Learning to grieve well this Grief Awareness Day
August 28 - September 3
Featured Girls Write Now Story
My Grandmother
By Mentee Olivia Kim
My piece is named after and dedicated to my grandmother. I am forever grateful to her, and to our Korean heritage and culture.
This poem is one of three pieces about grief by Girls Write Now mentees that will be featured in a Grief Awareness Day series on the Yellow Tulip Project's blog.
Learn more below.
Community Spotlight
MENTOR HIGHLIGHT
7 Years of Mentorship & Counting
Mentor Shannon Carlin On What Makes Girls Write Now Mentorship Transformative
"I think this program is about finding relationships and people that you would have never gotten a chance to meet, especially younger people as you get older. It's really meaningful to meet these wonderful, smart, young people who will make you so excited for the future." —Shannon Carlin
Applications are now being accepted on a rolling basis for mentors.
YELLOW TULIP PROJECT X GIRLS WRITE NOW
Let's Talk About It: Grief & Writing
Three Mentees Reflect on How Personal Loss Appears in Their Writing
Mentee Alumni Olivia Kim, Emma Kushnirsky, and Ifeoma Okwuka explored their personal experiences of loss and shared writing on the topic of personal loss for Yellow Tulip Project's Grief Awareness Day blog posts. The first post goes live this Wednesday! Read one of the works, I Like The Look of Freedom on You by Ifeoma Okwuka, here.
LIFE@GWN
"Dwelling on the Past...Won't Change the Past...Learning is the Only Path Forward"
Mentor Dr. Brenda Henry-Offor
Last week, we profiled Director of People and Culture, Daniella Olibrice for Life@GWN. In this edition we talked to the stellar mentor that she brought to the Girls Write Now community, Dr. Brenda Henry-Offor. From mentoring her graduate school students to guiding mentees in the Career 360 program, Brenda brings a compassionate dedication that is all her own.
Sally's Sounds of Summer
Writing Playlists & Prompts by
Girls Write Now Fellow Sally Familia
Say you are watching an indie film based on your life so far. What is the narrator saying as the first scene comes onto your screen? What images, colors, and sounds are present?
Every week this summer, we showcased Sally's writing playlists and prompts to get your creative juices flowing. Listen to the final playlist this week!
Sally Familia
they/them
Fellow
Writing Our Way to Wellness
Marking National Grief Awareness Day
FRIDAY NIGHT SALON
Heal & Grow with Yasmine Cheyenne
Get In Touch With Your Feelings Through Writing
Join Yasmine Cheyenne, author of The Sugar Jar, as she explains how our internal beliefs and the feedback of others can get in the way of our forward momentum with writing. Learn how to deal with feedback, be compassionately honest with ourselves, and how to keep going anyway.
FRIDAY NIGHT SALON
Explore What Home Means to You with Sepideh Moafi
After Leaving a Homeland, How Can You Write Your Way To Belonging?
Join Sepideh Moafi, an actor, singer, writer, producer, refugee, and humanitarian, for an engaging salon and discover what home and belonging means to you.
FRIDAY NIGHT SALON
Write Memoir with Elle Johnson
Memoir Writing Prompts, a Q&A & More!
Join TV writer and author Elle Johnson as she shares turning a family tragedy into a heart-wrenching story of love.
Get The Gig!
PARTNER JOB OPPORTUNITY
Macmillan
Managing Editor, Minotaur (SMP)
Join the team at Minotaur that brings heart-racing mysteries to your shelves! This role will oversee and manage seasonal title lists for original trade fiction and nonfiction, forecasting and planning, chairing production meetings, and creating/maintaining title records in the internal database.
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.
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Planned Parenthood
Policy Intern, Summer 2024
The Public Policy, Litigation and Law Department of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) seeks rising 2L or 3L law students to serve as policy interns for its New York and Washington, D.C. offices or to work remotely for the summer of 2024. This internship is a full-time position. PPFA is open to candidates who wish to split their summer with another internship or a summer associate position. Rising 3Ls are encouraged to apply by October 15, 2023; rising 2Ls are encouraged to apply by January 1, 2024.
Check out more opportunities here.
WRITING PROGRAM OPPORTUNITY
Dramatic Question Theater
Play Development Program
Dramatic Question Theater is currently seeking playwright submissions for their three new play development programs for 2023-2024. The programs are for writers with a completed draft they feel needs development. It is free, meets weekly between October 3rd and December 9th, and is led by a BIPoC and/ or Female-identifying instructor.
Check out more opportunities here.
