Community Updates

Meet Our BWOC 2025 Planning Committee

Starting in 2025, the Boston Writers of Color group will have an annual planning committee, comprised of three BWOC members.

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Winter FREE Draft Generator Sessions

FREE sessions dedicated to generating new drafts this winter!

Community Updates Special Series

Dept. of Congrats Spotlight: Mydalis Vera aka Guerrera Writer

GrubStreet is thrilled to congratulate BWOC member Mydalis Vera aka Guerrera Writer!

Writing/Reading Resources

Memoir, Screenwriting, & Short Fiction Advanced Workshops: DEADLINE EXTENDED

There's still time to apply to the Memoir, Screenwriting, & Short Fiction Advanced Workshops! The deadline has been extended to Monday, January 13th by 11:59pm (EST)

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Get Submitting: Top Five Opportunities for Writers in January 2025

A monthly hand-curated list of the top five contests, grants, scholarships, submission calls, and awards. We do the research, so you have more time for what matters: the writing.

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Winter 2025 Novel Builder: DEADLINE EXTENDED

Are you ready to take the first big step toward your novel? There's still time to apply to the Winter 2025 Novel Builder! The deadline has been extended to Monday, January 6th by 11:59pm (EST)

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.

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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

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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.

Special Series

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.

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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.