Editorial recognition initiative
Become a Girl Tech Icon.
the women building what's next
Girl Tech Icons celebrates women across technology, AI, entrepreneurship, innovation, leadership and business — and gives their work the platform it deserves.
Be seen.
Featured Girl Tech Icon
Be heard.
Girl Tech Icons Author
Be known.
Girl Tech Icons Cover Author
What is a Girl Tech Icon?
Recognition for substance, not follower count.
A Girl Tech Icon is a woman whose work deserves a wider audience — a founder, technologist, creator or leader shaping how things get built. Every feature is a real interview: her own words, the decisions behind the business, and the specific insight another founder can use.
Stage one · Be seen
Investment: $0
Featured Girl Tech Icon
Editorial recognition for women building what's next. Selected Icons are featured, promoted and credited — no purchase required, ever.
- Editorial Girl Tech Icon feature
- Promotion across Girl Tech HQ social channels
- Feature and promotion to the Girl Tech HQ email audience
- Professional shareable Icon media assets
- Third-party recognition for LinkedIn, websites, speaker bios and media kits
and then —
Some Icons have more to say.
Selected Icons can apply to write their own chapter in the professionally published Girl Tech Icons™ book — optional, and entirely separate from being featured.
The Girl Tech Icons™ book
Turn your expertise into published thought leadership.
Your story, framework or perspective, written as your own chapter and published in hard copy and as an Amazon Kindle ebook. You do not need to be a professional writer — editorial guidance and professional support are included.
Application investment · $197
The $197 covers administrative costs, candidate research, background and expertise review, chapter concept review, and assessment for fit within the book. Payment does not automatically secure a chapter. If selected, the full $197 is applied toward your total author investment.
We're not just publishing a book. We're building a bestseller.
Cydney O'Sullivan
41-time best-selling author
- 41×
- Best-selling author
- 20+ yrs
- Publishing, positioning + authority
Cydney O'Sullivan is a 41-time best-selling author, international speaker, publisher, marketer, AI strategist and founder of Celebrity Experts Media Group.
For more than 20 years, she has helped experts package, publish, position and promote their expertise through books, speaking, media, events, digital marketing and authority-building systems.
Today she combines proven business growth strategies with AI-powered implementation systems to help experts build influence, impact and income faster than ever before.
Cydney brings the publishing and bestseller expertise behind the Girl Tech Icons book strategy.
Stage two · Be heard
$997 total · $197 to apply
Girl Tech Icons Author Experience
Write your chapter with full editorial and production support. If selected, your $197 application is credited — leaving $800 remaining.
- Chapter in Girl Tech Icons
- Editorial guidance
- Professional editing
- Professional book production
- Hard copy publication
- Amazon Kindle ebook publication
- Bestseller launch campaign
- Author media kit
- Promotional + social assets
- Girl Tech HQ promotion
- PR, speaking, LinkedIn + authority assets
Stage three · Be known
Put your name on the cover.
Selected authors can upgrade to the Girl Tech Icons Cover Author Experience™ — an authority and personal-brand asset, not simply extra design. Everything in the $997 Author Experience, plus a personalized edition built around you.
Total investment: $1,997
The $197 application investment is credited toward this total, leaving $1,800 after acceptance.
- Custom Girl Tech Icons cover featuring you
- Personalized cover edition for your distribution
- Custom book mockups
- Cover reveal assets
- Expanded media kit
- PR assets
- Speaker + podcast graphics
- LinkedIn + website authority assets
- Personal launch assets
- Guidance for leveraging the book for visibility, speaking, PR, partnerships and business development
Be seen. Be heard. Be known.
Be seen.
Featured Girl Tech Icon
$0
Editorial feature, social + email promotion, shareable Icon assets.
Be heard.
Girl Tech Icons Author
$997
Your published chapter, editing, production, launch campaign, media kit.
Be known.
Cover Author Experience
$1,997
Everything in the Author Experience plus a custom cover edition and full authority asset suite.
How it works
01
Apply or nominate
Submit your application — or nominate a woman whose work deserves a wider audience. Free.
02
Selection + feature
Selected Icons are interviewed and featured, then promoted across Girl Tech HQ channels.
03
Optional chapter application
Icons with more to say apply for a chapter for $197, credited toward the author investment.
04
Publish + launch
Write with editorial support, publish in print and Kindle, and launch with your author assets.
Questions, answered
- Does it cost anything to become a Girl Tech Icon?
- No. The Featured Girl Tech Icon recognition is free. There is no purchase required to be selected or featured.
- What does the $197 application investment cover?
- It covers administrative costs, candidate research, background and expertise review, chapter concept review, and assessment for fit within the book. Payment does not automatically secure a chapter.
- What happens to the $197 if I'm selected as an author?
- The full $197 is applied toward the total author investment — $800 remaining on the $997 Author Experience, or $1,800 remaining on the $1,997 Cover Author Experience.
- Do I need to be a professional writer?
- No. Editorial guidance, professional editing and production support are included in the author experience.
- Where will the book be published?
- Girl Tech Icons is professionally published in hard copy and as an Amazon Kindle ebook.
Nominations are open.
Apply for yourself or nominate another woman building what's next. Selection is based on substance — and it's free.
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