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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SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR SEASON 8
WOMEN WRITERS WANTED! YOU LOVE TO WRITE – YOU’LL LOVE WRITEGIRL
 And WriteGirl teens will love you! We’re looking for mentors and volunteers for our 8th season of creative writing workshops and mentoring for teen girls. WriteGirl welcomes all women of diverse professional backgrounds to join our energetic community of writers.
Apply your professional skills, enrich a young woman’s life – and let her enrich yours!
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2008 AWARDS! |
1st PLACE GRAND PRIZE
Next Generation
Indie Book Awards |
IPPY Silver Medal
Independent PublisherAnthology Award |
Finalist
Young Adult Category |
New York Book Festival Honorable Mention
Congratulations to the teen and women writers in this award winning anthology!
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How to become
a WriteGirl
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?
If
your answers are yes, click here ›
 
Interested in volunteering with
WriteGirl?
WriteGirl welcomes energetic women of diverse ethnic
and professional backgrounds to serve as volunteers
in all areas of WriteGirl.
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WriteGirl works: 100% of our
senior girls enroll in college after participating in
WriteGirl!
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WriteGirl Info Kit
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WriteGirl Clippings
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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
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The WriteGirl Season End Celebration at the Writers Guild of America Theater
in Beverly Hills was a great success.
On June 29th, 2008, nearly 500 guests
gathered to hear our teens read their original work from our 7th anthology,
Listen to Me: Shared Secrets from WriteGirl, to be released in January 2009.
Click here for event photos
Buy WriteGirl Merchandise!
 T-shirts,
journals, hats, mugs, and more! Makes a great gift for
the holidays! Check out our new store at CafePress!
Buy
WriteGirl Publications!
WriteGirl's sixth anthology,
Lines of Velocity, is filled with more than 250 pages of poetry, essays, lyrics and stories from WriteGirl members.
Read more about Lines of Velocity.
Our Girls Go to College
WriteGirl is happy to announce that 21 of our girls started college in the fall of 2008.
We are
proud to continue our success rate of sending 100% of
our seniors to college!
 Last year 16 WriteGirl teens went off to college, many as the first in their families to do so. 100% of our graduating girls enroll in college after participation in WriteGirl. We’re very proud.
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