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Developing writers, amplifying voices, and transforming our community through storytelling.
Upcoming Classes
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Poetry
1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18 & 2/25
Snakes & Spirals: Using Repetition in Poetry
In this generative workshop, we will study and write poems that play with repetition.
Nonfiction
1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25 & 3/4
Intro to Nonfiction - January 2026
Everyone has a story to tell. In this 6-week class, we will generate new material as well as learn about the fundamentals of creative nonfiction.
Writing Groups
1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12 & 3/19
Click Submit: Submitters Workshop & Accountability Group - Spring 2026
Get serious, connected, and perhaps even published with the guidance, structure, and help of this workshop and accountability group.
Upcoming Events
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January 20, 2026
Veterans' Writing Workshops
Join us for more free veterans' writing workshops in 2026
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January 21, 2026
Plum City Reading - Jan 2026
Featuring Cherise Benton, Tara Pringle Jefferson, & Mary Weems
January 24, 2026
Winter Writing Retreat 2026 (FULL)
Devote a day to your writing!
Featured Announcements
Everything you need to know
Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison
Literary Cleveland and Ohio Humanities are planning a yearlong statewide celebration of Toni Morrison in Ohio. Learn more about this 2026-2027 project and how to get involved. Head to the website!
Essential Worker Anthology
Voices from the Edge
In 2021-2022, we collected the stories and poems of essential workers in Northeast Ohio into an anthology that details the lived experience of the pandemic from the point of view of those who sacrificed to keep others safe. Read these powerful and movies stories now.
Gordon Square Review
Literary Cleveland's biannual online literary journal
Learn more, get involved, and submit your writing
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