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  Cleveland Stories

  A place-based writing program for members of Mt. Pleasant and surrounding neighborhoods on Cleveland's east side. 

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  A LIT Summer Night

  Cleveland hottest party for writers and readers! Purchase your tickets today.

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  Gordon Square Review

  An online literary journal that offers editorial mentorships and highlights Northeast Ohio writers.​
  

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  Cleveland Inkubator

  Northeast Ohio's largest free annual festival for writers and readers! Readings, performances, workshops, book talks and more.

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  Sign up for a creative writing class

  Lit Cleveland offers classes in poetry writing, fiction writing, memoir and more.

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Upcoming Events

Tues. 5/15,
​6:30-9p

$: 10 suggested donation; FREE for GSR issue contributors, contest winners & contest finalists

Gordon Square Review Launch Party 

Terrestrial Brewing Company 
7524 Father Frascati, Cleveland, OH 44102

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Weds. 5/16,  5/23 & 5/30,
7-9p

$: 60 / 45 for members

The World of Poetry Chapbooks

with Lucy Biederman
Loganberry Books
13015 Larchmere Blvd, Cleveland OH 44120

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Weds. 5/23 - Sat. 10/20

$: FREE 

Cleveland Stories

with Susan Hall, Charlotte Morgan, and other guests
Various locations

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Fri. 6/1, 6-10p 

$: 45 / 2 for 75 / Tables SOLD OUT

A LIT Summer Night (SOLD OUT!)

Bop Stop at the Music Settlement
2920 Detroit Rd, Cleveland OH 44113

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Sat. 6/2, 12-6p 

$: FREE

Lit Cleveland at Pride in the CLE festival 

Public Square 
West Superior Ave & Ontario St, Cleveland, OH 44113

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Tues. 6/5, 6/12, 6/19 & 6/26, 6:30-8:30p 

$: 80 / 60 for members

Writing for the World's Most Passionate Readers: Kids

with Tricia Springstubb
Loganberry Books
13015 Larchmere Blvd, Cleveland OH 44120

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Tues. 6/5 & 6/12, 7-9p

$: 40 / 30 for members

How to Be Heard...and Make People Listen

with Christine Howey
Lit Cleveland
7405 Detroit Ave, Cleveland OH 44102

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Weds. 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27, 7/11 & 7/18, 7-9p

$: 120 / 90 for members

Slices of a Life: Vision and Revision

with Linda Goodman Robiner
Mac's Backs Books on Coventry
1820 Coventry Road, Cleveland Heights OH 44118 

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Thurs. 6/7,
​11a-8p

$: FREE

Lit Cleveland at the AHA! Book Festival

Playhouse Square
​Keybank State Theatre Lobby
1519 Euclid Ave, Cleveland OH 44115

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Sat. 6/9, 6/16, 7/7 & 7/14, 10:30a-12:30p

$: FREE

Writing Your Family History 

with Lee Chilcote 
Cleveland Public Library Eastman Branch 
11602 Lorain Ave, Cleveland OH 44111

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Weds. 6/20,
​7-9p

$: FREE

Staging Your Story 

with Les Hunter, Terrence Spivey & Christopher Johnston
Happy Dog at the Euclid Tavern 
​11625 Euclid Ave, Cleveland OH 44106

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Tues. 7/31,
​6:30-9p

$: FREE

Lit Cleveland Book Swap & Open Mic 

Market Garden Brewery
1947 West 25th Street, Cleveland OH 44113

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Weds. 8/1,
​7-9p

$: FREE

OutLoud Cleveland 

featured readers TBA
Happy Dog at the Euclid Tavern
11625 Euclid Ave, Cleveland OH 44106

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Thurs. 8/2,
​6-8p

$: FREE

Writing About Your Neighborhood

with Justin Glanville, DL Ware, and Kisha Nicole Foster
Seeds of Literacy
13815 Kinsman Rd, Cleveland, OH 44120

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Sat. 8/18, 8/25, 9/15 & 9/22, 
​10:30a-12:30p

$: FREE

Writing and Performing Poetry 

with DL Ware 
Cleveland Public Library Rice Branch 
11535 Shaker Blvd, Cleveland OH 44104

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