The WriteGirl team is so excited to announce our inaugural program for teen boys—Bold Ink Writers! We’re branching out our program to use creative writing as a vehicle for self expression to cultivate the voices of more young people and develop the communication skills they need to achieve academic and professional success.
Read more about the Bold Ink Writers program here. And help us spread the word on your networks!
Read MoreOn Saturday, March 21, 2015, WriteGirl partnered with The LiveWell Project on a dynamic one-day event for at-risk teens in San Diego. WriteGirl donated journals and WriteGirl books for all the girls, but we also took WriteGirl on the road to help support San Diego teens.
Read MoreArt inspires poetry + an upcoming red carpet event! Our February Newsletter is out. Read on!
Read MoreOn the evening of January 19th and 20th, several of our girls read their original poetry and shared their writing advice to a crowd at The Matrix theater.
Read MoreWriteGirl featured for increasing creative diversity in the Los Angeles area on University of Southern California's website Neon Tommy.
Read MoreWriteGirl has thousands of alumnae studying and working all over the world. We’d like to introduce you to a few.
Read MoreWe blew the roof off the Music Center at the WriteGirl Songwriting Workshop a couple of weeks ago. Every teen girl – all 70 of them – was paired for the day with a woman writer. Twenty singer/songwriters joined us, to help coach our girls in writing song lyrics and offer insights into their creative processes. We listened to songs and analyzed their structure. We danced. We wrote about things we are passionate about.
Read MoreWhat does she want?
What does she need?
Despite what she tells you, it’s not a hot new pair of jeans or an even flatter cellphone.
Those things are great, but they will only last a few years at best.
We have a list of things that will help a girl for her entire life…
Read MoreSO what is “Giving Tuesday” exactly, you ask?
It’s the day following Black Friday & Cyber Monday…where we take a step back, think about everything we’ve gotten out of the holiday season and all of our moments of gratitude, and give a bit back to the universe in return.
We’re joining this movement to raise funds for WriteGirl…to expand our programs and make WriteGirl’s reach more vast & deep than ever, ensuring bright & bold futures
Read MoreWriteGirl was honored at the Departures Magazine Philanthropy Honors gala on Oct. 7 in New York City, with keynote speaker Kevin Spacey and host Norah O'Donnell of *CBS This Morning*. Longtime WriteGirl supporter Margaret Hyde accepted the award for WriteGirl and spoke of WriteGirl’s 13-year history of empowering teen girls through creativity!
Read MoreWriteGirl was honored by First Lady Michelle Obama with the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award
An initiative of the President’s Committee on the Arts & the Humanities (PCAH). The President’s Committee partners with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to administer the program.
WriteGirl is a creative writing and mentoring organization that promotes creativity, critical thinking and leadership skills to empower teen girls.
WriteGirl is a project of Community Partners, a nonprofit charity exempt from federal income tax under
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