of Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation, is teaming up with Girls Write Now to present The Art of Kindness Poetry Contest with a grand prize of $500. The winner will be published on the Channel Kindness website, and three honorable mentions will be featured on Girls Write Now's Stories site.
Due date: February 27
Check out more opportunities here.
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Meta
Content Design Intern, Summer 2023
Content designers at Meta craft simple, straightforward and human experiences by leveraging our expertise in user experience design, design thinking, product strategy, and writing. Interns will plan, create, and continually improve the content that helps more than a billion people connect and share. This includes interface content (things like buttons, links, menus, and dialogs), product tours, educational experiences, app content, site navigation, and lots more.
Based in Menlo Park, California
Check out more opportunities here.
JOB OPPORTUNITY
Warner Bros. Discovery
Hair and Makeup Artist (Temporary)
Warner Bros. is seeking an outgoing and accredited esthetician or cosmetologist to work with a production team. This position is a great launching pad for further ventures into television styling.
For Partner Job & Internship Opportunities, remember to fill out the Employment Interest Form after submitting the application so Girls Write Now can support you during the process!
Check out more opportunities here.
