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
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.
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 (FULL)

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.