Plus more Scholastic Essay Contest results!
September 26- October 2
SCHOLASTIC X GIRLS WRITE NOW
My Life With... Essay Contest
What's something that defines you as a person, yet few people know?
Girls Write Now mentees and alumni bravely answered that question in the
My Life With... Essay Contest in partnership with Scholastic. Each week, we will be publishing one of the essays that received an honorable mention from the Scholastic panel of judges, culminating in the announcement of the winning essay, which will be published in Scholastic's Choices magazine!
Tangles and Knots: My Life as a Highly Sensitive Person
By Mentee Megumi Jindo
Honorable Mention
I am a highly sensitive person, also known as an HSP. Being a highly sensitive person is not really a disorder or a condition but "a personality trait thats also known as sensory-processing sensitivity," according to health writer Juli Fraga. We are not sensitive babies; we just think at a deeper level, so processing things affects us more severely.
Happening Write Now
Meet Our New Editors-in-Residence
Kathryn Destin & Morayo Faleyimu
As we expand our digital storytelling platform, we are thrilled to introduce two outstanding artists from our community who will lead the editorial vision of Girls Write Now for the 2022-23 program year. Get to know Kathryn and Morayo in this Q&A!
Prompt of the Week
From Christina Olivares, Author and
Girls Write Now Friday Night Salon Artist
Make a list of spaces that feel safe to you. Choose one of the spaces from your list and draw or map the space on the page. Then, write couplets speaking back to that space.
Poetry gives us the flexibility we need to dive in, play with language, and make new meaning of what matters most to us. Let your imagination run wild with prompts created by Girls Write Now Friday Night Salon Artist Christina Olivares, author of No Map of the Earth Includes the Stars.
Christina Olivares
Girls Write Now
Friday Night Salon Artist
Concrete Jungle Wet Dream Tomato
A Story Collection Curated by Editor-in-Residence Kathryn Destin and Mentor Amira Pierce
"Just as Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' 'Empire State of Mind' lyric 'what dreams are made of' were famously misinterpreted as 'wet dream tomato,' these memoirs reflect many unique interpretations of the city we call home."
Featured Opportunities
PARTNER CAREER OPPORTUNITY
DotDash Meredith
Senior Editor, Native Content
The Senior Editor will join an agile and fast-paced team that creates native content for a wide range of advertisers across travel categories to be published on Dotdash Meredith brands like Travel + Leisure, TripSavvy, and Food & Wine digital and print channels.
For opportunities from Girls Write Now partners, remember to fill out the Employment Interest Form AND your application!
INTERNSHIP
City Limits
Investigative Reporting Fall 2022
Mentor Liz Donovan and the staff at City Limits will teach the nuts and bolts of investigative journalism before giving you the opportunity to contribute to your own investigative article! This paid internship is open to rising high school juniors and seniors in the five boroughs of New York City. Deadline: October 2.
SCHOLARSHIP
Women's Media Group
Girls Write Now Scholarship
This NYC-based nonprofit association of women leaders in media and publishing is thrilled to offer one $2,000 scholarship to a Girls Write Now active or alum mentee who is a rising college junior or senior. The recipient will also have the option to join WMG as a member with full benefits for three years, and all fees will be waived for this period. Deadline: September 30.
