Media
WriteGirl has been featured in local, national and international news outlets with coverage of our events, our longterm impact and more.
FEATURED COVERAGE:
CNN: Helping teen girls get on the 'write' path
WriteGirl Executive Director Keren Taylor was named a CNN Hero for her work empowering girls through creative writing. Keren was featured with WriteGirl mentors and mentees on CNN and CNN International. Read more
WriteGirl Featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show
In November 2022, WriteGirl was featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show alongside WriteGirl supporter and volunteer Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls). 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.
OTHER NOTABLE MEDIA COVERAGE
Christian Science Monitor – Nov. 16, 2023
How WriteGirl helps teens find their creative voice
Waves of Change Podcast – Aug. 7, 2023
Interview with Keren Taylor from WriteGirl
CBS Los Angeles – August 26, 2022
WriteGirl inspires young women, helps authors find their voice
Los Angeles Daily News - June 21, 2022
WriteGirl Mentoring Program Helps Young Women Find Creative Confidence Through Writing
WRITEGIRL AWARDS:
WriteGirl has won more than 100 awards for its two decades of empowering teens. In 2013, WriteGirl was honored by First Lady Michelle Obama with the 2013 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, the highest national honor awarded to such programs. Executive Director Keren Taylor and mentee Jacqueline Uy, age 16, personally accepted the award from First Lady Michelle Obama.
In 2022, WriteGirl Executive Director Keren Taylor 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, and in 2020, Keren received the Los Angeles Times Innovator’s Award, “spotlighting efforts to bring books, publishing and storytelling into the future.”
WriteGirl has received 100 national and international book awards for its anthologies and online literary journal Lines & Breaks.
PRESS RELEASES
April 11, 2024
MEDIA ALERT: WriteGirl Celebrates National Poetry Month with Poetry at The Autry
WriteGirl to host in-person Poetry Workshop & Poetry Café for teens at The Autry
Feb. 22, 2024
MEDIA ALERT: Acclaimed Singer/Songwriters to Inspire Next Generation of Women Writers
GRAMMY-nominated singer/songwriters to mentor underserved teen girls and perform their lyrics at online WriteGirl Songwriting Workshop & Showcase on Feb. 24
August 1, 2023
PRESS RELEASE: WriteGirl Partners with Chronicle Books to Release Inspiring Creative Writing Journal
What's Behind the Blue Door? features 75 galvanizing prompts, from memoir-esque questions to speculative fiction starters to poetry exercises, as well as 50 encouraging tips to bring your writing to the next level.
Contact
For answers to specific questions or to set up an interview with a WriteGirl spokesperson, please contact:
Katie Geyer
WriteGirl Managing Director