How To Share Inkubator 2024!
Please help raise awareness and encourage people to register and attend this free writing conference! We invite you to use the links, images, and text below to spread the news about the conference.
Materials & Resources
Literary Cleveland Website
Conference Website
https://inkubator.litcleveland.org/
Short version: bit.ly/cleink24
Conference Registration
Registration opens August 1. Bookmark this page!
Social Images
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Print Images & Materials
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Literary Cleveland Social Links
Twitter:
@litcleveland
Facebook:
@litcleveland
Instagram: @literarycleveland
Social Hashtags
#CleINK24
#ClevelandBookWeek
Use These Sample Social Media Posts
Please help us spread the word through any of the following channels. Social posts help raise awareness, but direct emails make the biggest impact and see the highest return. Feel free to use/adapt any of the text below!
Option #1
🎤 Free writing conference! Don’t miss the 2024 Inkubator September 16-21 hosted by our friends at @litcleveland. Follow them for more! #CleINK24
https://inkubator.litcleveland.org/
Option #2:
🎤 Tell your story! Our friends at @litcleveland are hosting a free writing conference Sep 16-21. This year’s theme: Create Dangerously. Attend workshops for fiction, nonfiction, poetry + muuuch more. #CleINK24 bit.ly/cleink24
Our friends at @litcleveland are hosting a free writing conference September 16-21 at the @clevelandpubliclibrary.
Attend workshops, open mics, and craft talks for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and publishing. Generate new material, meet other writers, and learn how to publish your work. All for free!
Presenters include Anisfield-Wolf Book Award juror Peter Ho Davies, Cincinnati poet laureate Yalie Saweda Kamara, acclaimed Athens County novelist Madeline ffitch, and Loung Ung, author of author of the memoir First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers which was made into a Netflix film directed by Angelina Jolie.
Registration Opens August 1.
#CleInk22
https://inkubator.litcleveland.org/
Free writing conference!
Our friends at @literarycleveland are hosting a free writing conference September 16-21 at the @clevelandpubliclibrary.
Attend workshops and craft talks for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and publishing. Generate new material, meet other writers, and learn how to publish your work. All for free!
Presenters include Anisfield-Wolf Book Award juror Peter Ho Davies, Cincinnati poet laureate Yalie Saweda Kamara, acclaimed Athens County novelist Madeline ffitch, and Loung Ung, author of author of the memoir First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers which was made into a Netflix film directed by Angelina Jolie.
Registration Opens August 1.
bit.ly/cleink24 | Link in their bio
#CleInk22
Here's an Email/Newsletter You Can Send
Check out this free writing conference in September!
Do you write stories or poems? ✍
Want to hear from writers tackling today’s toughest issues? 🌍
Seeking tips on addressing conflict through fiction, nonfiction, or poetry?
Want to chill with other writers, share at open-mics 🎤 or learn how to publish your work?
📅 Literary Cleveland’s free Inkubator Writing Conference is one of the largest free writing festivals in the country. Virtual panels: September 16-18. In-person: September 20-21 at the Cleveland Public Library.
🔥 Draft new writing with workshops in each genre
🔥 Improve your craft with expert talks
🔥 Connect with writers and publishers at events, readings, and a book fair
🔥 Learn to publish your work with sessions on residencies, manuscripts, and publishing options
This year’s theme is “Create Dangerously.” They'll help you identify what role a writer (like you) might play in shaping conversations around conflict.
Whether new, experienced, or even if you don't consider yourself a writer—you should attend! ✨ Sessions include self-care for writers, #BlackMasculinity, #TransWriting, performing spoken word, and more.
📢 Free to attend, but registration is required. Opens August 1.
Sign up for reminders here: bit.ly/cleink24
Overview Information
Inkubator Overview Description
Literary Cleveland’s tenth annual Inkubator Writing Conference will take place online September 16-18 and in-person September 20-21 at the downtown Cleveland Public Library, kicking off Cleveland Book Week. The Inkubator Writing Conference is one of the largest free writing festivals in the country. In 2024, Literary Cleveland extended the schedule to include 50 programs totaling 80 hours of free programs over nine days featuring an expanded list of high-profile regional and national writers. In addition to virtual and conference events, Literary Cleveland will partner with area organizations to present special community projects that bring the Inkubator out into Cleveland’s neighborhoods. Free registration for all events opens August 1 at 8am.
Cleveland Book Week
The Inkubator is once again part of Cleveland Book Week in September and will be followed by Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (AWBA) ceremony on September 27, and the Great Lakes African American Writers Conference (GLAAWC pronounced “glossy”) on October 5-6. By partnering on Cleveland Book Week, AWBA, GLAAWC, and Literary Cleveland will enhance and amplify each other’s programs for greater impact. Award-winning authors will connect with local emerging writers to develop the next great voices, and collaborative events will inspire new projects and partnerships. More information about AWBA and GLAAWC will be announced soon.
Funders and Sponsors
The 2024 Inkubator is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, the Cleveland Foundation, and the Cyrus Eaton Foundation with additional support from the Fowler Family Foundation. Sponsors include the Cleveland Public Library and Mac’s Backs Book, as well as Appletree Books, Ashland University, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Northeast Ohio MFA (NEOMFA), OverDrive, Alma College, Fireside Book Shop, Hathaway Brown, and Margaret W. Wong and Associates.
About Literary Cleveland
Literary Cleveland is a nonprofit that empowers people to explore other voices and discover their own. The organization is a community of writers committed to bringing people into the world of words by providing educational writing opportunities at all levels, promoting new and existing literature of the highest quality, and advancing Northeast Ohio as a vital center of diverse voices and visions.
