WriteGirl

Helping teens write their way to brilliant futures.

Welcome to the redesigned WriteGirl website!

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WriteGirl is a creative writing and mentoring organization that promotes creativity, critical thinking and leadership skills to empower teen girls and gender-expansive youth.

Since 2001, WriteGirl has leveraged the skills of professional writers to mentor teens to help them develop their voice and rise. WriteGirl works with teen girls and gender-expansive youth in Los Angeles and around the world.

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A mentee and her mentor smiling together.
A teen at a tall table with post-it notes looks in front of them as another teens hangs their post-it note on a glass wall.
Two teens smile as they read from copies of "This Moment". The WriteGirl logo is on a backdrop in the background.

We help you realize your potential

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We help you realize your potential ✴︎

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WriteGirl Works!

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WriteGirl Alum and Presidential Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman credits WriteGirl for giving her the confidence to share her voice with the world. Read more.

“WriteGirl has been pivotal in my life. It’s been thanks to their support that I’ve been able to chase my dreams as a writer.” - Amanda Gorman

WriteGirl has thousands of alums living all around the world, in careers ranging from authors and journalists to doctors and engineers. Learn more.

WriteGirl on the Kelly Clarkson Show

WriteGirl was featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Nov. 15, 2022! Watch as Kelly interviews WriteGirl Executive Director and Founder Keren Taylor, WriteGirl alum Grace Lyde and WriteGirl volunteer and acclaimed actor Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls).

WriteGirl at the White House

In 2013, WriteGirl was honored by First Lady Michelle Obama with the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, the highest national honor awarded to exemplary out-of-school time programs.

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Did you know… 

…65 of our teens graduated high school last year. And do you know how many of them are going to college? All of them. That’s right, for over two decades, WriteGirl has continued its outstanding tradition of ensuring that 100% of our teens go to college.

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Before you get mired in the holiday shopping frenzy, don't forget to set a little aside to support the causes you care about on #GivingTuesday! Make a tax-deductible donation to WriteGirl on Tuesday, December 3rd and help us match more WriteGirl teen
WriteGirl staff members and volunteers are out at the @nhmla Commons opening! Stop by our table anytime between now and 5 PM (Pacific Time) and make sure to attend our guided writing workshop at 2 PM! Check out more information to buy tickets here: h
🦕Join us for the WriteGirl Discovery Workshop @NHMLA Commons on Sunday, November 17 to celebrate the opening of the museum’s new wing! WriteGirl will be hosting a guided Write & Walk workshop at 2 PM and stop by the WriteGirl table anytime
We’re so grateful to be a 2024 Ready to Rise grantee partner! Thank you to @calfund and @libertyhillfoundation for your support in helping us expand our programming to reach more of Los Angeles County’s most vulnerable youth. We look forw
We’re excited to be leading a series of in-school co-ed college readiness workshops at the Centinela Valley Union High School District this fall! Under the name Bold Ink Writers, our Teaching Artists and volunteers (pictured here!) help teens w