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Literary Cleveland Scores Big Grant from Arts Fund

Cleveland’s home for the literary arts was the only Ohio organization to win a slice of an $8 million grant from the Literary Arts Fund this week.

by Mark Oprea June 5, 2026June 5, 2026

Cleveland Book Week to Graduate to Month-Long Cleveland Book Fest This September

Can a month make Clevelanders more literary? “We’ve come together to find out,” one program director said

by Mark Oprea July 18, 2025September 9, 2025

Literary Cleveland’s Fourth Annual Poetry Fest Takes on ‘The Body Politic’ This April

Along with a new seven-venue Poetry Crawl

by Mark Oprea February 27, 2025March 14, 2025

With New Anti-DEI Limits on NEA Grants Thanks to Trump, Cleveland Creative Nonprofits Face Financial Uncertainty

“It comes down to choosing between sticking with our values or losing $20,000,” one said

by Mark Oprea February 11, 2025May 6, 2025

Homeless Literature Anthology to Feature Personal Tales From Cleveland’s Unhoused

The collection, to be released June 27, is a collaboration between Literary Cleveland and the 2100 Lakeside Men’s Shelter

by Mark Oprea June 21, 2024January 21, 2025

Literary Cleveland to Host Third Annual Poetry Festival in April

About 18 poets, from Cleveland and elsewhere, will host readings and workshops

by Mark Oprea February 20, 2024May 21, 2024

Literary Cleveland Moves Into New Larchmere Storefront as Membership Booms

After doubling its members since 2019, the popular writers community hosts a housewarming April 21st

by Mark Oprea April 13, 2023July 1, 2025

Literary Cleveland, Anisfield-Wolf and Great Lakes Af-Am Writers Conference Join Forces for Cleveland Book Week 2022

by Sam Allard May 2, 2022January 16, 2025

Literary Cleveland to Launch Yearlong Residency Program for Local Emerging Writers

by Sam Allard April 22, 2022June 26, 2025

Literary Cleveland to Publish Environmental Anthology from Local Writers

by Sam Allard April 4, 2022August 17, 2023

Literary Cleveland Launching Pandemic Writing Anthology by Local Essential Workers

by Sam Allard October 26, 2021August 17, 2023

Literary Cleveland to Publish Digital LGBTQ+ Anthology Friday in Conjunction with National Day of Silence

by Sam Allard April 7, 2021August 17, 2023