Tayari's Blog: Girls Write Now

Posted by TayariJones on September 26, 2007 06:18 AM
Filed under The Writing Life

Girls Write Now is celebrating ten years of connecting high school girls with writing mentors. Won't you please come out to our fundraising birthday celebration on October 18? It's in NY. I'm reading and so is Janice Earlbaum. Not totally convinced? What if I told you that it we be held at the fabulous The Slipper Room on the Lower East Side? What if I told you that it is a yet another sparkly luxlotus project?

Well, if that doesn't impress you, what about this?

Girls Write Now provides at-risk high school girls with emerging writing talent the unique opportunity to be custom matched with a professional woman writer who serves as her individual mentor and writing coach, meeting with her weekly for one entire school year, and for up to four years.The year is punctuated by three public readings, college and career prep seminars, a social action series, field trips to cultural events, and endless opportunities for scholarships and publication. The magic of the program is reflected in a solid nine-year track record, a 65-percent member retention rate, a 100-percent college acceptance rate, an annual anthology of original writing, and the seven-genre portfolios each student emerges equipped with each season.

So shall I see you there?

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