We're honoring our beloved GrubStreet instructors at this year's Lit Up gala. Read on as GrubStreet's Founder and Executive Director, Eve Bridburg, shares why we're giving our annual Grubby Award to the talented and generous writers closest to us.

Traditionally, at our annual Lit Up gala, we present our  “Grubby” Award to a writer who exemplifies the literary excellence and generosity of spirit to fellow writers, readers and one’s community that is at the core of our mission.  We’ve had the honor of recognizing Clint Smith, Alice Hoffman, Wally Lamb, and Lisa Genova among other brilliant ...

With the arrival of October, we're looking forward to jacket season, caramel apples, and all the discounted candy after Halloween. Don't miss out on these November 3-hour seminars and 6-hour weekend workshops: 
 

• The Hook & the Book: An Intensive Two-Day Workshop On The Query and The First Five Pages (11/1 & 11/2)
• Novel Essentials: Arcs and Endings (11/1)
• The Joke’s on You: The Serious Work Of Using Humor in Your Writing (11/1)
• Love Letters and Recipes: Sources for Setting Your Scene (11/1)
• Creating Community Projects  ...

Twitter has been around for over a decade now. And every so often you'll read an article saying that Twitter is dead or dying. That couldn't be further from the truth. Twitter is a growing social media network with over 134 million daily active users, a growth of over 11.6% from the previous year

In the October 2019 edition of "Best of Boston," we bring you our top Boston lit events this month, curated from the Boston Literary District's event calendar, an essential source of literary happenings.

Rekindle Your Craft: A Prompt-Writing Night

The Muse & the Marketplace is GrubStreet's annual literary conference that educates aspiring and emerging writers on the craft of fiction and nonfiction, prepares them for the ever-changing world of publishing and promotion, and creates opportunities for meaningful networking.