PARTNER SPOTLIGHT

Women's Media Group Scholarship for Girls Write Now 

$2,000 Scholarship + 3-Year Networking Membership

Since 2022, Girls Write Now mentor Nevin Mays has worked with Women's Media Group (WMG) to create a scholarship specially for Girls Write Now in order to extend the group's benefits to new communities. All students who receive financial support of $2K from WMG also receive free membership to WMG for three years while they’re in school or starting their media careers, enabling each WMG Scholar to participate in all networking events, career-development programs and workshops, and opportunities to socialize.

2026 Applications are open until May 4.

MENTORING RESOURCES

Mentoring Through Uncertainty

Dr. Kristie Norwood Leads Conversation on Mentoring Through Anxiety & Stress

Girls Write Now's Mentor Professional Development is designed to support mentors in navigating today’s complex and ever-changing landscape. Our most recent session equipped mentors with psychologically informed strategies to better support youth facing uncertainty in their social, political, and personal lives. Dr. Kristie Norwood, Clinical Psychologist and Director of Student Counseling Center at Hampton University, led the conversation.

WRITING WARM-UP

Write With Us: Prompt of the Week

By Ayame Huber Munemura & Melody Serra, Community Studio Facilitators

Leadership starts with self-trust and reflection, skills you already have. Write about a moment when you trusted your judgement and took initiative to support others, whether volunteering to take on a difficult task or organizing plans for a group. How did you grow from this experience?

CAREER CHAT

Finesse Your Finances: A Career Chat with Raymond James

Tuesday, May 26, 4:15PM - 5:30PM ET, Virtual

Everybody has money on their mind right now, and for good reason! Our partners at Raymond James join us to demystify and destigmatize all money matters. Learn their tips for managing personal finance and hear about pathways into the finance industry. Register for this event to take advantage of an engaging session on personal finances and make sure your money is working for YOU.

Open to all mentors, mentees, members & the public.

CAREER CHAT

On the Record: A Journalism Career Chat

Tuesday, May 12, 4:45-6 PM ET, Virtual

Journalism is alive and well as long as Girls Write Now has something to say about it. Sharpen those pencils and stretch those typing fingers; it’s time to hear about how you can enter the journalism industry from people who already made it. This Career Chat gives you the insider scoop on what to expect as an emerging journalist and how the industry has changed. Speakers include Jesse Sposato, Executive Editor at Narratively; Emi Nietfeld, author and independent journalist; Ilana Kaplan, Music Editor at PEOPLE; and more!

Thank you to the Economic Hardship Reporting Project for partnering with us to support this event.

Open to all mentors, mentees, members & the public.

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Research Associate

Reporting to the Director of Presidential Initiatives, the Research Associate prepares research-based analysis of topics related to the program’s grantmaking; provides writing and analysis for correspondence, presentations, strategic memorandum, and reports; and collaborates with other research-related functions across the Foundation. They may also assist in the review and preparation of materials in the grantmaking process and coordinate with external consultants who are conducting research on behalf of the program. This role will include occasional travel for site visits and research, meetings, and programs nationwide. 

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FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Center for Craft

Craft Archive Fellowship

The Center for Craft is now accepting applications for the 2026 Craft Archive Fellowship, offering four $5,000 awards to support research on underrepresented craft histories in the United States. The fellowship is open to a range of scholars—from emerging to established, including independent and artist researchers—to conduct archival research on feminist, intersectional, queer, Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and other nondominant craft histories. Fellows will have the opportunity to engage in both conventional and innovative archival research, culminating in a special feature in Hyperallergic and a virtual program hosted by the Center for Craft in September 2027. 

Deadline: May 20, 2026
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SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Women's Media Group

Girls Write Now Scholarship

Women’s Media Group (WMG) will award one $2,000 scholarship to be used to support the scholar recipient’s writing, with preference to a rising college junior or senior who is a current Girls Write Now mentee or mentee alum. WMG encourages students from underrepresented populations and/or economically disadvantaged backgrounds to apply.

You do NOT need to have “media” in the title of your major! You only need to demonstrate interest in the media industry through coursework, clubs, extracurricular activities, internships, jobs, leadership skills, or experience.

Deadline: May 4, 2026
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