“To lead the world to justice and hope, we must empower a generation of young women to speak with authority and write their truth. Girls Write Now is making that happen—one girl at a time.”—Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Shout
“When I name myself, I become myself. In these pages, girls name themselves, their worlds, their wishes, their pain and their heart’s finest joys. Right here, girls become their true selves.” —Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko
Ctrl + B: The Girls Write Now 2019 Anthology showcases the next generation of young women writers. These energetic pieces are transforming the narrative and opening up readers to a fresh outlook and hope for the future. Inside these pages, Girls Write Now mentees explore what it means to be feminist, why we need to fight for freedoms, and the triumph when you speak up and share your unique story.
For over 20 years, Girls Write Now has been a leader in arts education as New York’s first and only writing and mentoring organization for girls. Girls Write Now mentees—more than 95 percent girls of color and high-need—are published, perform, and win awards. One hundred percent of the program’s seniors are accepted to college.
The Girls Write Now anthology series has been recognized as the Outstanding Book of the Year in the Independent Publisher Book Awards, and has earned additional honors from the International Book Awards, National Indie Excellence Awards, Next Generation Indie Book Awards, the New York Book Festival, the San Francisco Book Festival, and the Paris Book Festival.
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Molly Mac Dermot is the Director of Special Initiatives at Girls Write Now.Phoebe Robinson is a Girls Write Now honoree and the cocreator and costar of HBO’s 2 Dope Queens and the author of the New York Times-bestselling books You Can’t Touch My Hair and Other Things I Still Have to Explain and Everything’s Trash, But It’s Okay.
Tomi Adeyemi is a Girls Write Now honoree and the author of the New York Times-bestselling book, Children of Blood and Bone.
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