Join us in person at Lakewood Public Library for free writing groups each month.
From April to September 2026, we will be offering free monthly writing groups in each genre at the Lakewood Public Library. Whether you are in the middle of a project or starting something new, these groups are designed to help you draft new work, refine your craft, and build community with other writers. Join us every month or stop by for a single session when you can.
Presented in partnership with Lakewood Public Library.
Join us in person at Lakewood Public Library the first Saturday of each month for fiction writing and community in this free monthly writing group. Each month we will read samples of published stories and novels for inspiration, discuss craft and form, draft our own fiction writing in response to in-class exercises, and build community among fellow writers. Join us every month or stop by for a single session—this group is great for making progress on an ongoing project or for starting something new.
Write Now: Free Fiction Group takes place the first Saturday of each month (April 4, May 2, June 6, July 4, August 1, and September 5) from 10:00am-11:30am in person at Lakewood Public Library (15425 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 44107).
Join us in person at Lakewood Public Library the second Saturday of each month for creative nonfiction writing and community in this free monthly writing group. Each month we will read samples of published essays and memoirs for inspiration, discuss craft and form, draft our own nonfiction writing in response to in-class exercises, and build community among fellow writers. Join us every month or stop by for a single session—this group is great for making progress on an ongoing project or for starting something new.
Write Now: Free Nonfiction Group takes place the Second Saturday of each month (April 11, May 9, June 13, July 11, August 8, and September 12) from 10:00-11:30am in person at the Lakewood Public Library (15425 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 44107).
Join us in person at Lakewood Public Library the third Saturday of each month for poetry writing and community in this free monthly writing group. Each month we will read samples of published poems for inspiration, discuss craft and form, draft our own poetry in response to in-class exercises, and build community among fellow writers. Join us every month or stop by for a single session—this group is great for making progress on an ongoing project or for starting something new.
Write Now: Free Poetry Group takes place the third Saturday of each month (April 18, May 16, June 20, July 18, August 15, and September 19) from 10:00-11:30am in person at Lakewood Public Library (15425 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 44107).
Join us in person at Lakewood Public Library for free writing groups each month.
From April to September 2026, we will be offering free monthly writing groups in each genre at the Lakewood Public Library. Whether you are in the middle of a project or starting something new, these groups are designed to help you draft new work, refine your craft, and build community with other writers. Join us every month or stop by for a single session when you can.
Presented in partnership with Lakewood Public Library.
Nardine Taleb is a speech-language pathologist and a writer. She worked as a prose editor at Gordon Square Review for several issues. She is the author of warda, published in 2023 by Passengers Press. Her poetry and fiction stories have been published in award-winning online journals including Electric Literature, The Offing, The Rumpus, Rattle, Frontier Poetry, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and others.
Jen Jones Donatelli is a certified Co-Active coach, creative facilitator and founder of Creative Groove—a small business offering courses, coaching, and community around the art of creative living.
Jenna Martínez is a Mexican-American writer and printmaker. She is a finalist for the 2025 Jack McCarthy Book Prize, a 2023–2024 Literary Cleveland Breakthrough Writing Resident, and a recipient of the 2023 Unidos Por El Arte Grant. Her work has been supported by the Macondo Writers Workshop and Community of Writers Workshop. Jenna writes about borders, desire, friendship, and the expansiveness of queerness.
