Join us in person at Cleveland Public Library for free writing groups each month.
From January to December 2026, we will be offering free monthly writing groups in each genre at different branches of the Cleveland 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 Cleveland Public Library.
Join us in person at Cleveland Public Library Rice Branch 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 (January 3, February 7, March 7, April 4, May 2, June 6, July 11 (not July 4), August 1, September 5, October 3, November 7, and December 5) from 10:30am-12:00pm in person at the Rice Branch of the Cleveland Public Library (11535 Shaker Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44104).
Join us in person at Cleveland Public Library Glenville Branch 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 (January 10, February 14, March 14, April 11, May 9, June 13, July 11, August 8, September 12, October 10, November 14, and December 12) from 10:30am-12:00pm in person at the Glenville Branch of the Cleveland Public Library (11900 St. Clair, Cleveland, OH 44108).
Join us in person at Cleveland Public Library South Branch 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 (January 17, February 21, March 21, April 18, May 16, June 20, July 18, August 15, September 19, October 17, November 21, and December 19) from 10:30am-12:00pm in person at the South Branch of the Cleveland Public Library (3096 Scranton Rd, Cleveland, OH 44113).
Join us in person at Cleveland Public Library Lorain Branch the fourth 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 fourth Saturday of each month (January 24, February 28, March 28, April 25, May 23, June 27, July 25, August 22, September 26, October 24, November 28, and December 26) from 10:30am-12:00pm in person at the Lorain Branch of the Cleveland Public Library (8216 Lorain Ave, Cleveland OH 44102).
Join us in person at Cleveland Public Library for free writing groups each month.
From January to December 2026, we will be offering free monthly writing groups in each genre at different branches of the Cleveland 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 Cleveland Public Library.
Meghan Louise Wagner is a writer and teacher from Northeast Ohio. Her short fiction has appeared in or is forthcoming from such places as Colorado Review, Story, AGNI, Nashville Review, Cutleaf, Cleveland Review of Books, and The Best American Short Stories. In 2024, she was a recipient of an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award. She currently teaches writing at Cleveland State University and the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Annmarie Kelly is the author of Here Be Dragons, a memoir about the wonderful misery of raising kids with someone you love. She is also the host of Wild Precious Life, a literary podcast about making the most of the time we have. Her writing has appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered, in the New York Observer, Today Parenting, Black Fork, Anodyne, and Gordon Square Review. She lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
Jason Harris is a Black American who currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for Gordon Square Review. For those interested, you may visit his website: https://jasonharriswriter.com/.
Meg Toth is a fiction writer and an Assistant Editor/Reader for Conjunctions Magazine. Her short fiction—which has appeared in such venues as The Massachusetts Review, The Idaho Review, Pithead Chapel, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet (Kelly Link & Gavin Grant), and Barrelhouse—was nominated for the 2025 & 2024 Pushcart Prize and the 2024 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers.
