Welcome to Literary Cleveland
Developing writers, amplifying voices, and transforming our community through storytelling.
Upcoming Classes
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Fiction
4/29, 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27 & 6/3
Elements of Story for Revising Novelists
In this class, you will learn tried-and-true methods of structuring stories so you can adapt them to best suit yours.
Fiction
5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29 & 6/5
Writing Climate Fiction - May 2025
Unprecedented weather events, rising temperatures, climate migration: how can we deal narratively with the enormity of these changes in our world?
Reading Series
5/6, 6/3, 7/1 & 8/5
Read Like a Writer: Short Fiction - Session Two - May 2025
Join us for this reader series class where we will take a deep dive into the craft of one short story each month.
Upcoming Events
Don't miss out on all the fun!
April 25, 2025
Cleveland Poetry Festival 2025
Join April 25-27 for readings, workshops, panels, open mics, and a new Poetry Crawl!
May 21, 2025
Plum City Reading - May 2025
Featuring Ali Black, Hilary Plum, and Electric Literature Editor-in-Chief Denne Michele Norris
May 24, 2025
Spring 2025 Writing Retreat
Devote a day to your writing!
Featured Announcments
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Story Slam Fundraiser
A Lit Summer Night
Help support our literary community! We're holding our Story Slam Fundraiser on June 5, 2025 with Hanif Abdurraqib to help raise $30,000 to support our free programs, including the Inkubator Writing Conference. This year we are facing a gap of $25,000 due to federal funding cuts to the NEA and NEH. Please, stand with us and spoort by donating or buying a ticket!
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
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