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March 2008
WRITEGIRL and GIRLS ROCK! PANEL DISCUSSION
WriteGirl and Girls Rock!, a documentary about a rock 'n' roll girls' camp, partner on panel discussion during the film's opening weekend.
Panelists include: WriteGirl's founder and executive director, singer-songwriter Keren Taylor ;
GRAMMY-award winning songwriter and WriteGirl mentor, Michelle Lewis;
and GRAMMY Foundation Coordinator, Education Initiatives, Valerie Vanderwest.
The panel will be held Saturday, March 8 from 9-9:30 p.m. after
the film's 7:30 showing at the Nuart Theatre in Santa Monica, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd.
visit Girls Rock!
February 2008
DIABLO CODY HONORED AT BOLD INK AWARDS
Keren Taylor, WriteGirl's Executive Director, with Diablo Cody, Oscar-winning screenwriter for "Juno",
at the Bold Ink Awards.
ANOTHER BOOK AWARD FOR WRITEGIRL!
Winter 2006
USA BookNews.com announces WriteGirl's new anthology, UNTANGLED:
Stories & Poetry from the Women and Girls of WriteGirl,
is the award winner for Fiction & Literature: Anthologies
in the Best Books 2006 Book Awards.
March 29, 2006
Nothing Held Back is a finalist in the Young Adult
category in the 2006 Writers Notes Magazine Book Awards. "Get
the WriteGirl spirit! Here are pages and pages of passionate
creative writing in various genres by teen girls and their
mentors
a gorgeously produced volume." Writers
Notes Magazine
CONGRATULATIONS, KEREN TAYLOR
February 17, 2006
WriteGirl Executive Director Keren Taylor will be honored
as an Extraordinary Woman of Distinction by Soroptimist International
of Los Angeles, on March 25, 2006. The annual Soroptimist
Making a Difference for Women Award honors women who, through
their professional or personal efforts, are making extraordinary
differences in the lives of women or girls. Honorees are women
who have worked to improve the lives of other women or girls.
Rikki Klieman and Lucy Sanders are also being honored. To
learn more or to attend the luncheon at University of Southern
California's Town & Gown, visit Soroptimist
International's website.
WRITEGIRL AT GOVERNOR AND FIRST LADY'S
CONFERENCE ON WOMEN AND FAMILIES
Thursday, October 27, 2005
WriteGirl's booth at this conference at the Long Beach Convention
Center was hopping with women picking up info and buying WriteGirl
books. The conference was attended more than 11,000 women!
BOOK LAUNCH FOR "NOTHING HELD
BACK "
Saturday, October 22nd, 2005
WriteGirl packed the outdoor patio at Portrait of a Bookstore
in Studio City for our book launch. About a dozen girls and
volunteers read excerpts from "Pieces of Me," along
with celebrity guest reader Jennie Garth (from "90210"
and "What I Like about You").
WRITEGIRL EXPANDS TO SOUTH LOS ANGELES
October 18, 2005
WriteGirl has successfully launched a series of weekly workshops
for girls at an alternative high school in South Central Los
Angeles called "Destiny Academy". We will be producing
a chapbook of their work at the end of 11 weeks, as well as
a public reading. This is a very exciting development for
us. If you would like more information on this special WriteGirl
program, please email keren@writegirl.org
SCHOLARSHIP FOR A WRITEGIRL
Step Up Women's Network named John Marshall High School student
and WriteGirl Lovely Umayam as the "Step Up Girl of the
Month." Lovely received a $1,000 scholarship to a Princeton
Review preparatory course in Westwood where she's learning
to boost her SAT scores. Step Up works with community partners
to award young people scholarships intended to go furthers
the winner's passion and goals. Lovely says: "If it wasn't
for this Step Up award and the help of WriteGirl, I don't
think I'd have the power to change my future." Read more
here:
http://www.stepupwomensnetwork.org/newsletter/2/online_scene.html
WEST HOLLYWOOD BOOK FAIR
Sunday, October 2nd, 2005
Great fun at the WriteGirl booth and onstage too. The women
and girls of WriteGirl put on a great reading, we sold some
books, and introduced many more people to WriteGirl. At least
4 mentor alumni dropped by our booth to say hi! Here's a few
quotes from attendees:
--"The women and girls reading on stage was such an
awesome moment; WriteGirl drew a big crowd! As they should,
the original writings are one-of-kind!" --Hilary Galanoy
--"It was wonderful to see mentees like Laura Hurtado
and Rayline Rivera helping in the booth, telling prospective
members about how much they've enjoyed their experiences as
WriteGirls." --Allison Deegan
--"It was hot - downright steamy. But that didn't stop
intrepid Hilary Galanoy from selling 7 books in 2 hrs!"
-- Melissa Anderson
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