We are inviting all our teen writers to an afternoon of some much needed rest and reflection at our upcoming Teen Wellness Retreat on Saturday, December 16, from 3:30-6:00pm ET

In addition to online (Zoom and On Demand) classes below, GrubStreet is also hosting in-person classes and events at our space in the Seaport. To see the full list of all our steps in response to Covid-19, including updates about our space and events click here.

We're inviting all GrubStreet members to join us at the Center for Creative Writing for a special members-only private shopping event on Friday, December 8th, from 7:00-8:30pm. Together with our partners at Porter Square Books: Boston Edition, we will be on hand to recommend books and GrubStreet offerings for all the lucky readers and writers on your list. In addition to the 10% discount all GrubStreet members receive at Porter Square Books, each shopper will get a coupon for $5 off a purchase of $25 or more with a purchase from Fabulist Café! 

This event is open to Grub …

It is the season of twinkling lights, chillier nights, and sharing stories. We have some delightful short classes to inspire creativity and expand your craft. How about learning how to haiku or spend a morning working on the nuts and bolts of novel planning.

As always, scholarships are available for all of the offerings below:

In Person - 

• The Art of Building Suspense with Camille Cabrera
• Jumpstart Your YA/MG Graphic Novel with Jonathan Todd

Online: Zoom - 

• Novel Wellness Check with Chalene Riser
• Blackness, Transness & the Messes they Make with JR Mahung
• The Age of AI: ChatGPT, Prosecraft, …

Join instructor JR Mahung for this free & online writing session on Saturday December 12th. "Blackness, Transness & the Messes They Make" is a generative session focused on exploring and experimenting with identities through writing. Blackness and transness are tightly intertwined. Co-conspirators operating outside of dominant systems and, at times, the benchmark for normativity to define itself through and against