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WriteGirl is a Los Angeles-based project of Community Partners, an American nonprofit organization. Since 2001, WriteGirl has paired professional women writers in the Los Angeles area with at-risk teenage girls who do not otherwise have access to creative writing or mentoring programs. The mentoring focuses on the craft of creative writing and empowerment through self-expression. By means of one-on-one sessions and monthly workshops, girls are given techniques, insights, and practical advice for writing in several genres: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, songwriting, and screenwriting. "I volunteer with about one hundred other volunteers, who come from a variety of different occupations. There are screenwriters, technical writers. That variety in our volunteer base gives texture to the organization," said volunteer Teresa Huang in an interview with Los Angeles magazine in 2013.〔Wolfgram, Christina. ("Public Service Announcement: Meet WriteGirl Volunteer and Mentor Teresa Huang" ), ''Los Angeles Magazine'', Los Angeles, 18 September 2013. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 100% of WriteGirl's graduating seniors have entered college, many on full or partial scholarships.〔Felde, Kitty. ("Michelle Obama honors LA mentoring program for teen girls" ), ''KPCC'', Los Angeles, 22 November 2013. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 This is particularly noteworthy because many of the girls come from at-risk communities where they are beating the odds just graduating from high school. In its 12th season, WriteGirl will be working with over 350 teens from over 80 high schools throughout Los Angeles County. Each year, WriteGirl publishes an anthology of work from the girls and their mentors.〔http://www.writegirl.org/publications/〕 Collectively, WriteGirl anthologies have won a total of 45 international and national book awards. == (WriteGirl Bold Ink Awards ) == WriteGirl hosts the Bold Ink Awards, an annual gala to celebrate the strong voices of inspiring women writers who serve as positive role models for teens. Bold Ink Award Recipients 2012 Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, Author Kami Garcia, Author Margaret Stohl, Screenwriter/Director Lisa Cholodenko, Playwright/Screenwriter Zoe Kazan Bold Ink Award Recipients 2011 Screenwriter/Actress/Director Nia Vardalos, Comedian/Writer Sarah Silverman, Songwriter Kara DioGuardi, Writer/Producer Aline Brosh McKenna, Writer/Producer Winnie Holzman, Writer/Director Savannah Dooley Bold Ink Award Recipients 2010 Writer/Executive Producer Elizabeth Sarnoff, Entrepreneur/Author Lynda Resnick, Novelist Marisa Silver, Poet (Patricia Seyburn ), Screenwriter/Director Nancy Meyers Bold Ink Awards Recipients 2009 Novelist/Screenwriter Gigi Levangie, Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist Sonia Nazario, Academy Award nominated Screenwriter Naomi Foner, Grammy-winning songwriter Diane Warren, Screenwriter/Director Gina Prince-Bythewood, Poet Wanda Coleman, Emmy-nominated Writer/Producer Jennifer Crittenden Bold Ink Award Recipients 2008 Academy Award-winning Screenwriter Diablo Cody, Academy Award nominated Screenwriter Robin Swicord, Writer/Producer Sarah Fain, 2009 California Poet Laureate Carol Muske-Dukes, Writer/Producer Liz Craft, Novelist Mona Simpson, LA Times Columnist & NPR Commentator Patt Morrison, Screenwriter/Producer/Director Callie Khouri Bold Ink Award Recipients 2007 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WriteGirl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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