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Writing Groups
2/6, 2/20, 3/6, 3/20, 4/3, 4/17, 5/1 & 5/15

Click Submit: Submitters Workshop & Accountability Group - Spring 2025

Get serious, connected, and perhaps even published with the guidance, structure, and help of this workshop and accountability group.
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Poetry
2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/4, 3/11 & 3/18

Generative Poetry - Feb 2025

This six-week generative workshop is designed to help you create new poetry or make progress on your project.
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Poetry
2/12, 2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12 & 3/19

Elemental: Contemporary Inspiration From the Stage and Page

This six-week generative writing course will explore contemporary poets, primarily in the Slam poetry community.
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Upcoming Events

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Veterans' Writing Workshops

Join us for more free veterans' writing workshops in 2025: Jan 27, Feb 27, Mar 24, and Apr 28

February 18, 2025

Toni Morrison Community Reading

6:30-8:00 PM

Join the local literary community to celebrate the life and writing of Toni Morrison.

February 26, 2025

Plum City Reading

Featuring Oberlin professors Chanda Feldman and Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers with Cleveland's own Mary Grimm
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Gordon Square Review

Literary Cleveland's biannual online literary journal

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