The  March 2020 edition of "Writing Life Essentials," a monthly hand-curated list of contests, grants, scholarships, submissions calls, and awards, with a focus on opportunities that are at least one of the following: local, free to apply, and/or committed to celebrating and supporting writers from historically marginalized communities. We do the research, so you have more time for what matters: the writing. Or, spring cleaning. That’s important too.

In the March 2020 edition of "Best of Boston," we bring you our top Boston lit events this month, curated from the Boston Literary District's event calendar, an essential source of literary happenings.

Megan Dowd Lambert presents A Kid of Their Own

Sunday, March 1st, 10:30am

Do you work downtown and want to fit some writing into your day? Or do you have a schedule that gives you free afternoons instead of evenings? Bring your lunch and come on over to GrubStreet tomorrow, Wednesday, February 12th from 12:30pm-1:15pm. For 45 minutes, you’ll meet fellow writers and get your creative juices flowing with some cool writing exercises

Wednesday, February 5th, 2020 at 7:00pm

Harvard Book Store and GrubStreet welcome The Paris Review editor Emily Nemens for a discussion of her debut novel, The Cactus League. She will be joined in conversation with Mark Polanzak.