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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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 Our 8th Anthology is here!
Silhouette: Bold Lines and Voices from WriteGirl
Two book awards already!
London Book Festival, winner, Anthologies
National Best Book Awards, USA BookNews, winner, Poetry Anthologies
From tumultuous relationships to accordions, the writing in Silhouette covers a wide range of themes and genres, all told through the unique voices and perspectives of our diverse group of women and girls. Click here to get your copy. Writing advice throughout the book and an entire chapter with a variety of writing experiments will help you develop and share your own bold voice.
Click here to buy Silhouette and all other WriteGirl Books!
Award-winning WriteGirl Books Make Great Gifts!
Each one is a compendium of stories, poems, essays, rants and scenes from members. "Listen to Me" has won five book awards; "Lines of Velocity" has six! All WriteGirl anthologies include writing experiments 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.
 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.
SUPPORT THE FUTURE OF WRITEGIRL
We need your financial support to keep WriteGirl thriving. All of our generous funders know that a donation to WriteGirl 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 to ensure our 9th season is a great success.
Check out WriteGirl's exciting Season 9 Calendar of Events!
AWARDS FOR WRITEGIRL PUBLICATIONS
Silhouette
Winner, London Book Festival, Anthologies
Winner, National Best Book Awards, Poetry Anthologies
Listen to Me
First Place, Anthologies, National Indie Excellence Awards
Silver Medalist, Independent Publisher Awards
Runner-Up, Teenage, San Francisco Book Festival
Finalist, Next Generation Indie Book Awards
Finalist, ForeWord Magazine
1st Place Teenage, London Book Awards
Lines of Velocity
1st Place Teenage, London Book Festival
Grand Prize Winner, Next Generation Indie Book Awards
Best Book Winner, National Best Book Awards, USA Book News
Silver Medalist, Independent Publisher Awards
Finalist, ForeWord Magazine
Honorable Mention, New York Festival of Books
Untangled
Finalist, ForeWord Magazine
Honorable Mention, London Book Festival
Best Book Winner, National Best Book Awards, USA Book News
Nothing Held Back
Writers Notes Magazine Book Award Winner
Honorable Mention, Independent Publisher Awards Nothing Held Back
Pieces of Me
Finalist, Independent Publisher Awards
Bold Ink
Finalist, ForeWord Magazine
PRAISE FOR WRITEGIRL PUBLICATIONS
The short prose and verse selections are by turns raw, crackling with energy, naďve, 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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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
We need your support. How can you help? Click here donate.
 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
Our Season End Celebration
More than 400 guests gathered at the Writers Guild of America Theater in Beverly Hills to celebrate the end of Write Girl’s eighth season and preview the new anthology, Silhouette: Bold Lines and Voices from WriteGirl. Girls read their original work and were thrilled to have guests Sprague Graden (“24”), Pamela Guest and Peter Facinelli (“Twilight”) also bring their words to life onstage. Silhouette 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.
Click here for event photos
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Bold Ink Awards at Fox Studios was blockbuster!
WriteGirl's 2009 Bold Ink Awards at Fox Studios celebrated fearless women writers, left to right: Gigi Levangie, Sonia Nazario, Naomi Foner, Diane Warren, [Keren Taylor], Gina Prince Bythewood, Wanda Coleman, Jennifer Crittenden (not pictured: Carolyn See).
Click here for a Bold Ink Awards photo gallery
Buy WriteGirl Merchandise!
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journals, hats, mugs, and more! Makes a great gift for
the holidays! Check out our new store at CafePress!
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WriteGirl Publications!
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LISTEN TO ME: Shared Secrets From WriteGirl
Love, pain, relationships, cravings, neighbors, murder, boredom, mysteries, vegetarians and peacocks are just a few of the subjects inside the pages of Listen to Me . Girls and women confess deeply personal stories and perspectives through carefully-crafted as well as spontaneous gems of poetry, fiction, scenes, songs and essays. An entire chapter offers a variety of writing experiments to help you discover and share your own secrets.
Read raves for Listen to Me
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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