become a member
You can become a member or renew an existing membership by using a major credit card or electronic debit from your checking account. It's quick, easy and secure.
Enjoy Grub Street's popular workshops and literary events while exploring all that Grub has to offer its members—from course discounts to unlimited access to our members-only library and community space. Membership entitles you to numerous benefits while providing vital support to Grub Street's mission and programming. Plus, your membership gift is entirely tax-deductible. There are several membership levels detailed below, and benefits include:
Individual Membership ($60)
- Access to Grub's daytime community space and library—now with coffee and free wireless!
- Discounts on all workshops, seminars, events, and the annual Muse and the Marketplace writing conference, ranging from $3-$60 off.
- Access to special members-only events.
- Access to members-only seminars with Grub Street Book Prize winners.
- Subscriptions to The Free Press and the Rag.
- Priority notification of Grub Street classes and events (many sell out quickly).
- Discounted subscription to Poets & Writers.
- $3 off admission to Monday night screenings at the Coolidge Corner Theatre.
- 10% discount to Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center summer courses.
- Subscription to "Gifts Gone Grub," our membership e-newsletter.
- NEW: Free classified ad in The Grub Street Free Press (one ad per year, 25 word limit).
- NEW ADDITIONS: Discounts at independent bookstores throughout greater Boston:
- $25 addition to Buyer Card at Harvard Bookstore
- 15% off: Commonwealth Books
- 10% off: Rhythm & Muse, Newtonville Books, Porter Square Books, Jamaicaway Books, Brattle Book Shop, J. Lawton Booksellers (online), Seek Books (West Roxbury), Front Street Books (Scituate), Cornerstone Books (Salem), Buttonwood Books (Cohasset), Dragon Books (Weston), Jabberwocky Books (Newburyport), Booklover's Gourmet
- 8% off: Brookline & Wellesley Booksmiths
- NEW: Discounts to all National Writers' Union events in Boston.
- NEW: Apple discounts for Grub Street members on computers and software (7% - 15% off).
- NEW: Grub members can purchase vouchers for 50% discount on evening and weekend parking at the Boston Common Garage. Click here to purchase.
Dual/Family Membership ($85)
All individual Membership benefits, plus two personalized membership cards, entitling each holder to all benefits.
Muse ($250)
All Membership benefits, plus one general admission ticket to Grub Street's annual fall gala, A Taste of Grub ($150 value)
Scribe ($500)
All Muse Membership benefits, plus two general admission tickets to Grub Street's annual fundraising gala, A Taste of Grub.
Hero ($1000)
All Scribe Membership benefits, plus one two-day access pass to Muse & the Marketplace, New England's premier weekend writing conference ($300 value).
Luminary ($2500)
All Hero Membership benefits, plus enrollment in a multi-week course of your choice or two weekend workshops ($500 value).
Patron ($5000)
All Author Membership benefits, plus:
- Two tickets to A Taste of Grub VIP and general receptions.
- Two tickets to private Muse and the Marketplace kick-off party for authors.
- Two passes to private Adaptations reception featuring authors and screenwriters.
Laureate Circle ($10,000 plus)
All Patron Membership benefits, plus:
- Two complete-access passes to the Muse and the Marketplace ($1000 value) including two Manuscript Mart sessions ($240 value)
- Membership in Grub Street's giving society
- Access to private giving society events for guest authors and patrons.
Become a Member or Renew a Membership
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Become a Member by Mail or Phone
To pay by credit card, call us at 617.695.0075. If you wish to pay by personal check, please download our membership form (Adobe Acrobat PDF), and send it, along with your payment, to the following address:
Grub Street, Inc.
160 Boylston Street, 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02116