Join us in person at Cleveland Public Library for free writing groups each month.
From January to December 2025, 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 4, February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7, July 5, August 2, September 6, October 4, November 1, and December 6) 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 Hough 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 11, February 8, March 8, April 12, May 10, June 14, July 12, August 9, September 13, October 11, November 8, and December 13) from 10:30am-12:00pm in person at the Hough Branch of the Cleveland Public Library (6530 Lexington Ave, Cleveland, OH 44103).
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 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 Poetry Group takes place the third Saturday of each month (January 18, February 15, March 15, April 19, May 17, June 21, July 19, August 16, September 20, October 18, November 15, and December 20) 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 25, February 22, March 22, April 26, May 24, June 28, July 26, August 23, September 27, October 25, November 22, and December 27) 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 2025, 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.
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/.
Stephanie Ginese is an author, instructor, and stand-up comedian from South Lorain, Ohio. Her work has been featured in Las Palabritas Journal at Harvard University, The Pinch Journal at University of Memphis, Wax Nine Journal, and elsewhere. Her debut collection of poetry, Unto Dogs, was released in July of 2022 on Grieveland; focusing on themes of Puerto Rican nationalism, history, reproductive violence, and spirituality.
Lara Lillibridge (she/they) is the author of The Truth About Unringing Phones: Essays on Yearning; Mama, Mama, Only Mama: An Irreverent Guide for the Newly Single Parent; and Girlish: Growing Up in a Lesbian Home. Lara is an editor for HeartWood Literary and holds an MFA from West Virginia Wesleyan College.
