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Developing writers, amplifying voices, and transforming our community through storytelling.
Upcoming Classes
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Fiction
10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16 & 11/23
Worldbuilding in Speculative Fiction
What is the world your characters inhabit and how does it shape them?
Poetry
10/26
Break or Make? - An Introduction to the Poetic Line
Many of us think the core component of a poem is the image but one of the poet's most powerful tools is the line itself.
Writing Process
(M-F) 11/2-11/30 & (Mondays) 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/23 & 11/30
November Nurturing: Daily Accountability and Weekly Writes
Are you on a mission to write more? Trying to make headway on a larger project? Need some help? Us, too!
Upcoming Events
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October 24, 2026
Breakthrough Residency Reading & Celebration 2026
6-9pm
Celebrate our fourth cohort of Breakthrough Writing Residents with a very special presentation of their work.
October 25, 2026
Toni Morrison Statewide Virtual Book Club
Join our free virtual book club to read and discuss the novels of Toni Morrison as part of our yearlong Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison program.
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November 13, 2026
One Mic Open
Share your work at our free open mics each month hosted by Eric Odum!
Featured Announcements
Everything you need to know
Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison
Literary Cleveland and Ohio Humanities are planning a yearlong statewide celebration of Toni Morrison in Ohio. Learn more about this 2026-2027 project and how to get involved. Head to the website!
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
Learn more, get involved, and submit your writing
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