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 WELCOME TO WRITEGIRL
WriteGirl is a nonprofit organization
for high school girls centered on the craft of creative writing
and empowerment through self-expression. Through one-on-one
mentoring and monthly workshops, girls are given techniques,
insights and hot tips for great writing in all genres from
professional women writers.
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WRITEGIRL NAMED CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT OF YEAR!
 Executive Director Keren Taylor accepted The Governor and First Lady’s Medal for Service which recognizes WriteGirl as a nonprofit whose volunteerism has had a tangible impact on the community, region and the state of California. This high-profile award is a wonderful public acknowledgment for the hundreds of professional women writers who so generously volunteer their time, expertise and heart to our WriteGirl teens.
SEASON-END CELEBRATION HONORS EMERGING AUTHORS!
 More than 350 guests gathered at the Writers Guild of America Theater in Beverly Hills on June 25th, 2011 to celebrate the end of Write Girl’s tenth season. The event previewed our new anthology, Intensity: The 10th Anniversary Anthology from WriteGirl, an eclectic collection of the members’ writing throughout the season (October-June). Our teens read their original work onstage in their own bold voices. Intensity celebrates the voices of girls from 100 different Los Angeles high schools, and women writers from top newspapers, publishers and entertainment companies. Writing advice and an entire chapter of writing experiments will help you develop and share your own bold voice. (release date January 2012)
Beyond Words
Beyond Words has won 7 book awards including anthology winner of the National Best Book Award, USA Book News, the London Book Festival, National Indie Excellence Awards and the International Book Awards.
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AWARD-WINNING WRITEGIRL BOOKS MAKE GREAT GIFTS!
 
Each one is a compendium of stories, poems, essays, rants and scenes from members and includes writing activities to jumpstart your creativity. For the teachers on your list, Pens on Fire is a compilation of writing experiments culled from WriteGirl workshops. It's a great way to get any group excited about writing.
WriteGirl anthologies have won a total of 33 book awards including:
 Best Book: USA Books News
· Grand Prize Winner Next Generation Indie Book Awards
· 1st Place, London Book Festival
· 1st Place, National Indie Book Awards
· IPPY Silver Medal
· Forward Magazine Finalist
· 1st Place, Los Angeles Book Festival, Non-Fiction
· Winner. International Book Festival
 SHOP ONLINE & DONATE TO WRITEGIRL
Online shopping avoids the stress of in-store crowds. An easy way to help WriteGirl is to use iGive, a large collection of online stores with a wide variety of gift ideas. You don’t have to buy; just searching gives WriteGirl a donation.
Joining is free. Click here to sign up.
SHOP AT RALPH’S AND SUPPORT WRITEGIRL! 
If you enroll your Ralph's Rewards card in their Community Program, WriteGirl gets a donation. If you don't have a card, go to any Ralph's and get an instant number.
Here's how to enroll your Rewards Card:
- Log on to www.ralphs.com In the upper right corner, Click on the Ralphs Rewards card.
- Log in or create an new account to register your rewards card number
- Scroll down to SERVICES
- Click on COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION -- Scroll down to PARTICIPANT and Click "ENROLL"
- Click 'save changes'
- Search WRITEGIRL- Click the button to select us
That's all there is to it. Ralph's will give a donation on your purchases. Spread the word to your friends. It’s the easiest contribution you can make! Thanks for helping our girls write their way to more positive futures.
33 AWARDS FOR WRITEGIRL ANTHOLOGIES!
Winner, International Book Awards, Anthologies, Non-Fiction: Beyond Words
Winner, National Indie Excellence Awards, Anthology: Beyond Words
Finalist, Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Anthology: Beyond Words
Finalist, Independent Book Publisher Awards, Anthology: Beyond Words
Winner, London Book Festival, Anthologies: Beyond Words
Winner, National Best Book Awards, USA BookNews, Poetry: Beyond Words
Finalist, ForeWord Reviews, Book of the Year Awards, Anthology, Beyond Words
2010 Winner, New York Book Festival, Teenage: Silhouette
2010 Winner, International Book Awards, Anthologies-Nonfiction: Silhouette
2009 Winner, London Book Festival, Anthologies: Silhouette
2009 Winner, National Indie Excellence Awards, Anthologies, Silhouette
2009 Finalist, ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards, Anthologies: Silhouette
2009 Winner, Los Angeles Book Festival, Nonfiction: Silhouette
2009 Winner, National Best Book Awards, USA Book News, Anthologies: Silhouette
2009 Silver Medalist, Independent Publisher Book Awards: Listen to Me
2009 Winner, National Indie Excellence Awards, Anthologies: Listen to Me
2009 2nd Place, San Francisco Book Awards, Teenage: Listen to Me
2009 Runner Up, New York Book Festival, Teenage: Listen to Me
2008 Finalist, ForeWord Reviews, Book of the Year Awards, Anthologies: Listen to Me
2008 1st Place, Grand Prize Winner, Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Lines of Velocity
2008 Winner, London Book Festival, Teenage: Lines of Velocity
2008 Winner, National Best Book Awards, USA Book News, Anthologies: Lines of Velocity
2008 Silver Medalist, Independent Publisher Book Awards: Lines of Velocity
2008 Honorable Mention, NY Festival of Books Awards: Lines of Velocity
2008 Honorable Mention, New England Book Festival,: Lines of Velocity
2007 Finalist, ForeWord Reviews, Book of the Year Awards: Lines of Velocity
2007 Honorable Mention, London Book Festival, Anthologies: Untangled
2006 Winner, National Best Book Awards, USA Book News, Anthologies: Untangled
2006 Finalist, ForeWord Reviews, Book of the Year Awards, Anthologies: Untangled
2006 Winner, Anthologies, Writers Notes Magazine Book Award: Nothing Held Back
2006 Honorable Mention, Independent Publisher Book Awards: Nothing Held Back
2006 Finalist, Independent Publisher Book Awards, Anthologies: Pieces of Me
2005 Finalist, ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards, Anthologies: Bold Ink
PRAISE FOR WRITEGIRL PUBLICATIONS
The short prose and verse selections are by turns raw, crackling with energy, naïve, knowing, and, above all, deeply personal, revealing the inner lives of strong but vulnerable females. WriteGirl’s wonderful, inspirational anthology belongs in every media center, public library, and creative writing class.
VOYA Book Review of “Listen to Me” (Dec 2008)
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Are you a high school girl in Los Angeles?
Are you interested in exploring poetry, songs, screenplays,
fiction and other kinds of creative writing? Would you
like a professional woman writer to mentor you and help
you with your writing?
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WriteGirl welcomes energetic women of diverse ethnic
and professional backgrounds to serve as volunteers
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WriteGirl works: 100% of our senior girls enroll in college after participating in WriteGirl!
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"What's
right with WriteGirl is that professional women writers are
jumpstarting the muse within teenagers. No vision is beyond
the horizon, no expression suppressed. And the girls' families
get it, too! Community at its finest."
Lauren Deutsch, WriteGirl supporter
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DONATE TO WRITEGIRL
We need your help to keep WriteGirl thriving. Your donation makes an immediate, measurable and lasting impact on the life of a young girl. Thanks for helping girls write their way to positive futures. Donate today.
Our Girls Go to College
 For the tenth year in a row, we are proud to continue our success rate of sending 100% of our seniors to college, many on full or partial scholarships. WriteGirl works!
Want to hear the real voices of WriteGirl? Visit our blog written entirely by mentees. Click here
10th Anniversary Bold Ink Awards Benefit – A hit!
More than 350 guests gathered at the Writers Guild of America Theater in Beverly Hills for WriteGirl's fifth annual Bold Ink Awards that celebrated eight fearless women writers. The night kicked off with a catered hors-d’oeuvres and cocktail and a silent auction, followed by the awards ceremony and a dessert reception.
 Our fearless women writer honorees, left to right, are:
Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, I Hate Valentine's Day), Sarah Silverman (The Sarah Silverman Program, Bedwetter), Winnie Holzman (Wicked, My So-Called Life) and Savannah Dooley (Huge), Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada, 27 Dresses) and Kara DioGuardi (Ain’t No Other Man, Walk Away, Undo It).
Past honorees: Wanda Coleman, Jennifer Crittenden, Diablo Cody, Liz Craft, Sarah Fain, Janet Fitch, Carol Flint, Naomi Foner, Gigi Levangie, Callie Khouri, Suzanne Lummis, Nancy Meyers, Patt Morrison, Carol Muske-Dukes, Sonia Nazario, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Lynda Resnick, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Carolyn See, Patricia Seyburn, Marisa Silver, Mona Simpson, Jill Soloway, Robin Swicord, Sandra Tsing Loh and Diane Warren.
“These women are not only tremendous writers, but they are also outstanding role models for the young girls we are mentoring in WriteGirl. We are very excited to honor them for their bold and complex female characters and stories.”
- Keren Taylor, WriteGirl executive director. (Pictured above)
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journals, hats, mugs, and more! Makes a great gift for
the holidays! Check out our new store at CafePress!
SEASON-END CELEBRATION HONORS EMERGING AUTHORS!
More than 400 guests gathered at the Writers Guild of America Theater in Beverly Hills on June 26th, 2010 to celebrate the end of Write Girl's ninth season. The event previewed our new anthology,
Beyond Words: The Creative Voices of WriteGirl
, an eclectic collection of the members’ writing throughout the season (October-June). Our girls read their original work onstage and were thrilled to have special guests Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Pamela Hayden (The Simpsons) and Robin Weigert (Deadwood) bring their words to life alongside them. Beyond Words celebrates the voices of teens from more than 60 different Los Angeles high schools, and women writers from top newspapers, publishers and entertainment companies. Writing advice and an entire chapter of writing experiments will help you develop and share your own bold voice. (release date January 2011)
Click Here To Join Us!
 WriteGirl is proud to announce that we’ve been included in a new book called Spirit of Service, a daily guide that explores the many ways we can get involved in service to others. The book provides daily ways to serve in every arena and an interactive website featuring opportunities around the nation. There is a calling for everyone who wants to express compassion to others and themselves. www.spiritofservice365.com
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BEYOND WORDS: The Creative Voices of WriteGirl
Beyond Words is the ninth anthology from WriteGirl. More than 150 teen girls and professional women writers share their diverse perspectives and stories about family, identity, friendship, love, music, loss and more in this unique collection. From poignant poetry to breakup lyrics to an essay on finding meaning within a shag carpet, Beyond Words unveils a broad range of confident and fresh voices.
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