Congratulations to all the Grubbies who were published in literary journals across the country, won awards and prizes, secured book deals, and so much more. Let us celebrate you: submit your good news to GrubStreet’s Department of Congratulations.

Memoir Generator graduate Iris (Yi Youn) Kim published a Q&A with Jen Percy, author of Girls Play Dead: Acts of Preservation, for The Rumpus. Jen Dary published her debut memoir in January, I Believe in Everything: A Memoir of Illness, Motherhood, and Magic. It has found a strong early reception and was hand-selected for IngramSpark’s Indie Early Buzz catalog. Instructor and Memoir Incubator graduate Aimee Seiff Christian’s essay "The American Goldfinch” was published in Blue Earth Review. Aimee is grateful to her writing group for all their invaluable feedback.

Annemarie Whilton’s personal essay “Loving my daughter through her battle with addiction” was published in WBUR’s Cognoscenti. She thanks Ethan Gilsdorf for his teachings and her fellow writing buddies Steve Singer, Pavithra Natarajan, Suzanne Greenwald and Nellie King for their Grubbie support. Anne Glaser’s essay "The Sexting Seniors of Assisted Living" was published in the New York Times Modern Love section. Kimberly Hensle Lowrance's debut novel, What Remains of You, will be published by Lake Union in July 2026. She is grateful for the feedback and support this book received from her GrubStreet instructors and classmates, especially Henriette Lazaridis's "Novel Writing Workshop" and Jenna Blum's "Advanced Novel Writing Workshop."

Anne Mackin thanks Book of Matches Literary Magazine for publishing her short story "French and Old Photographs" in their winter issue. Novel Generator and Short Story Incubator graduate Divya Babin’s flash fiction piece “Wintering” was published in Lost Balloon. She would like to thank her GrubStreet friends for their warm support. Instructor Ethan Gilsdorf published his craft essay "Weaving Imagination with Fact: Using Research as Metaphor in Creative Writing" with the Brevity Blog. Ayoung Kim's nonfiction essay "On the Edge" was published in The Manifest Station.

BWOC member Patrice Gopo is excited to share the release of her first edited anthology, We Deserve to Heal: Black Women on the Perils & Promises of Friendship with White Women (University Press of Kentucky). This anthology features essays from ten intergenerational Black women who examine their experiences building friendships with white women and speak honestly of the welcome and the wounds. Short Story Incubator graduate Jaimie Wright's personal essay about navigating her mom's end-of-life wishes was published in Plough Magazine. She is grateful to her GrubStreet writing group for their support. Liam Carnahan’s essay "Ask Me How My Mother Died," which previously won 8th place in the Writer's Digest essay competition, was published by Pithead Chapel.

Instructor Martine Bellen was invited to read in the 2026 New Orleans Poetry Festival, and her poetry collection Too Many Ghosts will be published in 2027 by MadHat Press. Mira Wilczek's story "If, Or, Then, And" is being serialized by The Daily Tomorrow. She thanks instructor Lauren Artiles and all her classmates in “6 Weeks, 6 Stories” who workshopped an early version. BWOC member Ashley D'Souza started a science writing internship at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History this February.

Annemarie Whilton’s essay about the loss of a child was published in The North American Review. Jenny Severyn's hybrid piece "Corn Snake," published last year in Full House Literary, has been nominated for inclusion in the Best Small Fictions 2026 Anthology. Shannon CC Nedelka’s personal essay "Why doctors like me appreciate 'The Pitt'" was published on  WBUR’s Cognoscenti. She thanks Ethan Gilsdorf for inspiring her to try her hand at personal essays. Claire Berman was awarded a 2026 Walter Dean Myers Grant from We Need Diverse Books. The grant will provide support for her to work on her young adult novel about pediatric HIV. She thanks her writing group and Annie Hartnett for their encouragement and support. 

Essay Incubator graduate Vanessa Garza published her essay “Mom a la Mode" in Grande Dame Literary. She thanks instructor Ethan Gilsdorf for his guidance and her classmates in the spring 2025 “Mainstream Essays” class for their feedback on this piece. Lauren Frantz is thrilled to share that her short story “An Ancient Manuscript” has been published in Scarlet, the literary journal of Jaded Ibis Press. She extends her heartfelt thanks to her weekly writing group—formed at the 2024 Muse & the Marketplace—whose steady support and invaluable feedback played a crucial role in making this publication possible. AJ Sullivan’s book The Idiot of Hope: New & Collected Poems was recently published by Bookleaf Publishing.

Christine Eskilson’s short story “Her Last Vinyasa” appears in the March/April issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Steve Singer's political opinion piece "Democrats need to shift their fire from Trump to the Republicans" was published in The Hill. He thanks Ethan Gilsdorf and his Equal Writes pals, Pavithra Natarajan, Annemarie Whilton, and Susan Greenwald, for their suggestions and encouragement. Katy Ryan wrote an essay, “My Personal Essay,” for Ethan Gildorf’s “Developing your Personal Essay” that was published in The Rumpus. It was her first experience with GrubStreet, and she is so grateful to Ethan and her classmates for encouraging her not to give up on this one.

Instructor Allison Pottern celebrated the publication of two stories in February. “Mother, Darling,” published by Strange Horizons, is a historical fantasy told through the perspective of Wendy Darling as a struggling mother in post–WWI England attempting to rescue her resistant daughter from a war-torn Neverland. Her second story, “Bootcut,” published by Haven Spec, is a strange, darkly funny, and violent feminist revenge tale that explores objectification and clothing as both armor and invitation. She extends her sincere thanks to the 2024 Muse for the rich conversations about what speculative fiction can be. Sara Fraser’s short story “Miss Piggy on the Dashboard” was a finalist in Fractured’s Flash Fiction Open. Giulietta Nardone’s tiny story “Loyalty Reloaded” appeared in 101 Words. Olivia Kate Cerrone reviewed Christopher Castellani’s latest novel, Last Seen, for The Boston Globe.

Essay Incubator graduate Brandy E. Wyant's essay, "Getting to Satisfied: What an Exposure Therapist Learned from a Children's Book," was published at Pangyrus. She would like to thank editor Anri Wheeler for her generous feedback. Consultant Douglas Silver's short story "Black Joke" was published in the most recent issue of Callaloo. B.B. Garin's short story "10 Rules for Girls and Monsters" was published in Bayou Magazine.

Alison Goldberg's picture book The Remembering Candle, illustrated by Selina Alko, and published by Barefoot Books, won a National Jewish Book Award and is a Sydney Taylor Book Awards Notable title. Incubator graduate Jason Prokowiew's essay was published in Brevity Blog. It’s about how his GrubStreet instructor, Alysia Abbott, helped him keep his memoir War Boys alive.