Welcome to Literary Cleveland
Developing writers, amplifying voices, and transforming our community through storytelling.
Upcoming Classes
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Multigenre

6/9, 6/16, 6/23
Experimental Writing
We will play with alternative constraints; question the purposes, forms, and audiences of our work; and reinvent the writing process.
Nonfiction

6/10
Transforming Family History
In Transforming Family History, you'll learn about ten issues to consider when you want to gather together this family lore to craft an engaging book.
Multigenre

6/12
The Thrill of the Game: Literary Sportswriting
Whether you love team sports, action sports, or individual physical pursuits, you'll deep dive into memory to bring sports to life.
Upcoming Events
Don't miss out on all the fun!

June 5, 2025
A Lit Summer Night
Story Slam Fundraiser
Support Literary Cleveland and local writers at our story slam fundraiser!

June 13, 2025
One Mic Open
Share your work at our free open mics each month hosted by Eric Odum!

June 18, 2025
Plum City Reading - June 2025
Featuring Megan Giddings, Ray McNiece & Santiago Jose Sanchez
Featured Announcments
Everything you need to know

Save Ohio Stories
Attacks on the literary arts at both the federal and state level are growing. Public funding for libraries and education has already been gutted. Now, publishers, journals, and arts organizations like ours are facing existential threats. Spread the word. Get involved. If each of us doing a little individually together we can do a lot.
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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 bidding on the auction!

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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