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Developing writers, amplifying voices, and transforming our community through storytelling.
Upcoming Classes
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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.
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.
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.
Upcoming Events
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Spring 2024 Craft Talks
January-April, 2024
With Amber Sparks, Denne Michele Norris, Natasha Oladokan & more!
Plum City Reading
March 19, 2024
Featuring Noor Hindi and Ghassan Zeineddine!
Cleveland Poetry Festival
April 12-14, 2024
Meet us at the Intersection of poetry and art!
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Call for Submissions
Want to have your writing performed on stage? We are seeking poems, stories, and essays about "The Gift of Darkness" for our Cleveland Humanities Festival Staged Reading on April 6. Limited to writers from Northeast Ohio. Submit by March 8, 2024!
Eclipse Blackout Poetry Contest
Gordon Square Review is holding a special Blackout Poetry Contest in connection with the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. This contest is open to anyone around the world. Submit a single blackout poem of any length with a $10 entry fee. The contest winner will receive $500 and publication in Gordon Square Review on the day of the eclipse: April 8, 2024. Submit by March 8, 2024!
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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