Literary Cleveland

Writers helping writers 👀

Big thanks to everyone who joined us at Visible Voice Books last week for our Breakthrough Writing info session + reading. We loved hearing former residents share their work and talk about the residency experience!

🚨APPLICATIONS are open through July 12. Link in bio.

Apply here: https://www.litcleveland.org/events-programs/breakthrough-writing-residency

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ TOMORROW! Tuesday, June 16, 2026 FREE writing group for q***r and trans writers in Cleveland.

• We meet every 3rd Tuesday
• At LGBT Center Cleveland 6705 Detroit Ave, Cleveland OH 44102

Bring a project you’re working on, or start something new, and connect with other writers.

🔗 FREE registration link in bio: https://www.litcleveland.org/events-programs/free-monthly-writing-groups---lgbt-center | link in bio

🚨 BIG OPPORTUNITY! 🎉 Applications are now open for Literary Cleveland’s 2025–2026 Breakthrough Writing Residency! Open to six emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry across Northeast . Apply by July 12.

ON SUNDAY WE’RE HOSTING A READING + INFO SESSION where you can hear past residents read their work, and ask them/us all of your questions: Sunday, June 14, 2025 from 1-3pm at Visible Voice Books (4601 Lorain Ave.)

Registration Link in bio: https://www.litcleveland.org/events-programs/breakthrough-writing-residency

Spend a year working with an acclaimed mentor and a cohort of writers to develop your first book-length project.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗬 𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗦:

• One-on-one mentorship
• Professional development opportunities
• Free access to Literary Cleveland programs
• A featured reading at Inkubator Conference
• A NEW $200 monthly stipend

𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥’𝗦 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦:

• (POETRY) Brittany Rogers Brittany Rogers : Detroit poet, winner of the prestigious 2026 Whiting Award in poetry and editor-in-chief of Muzzle Magazine whose work explores Black femme life, autonomy, and audacity.

• (FICTION) Joseph Earl Thomas Joseph Earl Thomas: Author of the acclaimed memoir Sink & the award-winning novel God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer. Member of the writing faculty at Sarah Lawrence College, winner of the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and Anisfield-Wolf Fellowship

• (NONFICTION) Ira Sukrungruang Ira Sukrungruang: Award-winning Chicago born Thai American writer and Kenyon College professor, recipient of the 2015 American Book Award for Southside Buddhist, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in nonfiction and (much) more.

🏡🎙️ This year, Literary Cleveland will host the free Poetry Showcase for Larchmere on Saturday, June 13 from 2-3pm at our offices at 13002 Larchmere Blvd.

Come and enjoy featured poets Chelsea Daniel, Rosary Joyce Kennedy, Middle Child IV, and MattMatt Raybeam, hosted by Vince Robinson of Larchmere Arts. See you there! .arts .robinson

🎉 Sooooo. WE DID IT! We exceeded our fundraiser goal, and our expectations! (It is all because of your presence, generosity and energy. Thank you!)

🚀 This night was is fuel for Inkubator 2026, free writing programs, and sooo much more.

🎙️ To our BRILLIANT speakers : you all brought heart, humor, and purpose. You reminded us why we do this work. Thank you.

💪🏼 To our Volunteers & Staff: Flawless
You ran the night, carried way too many vintage typewriters, posted in real-time, cleaned up tables in record time (!), and made it look so easy.

We’re still recovering.
But also? Still smiling!