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

Nonfiction
6/16

Losing, Finding, Keeping: Resilience in Memoir (FULL)

In this generative class, we will explore how to write about the secrets, traumas and losses that are so often part of our stories.
Fiction
6/17, 6/24, 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22

Generative Fiction - June 2025

Are you writing a novel? Short stories? Flash fiction? It's all welcome in this six-week generative workshop.
Business of Writing
6/18

Selling Your Nonfiction Book Before Writing It: How to Craft a Winning Proposal

Get the inside view on what an editor looks for, how to sell yourself and your idea, and how to sell a book without writing one (yet!)
Multigenre
6/21

Inspired by Infrastructure - Free NEORSD Tour and Writing Workshop

Join us for a unique writing workshop in collaboration with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District.
Memoir
6/22

Memoir Mixer

Join our one-day Memoir Mixer to meet fellow memoirists, make progress on you writing and publishing goals, and share your work
Reading Series
6/26, 7/24, 8/28

Just Calm Down: Female Anger in Contemporary Literature

In this readers series, we’ll explore a trend in contemporary literature that legitimizes female anger, in particular anger around motherhood.
Poetry
7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30 & 8/6

Generative Poetry - July 2025

This six-week generative workshop is designed to help you create new poetry or make progress on your project.
Nonfiction
7/16

How to Write About the Unspeakable

This workshop will give several concrete ways to write about that which we dare not speak—whether due to trauma or privacy concerns—while remaining safe.
Business of Writing
7/22, 7/29 & 8/5

Intro to Copywriting

This introductory course will equip you with the essential skills to craft compelling, engaging, and persuasive content across various platforms.
Writing Process
7/30

Intro to Developing a Writing Habit - July 2025

This two-hour lecture will provide the foundational concepts that we’ll work with in the four-week Developing a Writing Habit Class.
Fiction
8/4

Getting Started with Historical Fiction - August 2025

Bring the past to life with a master class on the craft of historical fiction
Writing Process
8/6, 8/13, 8/20 & 8/27

Developing a Writing Habit - August 2025

This class will help you develop writing habits that will boost your confidence, help you find your “voice,” and keep your writing process in motion.
Poetry
8/7

Wild Transmissions: Queer Poetics and Craft

This class will explore queerness as poetics, helping you, as writers of poems, to engage in the ancient, teeming, wide-eyed conversation that is poetry.
Business of Writing
8/7

I’m Ready to Submit My Writing to Magazines and Journals—But How? (August 2025)

In this workshop, you’ll learn where to find publications that are looking for work, proper manuscript format, and submission etiquette.
Fiction
8/16

Writing the Sex Scene

In this workshop we will discuss the issues of writing a sex scene in literary fiction; and maybe even try our hand at writing one of our own.
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.