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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.

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Get Submitting! Classes on Publishing

Join us for one of our publishing focused classes! Learn from industry insiders, sign up for the submit-a-palooza, and more.

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Exclusive Invitation for our community to join Margin, a new online network for writing!

Margin is a new online network for written content. In partnership with Grub Street, they are offering an exclusive invitation to participate in their private beta - launching this week!

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5 Reasons To Apply for the Short Story Incubator 

Short Story Incubator alum Ralph Rodriguez writes about why you should apply for the program. Deadline to apply for the 2024-25 Short Story Incubator is Monday, July 22nd.

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Fall 2024 Novel Generator Remote Open House - Wednesday June 26th

Thinking of applying to the Fall Novel Generator? We are hosting a virtual info session with instructor Katherine Yeh, Wednesday, June 26th, 6:00-7:00 p.m. to answer any questions you have about the program.

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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!