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BGW x Neena Viel: Ask the Author!

News~JPB~March 10, 2025qanda, author events, neena viel, listen to your sister, black writers, black girl writers

February 2025 Applications are now CLOSED

News~JPB~February 17, 20252025, applications, mentoring, announcement

Submissions are re-opening!

~JPB~February 12, 2025

Submissions Window Update (Autumn 2024)

~JPB~August 8, 2024simon and schuster, blackgirlwriters, lit agents, lit, writing community, summer school

Submissions Window Update

~JPB~April 29, 2024

BGW x Imogen Morrell 23rd April 2024!

~JPB~April 17, 2024

BGW x Marve Anson: Ask the Author!

News~JPB~March 4, 2024writing event, writing community, writing workshop, black girl writers, marve anson

Happy New Year!

News~JPB~January 2, 2024happy new new, black girl writers, blake friedmann, saara el arifi, mushens entertainment, simon and schuster, bgwstepup, writing, amquerying

Autumn Re-opening Update

~JPB~September 19, 2023

BGW x Mushens Entertainment: Ask The Agents!

~JPB~May 26, 2023writing event, writing community, writing goals, workshops, lit agents, literary agents, lit rejections, blackgirlwriters, mushens entertainment

Applications Closure Announcement

~JPB~April 4, 2023

BGW x Trapeze Books: Ask the Publishers! 6th March 2023

News~JPB~March 2, 2023black girl writers, trapeze books, kelechi okafor, bolu bablola, receipts podcast, publishers, writing community

BGW x Saara El-Arifi: Ask the Author!

~JPB~February 12, 2023

BGW x Blake Friedmann Literary Agency: Ask the Agents!

News~JPB~January 19, 2023black girl writers, black women, black writers, blm, blake friedmann, literary agency, free writing event, writing community, lit rejections

#BGWStepUp launches today!

~JPB~January 11, 2023

Introducing the BGW x Simon & Schuster #BGWStepUp Programme!

~JPB~December 4, 2022writing event, simon and schuster, bgw, bgwstepup, writing workshop, free writing event, news, commercial fiction, black writers, blm

BGW x Simon & Schuster: Ask The Publishers!

~JPB~November 14, 2022simon and schuster, free writing event, blackgirlwriters, black women, blm, writing workshop, lit agents

BGW x Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency: Ask the Agents Q&A!

News~JPB~October 18, 2022writing event, free writing event, lit agents, madeleine milburn, hayley steed, qanda

BGW x Sharma Taylor Agent Query Workshop!

News~JPB~August 22, 2022writing workshop, literary agents, query, debut, sharma taylor, online, eventbrite

Interview with Jennifer Hayashi Danns

News~JPB~August 12, 2022YA, new adult, beneath the burning wave, jennifer hayashi danns, harper collins, one more chapter, fantasy