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Developing writers, amplifying voices, and transforming our community through storytelling.
Upcoming Classes
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Poetry
5/2, 5/9, 5/16 & 5/23
Big Things Come in Small Stanzas: The Quiet Power of Poetic Forms
In this four-part class, we will use each class to study and discuss four different forms: haiku, sonnet, villanelle, and sestina.
Nonfiction
5/7, 5/21 & 6/4
Scene and Being Seen in Memoir and Creative Nonfiction (FULL)
In this narrative building and nurturing workshop, the emphasis will be on developing and polishing a draft.
Reader Series
5/7, 6/4, 7/2, & 8/6
Read Like a Writer: Short Fiction - Session 2
Take a deep dive into the craft of one short story each month to see what we can learn from it as writers.
Upcoming Events
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Lit Summer Camps
June-August 2024
Join Lit Cleveland this summer for support, inspiration, productivity, and community!
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April 27, 2024
2024 Indie Bookstore Day
Celebrate Cleveland's independent bookstores!
June 6, 2024
A Lit Summer Night
Story Slam Fundraiser
Support Literary Cleveland and local writers at our story slam fundraiser!
Featured Announcments
Everything you need to know
Inkubator Call for Proposals
Want to be an Inkubator presenter? Interested in running a community project during the Inkubator? Looking for a paid fellowship? See our open calls for Inkubator presenters, community projects, and Inkubator fellows.
Essential Worker Anthology
Voices from the Edge
In 2021-2022, we collected the stories and poems of essential workers in Northeast Ohio into an anthology that details the lived experience of the pandemic from the point of view of those who sacrificed to keep others safe. Read these powerful and movies stories now.
Gordon Square Review
Literary Cleveland's biannual online literary journal
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