Community Updates Special Series

Dept. of Congrats Spotlight: Maria Lytrivi

GrubStreet is thrilled to congratulate student Maria Lytrivi!

Special Series

Dept. of Congrats: November 2024 Community Successes

Our community is closing November 2024 out with twenty publications, two awards and prizes, and two book publications!

Community Updates Special Series

Dept. of Congrats Spotlight: LaDonna Witmer

GrubStreet is thrilled to congratulate student LaDonna Witmer!

Writing/Reading Resources

GrubStreet Presents “The Our Planet, Our Stories" Anthology featuring GrubStreet Writers

In the fall of 2023 GrubStreet offered a series of low-cost nonfiction classes titled "Our Planet, Our Stories" to that aimed to help writers find creative ways to engage with this urgent global issue. The Our Planet, Our Stories Anthology is a collection of writing that emerged from this series.

Writing/Reading Resources

Novel and Memoir Incubator Applications are Now Open

Apply for one of our 12-month Spring 2025-2026 Novel and Memoir Incubator programs. Deadline is February 10, 2025, by 11:59pm EST

Writing/Reading Resources

Give the Gift of Grub

Give the gift of Grub this holiday season! Treat the writer in your life to a Gift Certificate, Gift Membership, or Gift Donation for GrubStreet.

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Dept. of Congrats: October 2024 Community Successes

Shout out to all the Grubbies who were published in literary journals across the country, won awards and prizes, secured book deals, and so much more this October.

Writing/Reading Resources

Winter 2025 Advanced Workshops

Ready to take your writing to the next level? Apply for one of our advanced workshops before Monday, January 6th, by 11:59pm (EST).

Writing/Reading Resources

Winter 2025 Draft Builder Workshops - Apply Today!

Are you ready to take the first big step toward your book? GrubStreet’s Draft Builder courses are designed for advanced writers ready to dive into their memoir, novel, or a collection of essays or stories. Apply by December 20th.

Community Updates Special Series

Dept. of Congrats Spotlight: Holly Thompson

GrubStreet is thrilled to congratulate instructor Holly Thompson!

Interviews

Spies, Love on the Margins, and “The History of Lost Things” in Hesse Phillips’ Debut Novel, Lightborne

This post was originally published on Dead Darlings, a blog about novel writing run by alumni of GrubStreet's Novel Incubator program.

Writing/Reading Resources

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.

Community Updates

GrubStreet Awarded a Capital Grant from Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund

We are thrilled to announce that GrubStreet has been awarded a Capital Grant of $82,000 from the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund (CFF).

Community Updates

Community Update: Reimagining the Muse Conference

As part of our ongoing efforts to make our offerings impactful and accessible, we’re changing up the Muse & the Marketplace and moving away from a conference format next year.

Community Updates Special Series

Dept. of Congrats Spotlight: Yu-Mei Balasingamchow

GrubStreet is thrilled to congratulate instructor Yu-Mei Balasingamchow!