WriteGirl Teaching Artists led two professional development workshops for teachers in February 2023, one at the Whittier Public Library and another as part of the LACOE (Los Angeles County Office of Education) Literacy Lifts Conference in Alhambra.
Read MoreWriteGirl recently published Reflections, the third edition of Lines & Breaks, our online literary journal. From tiny epiphanies while surveying bedside lamps to an ode to one’s hands, WriteGirl community members share reflections on their identity, their families, their passions and their futures.
Read MoreAs part of the international expansion WriteGirl has undertaken over the past two years, WriteGirl has begun facilitating creative writing workshops with a group of girls at a school in Kampala, Uganda. We held our second online workshop with them on Sunday, January 29, 2023.
Read MoreWriteGirl was featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show alongside WriteGirl supporter and volunteer Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls) on November 15, 2022. We were thrilled to have WriteGirl Executive Director Keren Taylor and WriteGirl alum Grace Lyde featured on the Kelly Clarkson couch, where Kelly chatted with Keren, Grace and Lauren about all things WriteGirl.
Read MoreWriteGirl’s 21st season was a year of growth, innovation and optimism. Our teens published their writing in a new online literary journal, performed their work for audiences across the country and continued to thrive through mentorship.
Read MoreWriteGirl is thrilled to announce that WriteGirl Executive Director Keren Taylor has won the Dorothy M. McKenzie Award for Distinguished Service to the Field of Children’s Literature, awarded by the Children’s Literature Council of Southern California! The award is named after the organization’s founder, Dorothy M. McKenzie.
Read MoreWriteGirl is excited to announce that WriteGirl Alum Arielle Davis is featured in WriteGirl Alum Amanda Gorman's class on MasterClass!
Read MoreOver 150 WriteGirl alums, volunteers and friends of WriteGirl gathered together online at the WriteGirl Bold Ink Awards to celebrate the four Bold Ink Award honorees including: Amy Sherman-Palladino (Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale), NBC4 Reporter Beverly White and Mara Brock Akil (Girlfriends)!
Read MoreWe are thrilled to announce that Amazon has recently named WriteGirl as an Amazon Literary Partnership grantee! This year, over $1 million total in grants have been awarded to 74 writing and literary organizations across the country, including WriteGirl. Thanks to this grant, we will be able to continue supporting, providing inspiration, and nurturing the creativity of underserved teens in Los Angeles and beyond.
Read MoreWriteGirl member Salome Agbaroji has been named Los Angeles County Youth Poet Laureate for the 2022-23 year! She is succeeding poet Jessica Kim, a WriteGirl mentee!
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.
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