Writers' Open Mic: December

Event Description

Dying to share the first few lines of your slice-of-life novel set in the South End or your epic blank verse poem about T delays? Curious what other local creatives are working on?

Writers’ Open Mic is the home for works in progress from all literary genres. Prose, poetry, flash fiction, pages from your graphic novel, a haiku about Market Basket; whatever you’re working on, come and dazzle a live audience in a low-key, supportive atmosphere.

Connect with a literary community, have a drink or two, hear inspiring features from established and emerging writers, and be the first to know what’s new and next in Boston’s lit scene.

Doors open at 6:30 to sign up for one of the coveted slots to read. Readings start at 7pm, with features at 8pm.

Writers’ Open Mic is free to attend, 18+, and registration is requested. Click the link above to register on Eventbrite. Alcohol will be for sale for 21+ attendees. WOM is brought to you by GrubStreet, Porter Square Books, and Mass Poetry.
 

Featured Readers:

Meg Ford (they/them) is a queer writer from New Jersey who was voted Most Likely to Leave and Never Come Back. They are a two-time National Poetry Slam semi-finalist with the Boston Poetry Slam Team and received their MFA from Emerson College. Their work has previously appeared in The Rumpus, NAILED, PANK, and the We Will Be Shelter Anthology from Write Bloody. Meg can most often be found hanging out with the cat at your party.

Fabienne François Keck (she/her) is a writer based in Massachusetts. She holds an MFA in Writing and Literature from the Bennington Writing Seminars. She is an alumna of the Tin House Summer Workshop and was a 2024-2025 Teaching Fellow at GrubStreet where she presently teaches courses on short story writing. Her work appears in The Southampton Review. In her fiction, Fabienne examines the constraints and possibilities of human tenderness. She is working on a collection of short stories. To reach out to Fabienne, please visit ffkwrites.com.