Class Level

All Levels

​Unless otherwise noted, most of Literary Cleveland’s classes are designed to be helpful to writers at all levels of experience.

Other Class Types

Upcoming Classes & Workshops

Fiction
8/21

Improv for Writers: Using Spontaneous Story

In this workshop, participants will learn how to harness the principles of improvisation to unlock their creativity.
Writing Groups
9/2, 9/9, 9/16, 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14 & 10/21

Click Submit: Submitters Workshop & Accountability Group - Fall 2025

Get serious, connected, and perhaps even published with the guidance, structure, and help of this workshop and accountability group.
Reading Series
9/2, 10/7, 11/4, 12/2

Read Like a Writer: Short Fiction - 2025

The best way to improve as a writer is to write. The second best way is to read and analyze contemporary literature. Join us for this reader series class.
Business of Writing
9/24, 10/1 & 10/8

Standout Query Packages for Landing Agents

Whether you have queried before or have never written one, but you want an agent, this class is for you.
Poetry
9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30

Generative Poetry - Fall 2025

Are you writing a poems, a collection? It's all welcome in this six-week generative workshop designed to help you create new poetry or make progress.
Fiction
9/30, 10/7, 10/14, 10/28, 11/4 & 11/11

Generative Fiction - Fall 2025

Are you writing a novel? Short stories? Flash fiction? It's all welcome in this six-week generative workshop.
Writing Process
10/1

Intro to Developing a Writing Habit - October 2025

This two-hour lecture will provide the foundational concepts that we’ll work with in the four-week Developing a Writing Habit Class.
Nonfiction
10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11

Generative Nonfiction - October 2025

Are you writing a memoir? Personal essays? Creative nonfiction? There are so many ways to tell your story, and it’s all welcome in this six-week class.
Writing Process
10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29

Developing a Writing Habit - October 2025

Showing up to write isn’t half the battle – it is the battle. This class will help you develop writing habits that will boost your confidence.
Poetry
10/25

Haiku Hike - Fall 2025

Clear your mind, take a short nature hike and live the haiku moment!
Writing Process
11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26

Developing a Writing Habit - November 2025

Showing up to write isn’t half the battle – it is the battle. This class will help you develop writing habits that will boost your confidence.
Poetry
11/15

Powerful Objects: How to Anchor a Scene in Poetry

This workshop explores how to write compelling scenes in poetry using objects as anchors.