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Apply to the Essay Incubator by July 22nd

Ready to draft, revise, and publish your essays? Don't wait: apply to the Essay Incubator with instructor Ethan Gilsdorf before the deadline on Monday, July 22nd at 11:59pm.

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Muse 101: Honing Your Networking Skills Before a Big Writing Conference

Join Muse presenter, Linda Wertheimer, on Saturday April 6th for a fantastic prep session for this year's Muse and the Marketplace.

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Featured Grubbies: WBUR's Love Letters to Boston

This February GrubStreet instructors and students contributed to a “love letters to Boston” radio segment featured on WBUR's Morning Edition and published in WBUR's Cognoscenti!

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Featured Grubbies: Book Recommendations to Read this Black History Month (WBUR)

Grubbies Serina Gousby (Program Manager of the Boston Writers of Color Group), Theresa Okokon (Instructor and Memoir and Essay Incubator Alum), and Nakia Hill (Teaching Fellow) were recently featured in an article titled, "Books to read this Black History Month, according to 3 Boston writers."

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GrubStreet at AWP 2024

GrubStreet is thrilled to attend the 2024 AWP Conference, where our staff members Dariel Suarez (Artistic Director) & Travon Godette (Manager of Youth Programs) will be presenting panels titled "Creating Literary Community for All: Literary Centers and Reaching the Underserved (T120)" and "Write On! Literary Centers on Fostering Sustainable Youth Communities (T229)" respectively.

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Dept. of Congrats: October 2023 Community Successes

We are proud to announce in October 2023 we had twenty-nine publications, seven awards and prizes, and six book publications!

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The Muse and the Marketplace 2024: Director’s Vision

We invite you to read a special message from our Muse Conference Director, Leila Meglio, to discover our vision for this year's experience

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Dept. of Congrats: September 2023 Community Successes

Every month, we celebrate the successes of our community members! This month, Grubbies were published in literary journals across the country, won awards and prizes, secured book deals, and so much more. We are proud to announce in September 2023 we had thirty-four publications, four awards and prizes, and four book publications! Let us celebrate you: submit your good news to GrubStreet’s Department of Congratulations.

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Meet Our 2023-2024 Teaching Fellows

We want to welcome this year's new teaching fellows, Jacquinn Sinclair and Jonathan Todd! These two amazing writers and individuals will be joining us for the upcoming year as instructors.

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Dept. of Congrats: August 2023 Community Successes

Our community is closing August 2023 out with twenty-seven publications, four awards and prizes, one book deal, and three book publications!

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Dept. of Congrats: July 2023 Community Successes

Our community is closing July 2023 out with thirty-six publications, three awards and prizes, one book deal, and three book publications!

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Is the Essay Incubator For You? An Alum Shares Why You Should Apply Today!

Wondering whether to apply for the Essay Incubator? Alum Kendra Stanton Lee explains why she had "never been more productive as a writer than during the Incubator" and why you should apply today.

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Read GrubStreet's Cultural Belonging Statement

We are writing to share our statement of belonging with you, a valued member of our community. We worked to create an inclusive construction and revision process, utilizing community members’ direct feedback from the November 2022 sessions and post-series surveys, consulting our student guidelines, and having in-depth conversations with our staff, Board, and instructors.

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Eve Bridburg’s 2023 Women’s National Book Association Award Speech

GrubStreet’s Founder and Executive Director, Eve Bridburg, was recently honored with the 2023 Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) Award. This prestigious award is given every two years to a living American woman who has made exceptional contributions to the book industry beyond the scope of her profession. The following contains Bridburg’s remarks on the occasion of receiving the 2023 award.

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GrubStreet Presents "Our Bodies, Our Stories": A New Anthology Featuring Writing On Pregnancy, Abortion, Miscarriage, and Reproductive Justice From GrubStreet Classes

In the fall of 2022, in response to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, GrubStreet offered six free and low-cost nonfiction classes titled "Your Body, Your Story" to provide a platform for writers to explore and express their experiences surrounding pregnancy, abortion, miscarriage, and reproductive justice.