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Announcing a New Online Version of GrubStreet's Novel Incubator

We’re thrilled to share that we’re now offering a fully online version of the Novel Incubator, designed for writers living outside of the greater Boston area. Apply now for the 2025-26 Online Novel Incubator! Deadline is Wednesday, July 16th.

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Get Submitting: Top Five Opportunities for Writers in May 2025

A monthly hand-curated list of the top five contests, grants, scholarships, submission calls, and awards. We do the research, so you have more time for what matters: the writing.

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Get Submitting: Top Five Opportunities for Writers in April 2025

A monthly hand-curated list of the top five contests, grants, scholarships, submission calls, and awards. We do the research, so you have more time for what matters: the writing.

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New Agents Added to Manuscript Mart 2025

We’re thrilled to announce that three new literary agents and one new editor have joined Manuscript Mart, giving you even more opportunities to receive insightful industry feedback on your writing during Manuscript Month this May!

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Get Submitting: Top Five Opportunities for Writers in March 2025

A monthly hand-curated list of the top five contests, grants, scholarships, submission calls, and awards. We do the research, so you have more time for what matters: the writing.

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Get Submitting: Top Five Opportunities for Writers in February 2025

A monthly hand-curated list of the top five contests, grants, scholarships, submission calls, and awards. We do the research, so you have more time for what matters: the writing.

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Get Submitting: Top Five Opportunities for Writers in January 2025

A monthly hand-curated list of the top five contests, grants, scholarships, submission calls, and awards. We do the research, so you have more time for what matters: the writing.

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Winter 2025 Novel Builder: DEADLINE EXTENDED

Are you ready to take the first big step toward your novel? There's still time to apply to the Winter 2025 Novel Builder! The deadline has been extended to Monday, January 6th by 11:59pm (EST)

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GrubStreet Presents “The Our Planet, Our Stories" Anthology featuring GrubStreet Writers

In the fall of 2023 GrubStreet offered a series of low-cost nonfiction classes titled "Our Planet, Our Stories" to that aimed to help writers find creative ways to engage with this urgent global issue. The Our Planet, Our Stories Anthology is a collection of writing that emerged from this series.

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Give the Gift of Grub

Give the gift of Grub this holiday season! Treat the writer in your life to a Gift Certificate, Gift Membership, or Gift Donation for GrubStreet.

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An Evening Celebrating Four New GrubStreet Memoirs on November 13th

Tell-All Boston is a live-on-stage literary reading series dedicated to memoir and personal essays. It is curated by the alumni of the GrubStreet's Memoir Incubator and Essay Incubator and co-sponsored by GrubStreet and Porter Square Books. Join us on November 13th from 7:00 to 8:30 at Porter Square Books: Boston for an evening celebrating four new GrubStreet memoirs.

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Join New Instructor: Martine Bellen for Two Fall Classes

We are so excited to welcome this multifaceted writer to GrubStreet, Martine Bellen, to lead two classes this fall!

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Three Fa-boo-lous Halloween-Themed Classes

We have three thrilling new classes for you! Looking to explore the strange, the magical, and the unusual this fall? Join us for one of our spook-tacular Halloween-themed classes where the writing magic happens.

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Dept. of Congrats: August 2024 Community Successes

Our community closed August 2024 out with seventeen publications, two fellowships, and three book publications!

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This Fall Explore the Nuts and Bolts of Novel Planning

The Nuts and Bolts of Novel Planning Series is comprised of two four-week classes–Character, and Story Beats–that will help make the blank page less scary by giving you a concrete structure to follow while planning your novel.