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Kick off your writing resolutions with a short class from GrubStreet!

Whether you want to find the write novel-plotting method for you, learn the basics of submitting your work, or try your hand at writing for kids, we've got a class for you!

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

January 6th & 7th

• Putting Down Stakes: Essay Revision Edition with Kristen Paulson-Nguyen
• The Ghost of You: Writing About Traumatic Loss with Kelly Dalke
• Essentials of Historical Fiction with Olivia Kate Cerrone
• So You …

Need an environment where you can work on your novel with other writers who are in the same boat? Try one of our months-long novel intensives!

Novel Generator

A nine-month program designed to help students at all levels complete (or make substantial progress toward completing) a first draft of a novel in an environment that offers support, accountability and feedback appropriate to this early stage in the novel-writing process. Read about our submission requirements here.

The upcoming round of the Novel Generator, which begins in Jaunary 2023, will take place in-person in Boston. Writers local to …

Porter Square Books: Boston Edition, located on the first floor of GrubStreet's Center for Creative Writing, is open and ready to fulfill all of your book-browsing desires! Staff Picks are 20% off, so you can add to your TBR pile guilt-free. Whether you want to read a book for Weird Creature Enthusiasts, a MG tale of a young girl on a quest to save her aunt from small-town monsters, or love letters to "low culture," PSB has a pick for you. We're located on the southeast side of 50 Liberty, facing the Marina and the ICA. Come …

Every month, we celebrate successes of all stripes! In November, Grubbies were published in literary journals across the country, won awards and prizes, published books, and so much more. Our community closed November 2022 out with 36 publications, eight awards and prizes, five book publications, and more

On Tuesday, December 6th from 5:30pm-6:30pm, we will be hosting a Virtual Open House to talk about upcoming Spring 2023 classes, GrubStreet's membership program, GrubStreet's Boston Writers of Color Group, and more!