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Literary Cleveland classes and workshops let you explore other voices and discover your own. We have workshops and craft talks for writers and readers of every genre, experience level, and background. View our upcoming classes below; filter by category, level, or class type; and sign up for our newsletter to be the first to learn about new offerings.

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Playwriting
3/20

Donuts & Mountain Climbing: Stories I Tell Myself About Playwriting

Want to learn more about playwriting? Join this talk with acclaimed playwright Eric Coble.
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Fiction
3/28

Tech & Sci-Fi

This craft talk will help aspiring and published Sci-Fi writers, as well as avid readers, to better understand what makes science fiction exciting.
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Multigenre
4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 & 5/21

Furthering Your Writing Habit Through Feedback - April (FULL)

This class will help you discover ways to see and hear your work more clearly, penetrate it more fully, find the deep-down gems and get them to come forward.
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Multigenre
4/3, 4/10, 4/17 & 4/24

Developing a Writing Habit - April (FULL)

Showing up to write isn’t half the battle – it is the battle.
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Nonfiction
4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16 & 5/23

Your Story Matters: The Building Blocks of the Personal Essay

In this class, we will be examining the building blocks of personal essay writing.
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Fiction
4/6

The Ekphrastic Hour: Art as a Feedback Loop for Fiction

We’ll look at examples of ekphrastic writing and ekphrastic experiments and get inspired to go beyond description to get at something more.
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Poetry
4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30 & 5/7

Discovering and Enhancing Your Poetic Temperament (FULL)

In this five-session workshop we will examine which temperaments come most naturally to you and play with techniques to broaden your instinctive style.
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Fiction
4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9 & 5/16

The Short Story: A Generative Writing Class & Craft Intensive (FULL)

In this generative writing intensive, we will delve deep into the art of the short story.
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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.
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Nonfiction
5/7, 5/21 & 6/4

Scene and Being Seen in Memoir and Creative Nonfiction

In this narrative building and nurturing workshop, the emphasis will be on developing and polishing a draft.
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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.
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Business of Writing
5/8, 5/15 & 5/22

Self-Publishing v. Traditional Publishing

In this class, learn what you need to know about self-publishing, traditional publishing, and begin to think about marketing your book once it's published.
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Reader Series
5/18, 6/15, 7/20 & 8/17

Read Like a Writer: Poetry - Session Two 2024

Join us for this reader series class where we will take a deep dive into the craft of one collection of poetry each month.
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Fiction
5/20, 5/27, 6/3, 6/10, 6/17 & 6/24

Intro to Fiction: Generative Workshop - Summer 2024

In this class, we will generate fresh material through writing prompts and exercises.
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Multigenre
6/5, 6/12, 6/19 & 6/26

Cut! Editing First Drafts

In this interactive, 4-week, 2-hour workshop, Dr. Mary Weems will share her tips for editing creative writings across genres.
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Nonfiction
6/10, 6/17, 6/24, 7/1, 7/8 & 7/15

Keep Moving: 5 Essays in 6 Weeks - Summer 2024

Explore a variety of nonfiction formats with the ultimate goal of generating five very distinct essays in a six-week period.
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Fiction
6/10 & 6/17

Get Unstuck: Fiction Bootcamp

No matter what’s stopping you, this generative workshop is designed to get your mind whirling and fingers flying.
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Reader Series
6/11, 6/25 & 7/9

Reading Contemporary Poetry - June 2024

Join Marion and Barbara to discuss these celebrated books by three masters of modern poetry.
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Fiction
6/13, 6/20 & 6/27

What Summer Blockbusters Can Teach You About Writing

This generative course will discuss what lessons you can take away from popular multimedia franchises.
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Multigenre
7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30 & 8/6

Image & Memory: An Introduction to Creative Writing

Image & Memory is a multi-genre workshop for writers who are just starting out or who need a fresh way to bring forth their stories and poems.
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Fiction
7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23 & 7/30

Utopia, Dystopia, Revolution: Speculative Fiction for Social Change

We will start by looking at some of the foundational works of utopia and dystopia, as well as more recent novels in the genre.
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Fiction
7/11

Beyond Magical Realism

This class will present recent Latin American fiction that goes beyond magical realism by crossing into genre literature.
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Poetry
7/18, 7/25, 8/1, 8/8, 8/15 & 8/22

Letting Go and Letting In: Writing in and through Grief and Loss

This 6-week course explores how we honor what has passed and who has passed out of our lives.
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Multigenre
7/24

Intro to Developing a Writing Habit - July 2024

This two-hour lecture will provide the foundational concepts that we’ll work with in the four-week Developing a Writing Habit Class.
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Fiction
8/3, 8/10 & 8/17

Writing Climate Change Fiction

In this class, we’ll read some climate fiction and write the beginnings of our own stories, including in-class writing and workshopping.
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Multigenre
8/7, 8/14, 8/21 & 8/28

Developing a Writing Habit - Aug 2024

This class will help you develop writing habits that will boost your confidence, help you find your “voice,” and keep your writing process in motion.
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Nonfiction
8/7

Powerful Proposals for Nonfiction

This single-session craft talk will cover all the basics of submitting a winning proposal.
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Poetry
8/10

Creating Wellness through Self-Reflection

The workshop will bring to the surface simple aspects of self-care that can very easily be forgotten through the movement of our day-to-day life.
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Business of Writing
8/12

I’m Ready to Submit My Writing to Magazines and Journals—But How?

In this workshop, you’ll learn where to find publications that are looking for work, proper manuscript format, and submission etiquette.
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Storytelling
8/19

Writing People Using Objects

In this workshop we will use objects as the engine to tell the story of an individual or a group of people.
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