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Developing writers, amplifying voices, and transforming our community through storytelling.
Upcoming Classes
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Poetry
11/1
Haiku Hike - Fall 2025
Clear your mind, take a short nature hike and live the haiku moment!
Writing Process
11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25
"Quarry" Before You Query: Using and Keeping Commonplace Books
Could you write forever in an empty room? Would you rather not?
Nonfiction
11/6
When the Mirror Manifests: Intro to Writing Autobiography in Comics
This introductory course to writing autobiographic comics, will approach the comic subgenre in an introspective, technical, and philosophical manner.
Upcoming Events
Don't miss out on all the fun!
November 9, 2025
Kaddish: Exploring Grief in Poetry with Moshe Gershuni, Natan Zach & Allen Ginsburg
3-5pm
This special workshop is a collaboration between Congregation Mishkan Or, Jewish Federation of Cleveland, and Literary Cleveland.
November 9, 2025
Send a Cleveland Writer to Lisbon!
7-9pm
Help us send a Cleveland writer to the DISQUIET International Literary Program with a night of Portuguese food, drink, music and poetry
November 14, 2025
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
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