Plus, celebrating at the Girls Write Now Awards
October 16 - 22
Featured Girls Write Now Story
Enroute to Myself
By Mentee Alum Brittany Barker
Poet, Creative Director, and Girls Write Now Mentee Alum Brittany Barker performed her original piece, "If It Weren't For the Poets", at the 2023 Girls Write Now Awards last Thursday. Read another one of her inspiring works from our collection, "Enroute to Myself."
Community Spotlight
EVENT RECAP
The 2023 Girls Write Now Awards
Honoring Exceptional Leaders Across Industries
On October 12, Girls Write Now honored exceptional leaders who show us that if you can write, you can do anything. The festive evening showcased the storytellers, mentors, and creatives driving systemic change across all industries. Join us for our Rewind and Remix event on Giving Tuesday, November 28, to revel in the magic of the evening and connect in community!
WRITING OUR WAY TO WELLNESS PODCAST
Episode 3 | Ancestry: Curación en Comunidad
Featuring Mentee Alum Arnell Calderon and
Coordinator Sally Familia
Girls Write Now Community Coordinator, Sally Familia, and Mentee Alum, Arnell Calderon, honor Latinx Heritage Month by discussing what ancestral and familial healing means and looks like to them. With an emphasis on memory, connection, and compassion, Sally and Arnell explore history & literature.
If you are interested in joining us this season, fill out our Podcast Interest Form!
Prompt of the Week
From Jesse Jagtiani, Staff Lead for Lead 360
This prompt comes from Lead 360, a new learning journey by Girls Write Now!
Write about some of the things that make you feel safe in your community. How and why do they make you feel that way? In what ways could your community be safer for you? What would you change to make it safer?
Jesse Jagtiani
she/her
Community Manager
Lead 360
Featured Girls Write Now Learning Journey
Lead 360 is a yearlong initiative to harness the power of storytelling and inspire change. Mentors and mentees in this initiative will design projects and receive resources to use storytelling and creativity to make an impact on their local communities.
Apply to join us as a mentor in the Collaboratory!
Happening Write Now
COLLABORATORY WORKSHOP
Rhyming With Reason with JRose
Saturday, Oct. 21, 11 AM-1 PM ET, Virtual
Hosted by the leaders of our Poetry 360 Learning Journey, this dynamic workshop will focus on the skill of rhyming in spoken word poetry. Experiment with a range of writing prompts that challenge your rhyming skill while upping your skills with new learning literary devices.
Open to all mentors, mentees & program alum
Get The Gig!
PARTNER JOB OPPORTUNITY
Zando
Editor/Senior Editor
Reporting to Zando's Editorial Director, you will acquire, edit, and publish approximately 6-8 fiction titles per year for partner imprints as well as the Zando imprint. Your focus will be on acquiring upmarket and genre fiction, including thrillers, mysteries, and psychological suspense.
For Partner Job & Internship Opportunities, fill out the Employment Interest Form after submitting the application so Girls Write Now can support you during the application process!
Check out more opportunities here.
PARTNER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Warner Bros. Discovery
CNN Program & Content Strategy Intern: NY - Spring 2024
The CNN Program & Content Strategy department is responsible for the development and execution of CNN's multiplatform strategy. This includes work related to daily news programs and special events and CNN Original Series. This team sees the content travel through an entire life-cycle, from development to broadcast and everything in between. In this internship you will help support our work through competitive programming research, data entry in scheduling systems, platform auditing, and other ad-hoc projects.
For Partner Job & Internship Opportunities, fill out the Employment Interest Form after submitting the application so Girls Write Now can support you during the application process!
Check out more opportunities here.
WRITING CONTEST OPPORTUNITY
New York Public Library
National Teen Writing Contest: Freedom to Read
At a time of rising book bans and censorship, The New York Public Library invites teens across the country to enter our national writing contest exploring the question: Why is the freedom to read important to you? One grand prize winner will be awarded $500 and 20 additional winners will receive $250 each—plus, we will publish all winning entries in a special edition of NYPL's Teen Voices magazine.
Submission due: December 22, 2023, 11:59 PM ET
Check out more opportunities here.
