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Lit Youngstown is a literary arts nonprofit in Northeast Ohio, offering readings, workshops and community collaborations. Our signature event is the annual Fall Literary Festival, featuring nearly 150 presenters from coast to coast.

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Vince Guerrieri @vinceguerrieri.com · Aug 24

I am delighted to announce I’m going to be one of the readers at next year’s @lityoungstown.bsky.social First Wednesday Series, in March.

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 13d

So many NEOMFA students/alum/faculty involved in this year's @lityoungstown.bsky.social Fall Literary Festival 📝📚 We're leading workshops & discussions on The Necropastoral, Poetic Soundscapes, Small Press Ecologies, & more 💜

Learn more: www.lityoungstown.org/2025-fall-li...

2025 Fall Lit Fest Registration | Lit Youngstown

Fall Lit Fest 2025 features Kortney Morrow, Todd Davis, Lauren Camp, David Huebert & Sean Prentiss, plus readings, workshops and craft talks by presenters from throughout the U.S. The bookfair hosts s...

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Kent State University Press @ksupress.bsky.social · 11d

New month, new chances to see KSUP authors! Our calendar’s been updated with festivals including @lityoungstown.bsky.social and the Buckeye Book Fair, plus appearances by Mary Noé, Charles Malone, Rebecca Jumper Matheson, and more:

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October 4, Mary Noé (The Man Who Shot J.P. Morgan), Monmouth County (NJ) Public Library, Local Author and Illustrator Book Expo

October 16-18, Lit Youngstown Fall Festival; details here
October 29, Mary Noé (The Man Who Shot J.P. Morgan), Glen Cove Public Library, NY; details here
November 1, Deborah Fleming (Ghosts of an Old Forest), Charles Malone (Light Enters the Grove), and Tom Batiuk (Funky Winkerbean series), Buckeye Book Fair, Wooster, OH
November 12, Rebecca Jumper
Matheson (Artisans and Designers), free online book launch with the Costume Society of America;
details here

Lit Youngstown @lityoungstown.bsky.social · Aug 13

Sorry to hear about the ligaments! Jeepers. Hope there's more healing before October.

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River River Books @riverriverbooks.bsky.social · Jul 25

We just registered for Lit Youngstown this morning! Early bird registration through September 15 🐦📚💙

@riverriverbooks.bsky.social author LAUREN CAMP is a featured speaker, and we can’t wait! 👇

Lit Youngstown @lityoungstown.bsky.social · Jun 8

Fall Lit Fest in Youngstown, Oh! A close look at writer intent
Writing for the Stage w/ Lilace Mellin Guignard, Judith Sornberger
What the Writer Thinks They Wrote w/ Cherise Benton
@ShantiArts @WilkesUWriting
#WritingCommmunity #amwriting #writesky
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...

Festival Details | Lit Youngstown

Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.

www.lityoungstown.org

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David J Bauman @davidjbauman.bsky.social · Jul 25

Who’s goin?

Lit Youngstown @lityoungstown.bsky.social · Jun 8

Fall Lit Fest in Youngstown, Oh! A close look at writer intent
Writing for the Stage w/ Lilace Mellin Guignard, Judith Sornberger
What the Writer Thinks They Wrote w/ Cherise Benton
@ShantiArts @WilkesUWriting
#WritingCommmunity #amwriting #writesky
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...

Festival Details | Lit Youngstown

Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.

www.lityoungstown.org

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Dustin Brookshire (he/him) @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social · Jul 31

WHEN I WAS STRAIGHT is the perfect size anthology for @sealeychallenge.bsky.social. (Poems by 24 contributors!)

Order your copy today & enjoy this #Lammys2025 nominated book!

www.smallharborpublishing.com/anthologies/...

#sealeychallenge #poetrysky #poetrynews #poets

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Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social · Jun 9

Octavio Quintanilla, former San Antonio poet laureate, named 2025 Poet Laureate for State of Texas

He said he planned to use his new platform to build up an annual festival at Our Lady of the Lake University.

Lit Youngstown @lityoungstown.bsky.social · Jun 8

Fall Lit Fest in Youngstown, Oh! A close look at writer intent
Writing for the Stage w/ Lilace Mellin Guignard, Judith Sornberger
What the Writer Thinks They Wrote w/ Cherise Benton
@ShantiArts @WilkesUWriting
#WritingCommmunity #amwriting #writesky
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...

Festival Details | Lit Youngstown

Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.

www.lityoungstown.org

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · Jun 8

#amwriting #amwritingfiction #writingcommunity #writingcommunity #writesky inventingrealityediting.com/2...

Five Great Quotations about Plots

“Not every story has explosions and car chases. That’s why they have nudity and espionage.” – Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum“I don’t praise plots as accurate representations of life, but as ways of ke…

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Lit Youngstown @lityoungstown.bsky.social · Jun 7

Small Press Pitching & Publishing w/Jen McConnell Doron, Kim Jacobs-Beck
Small presses are a wonderful way to get published. No agent, creative control, niche genres. Cons: author does most of the marketing
#WritingCommunity @milkandcakepr @RoadSidePress
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...

Festival Details | Lit Youngstown

Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.

www.lityoungstown.org

Lit Youngstown @lityoungstown.bsky.social · Jun 4

Bookfair! After Happy Hour, Brainchild, CLE State U Poetry Ctr, Crisis Chronicles, Dodge, Driftwood, Elizabeth's Bookshop, Eulalia, Last-Picked, Milk & Cake, Neighborhood Bookstore Pdcst, Painted Pebble, POP! Art Bks Culture, Rescue, 7 Kitchens, Wick, Wilkes MFA
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...

Festival Details | Lit Youngstown

Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.

www.lityoungstown.org

Lit Youngstown @lityoungstown.bsky.social · Jun 2

Fall Lit Fest in Youngstown, Oh! Creative Reading
w/ Richard Klin, Daniel Lassell, CE Mackenzie, Christopher Sims
@dlassell @cemackenzie @TxReviewPress @madhouse_press @PorchTN @lighthousewrite
#poetry #creativenonfiction #poetrycommunity
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...

Festival Details | Lit Youngstown

Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.

www.lityoungstown.org

Lit Youngstown @lityoungstown.bsky.social · Jun 1

Fall Lit Fest in Youngstown, Oh!
Writer-blogger Rebecca Moon Ruark in conversation with prose features David Huebert and Sean Prentiss #fiction #creativenonfiction #WritingCommunity
@PrentissSean @NOBA_Books @norwichnews
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...

Festival Details | Lit Youngstown

Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.

www.lityoungstown.org

Lit Youngstown @lityoungstown.bsky.social · Jun 1

Fall Lit Fest in Youngstown, Oh! New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp
How to Make Luck: Writing in Praise of the Ordinary
We need to keep finding joy and celebrating gratitude.
@GCConservancy @POETSorg @BlackEarthInst @TheSchooner #poetrycommunity
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...

Festival Details | Lit Youngstown

Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.

www.lityoungstown.org

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Karen Schubert @karen-youngstown.bsky.social · May 31

Registration is open for Fall Lit Fest in Youngstown, Oh!
Necropastoral: Poetry Workshop w/ El Bentivegna, Michelle Duke, Kristen Tetzmann
Writing Poetry from Invisible Disabilities w/ Kate Caraballo
#poetry #poetrycommunity #amwriting @NEOMFA
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...

Festival Details | Lit Youngstown

Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.

www.lityoungstown.org

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University of Akron Press @uakronpress.bsky.social · May 29

We highly recommend learning about poetry chapbooks from Mary! She's amazing!

Lit Youngstown @lityoungstown.bsky.social · May 29

Registration is open for Fall Lit Fest! Sessions like writing workshop
Metaphor at the Root: Generate, Inspire, Activate
w/ Holly M. Wendt. Use real objects to create grounded, substantive metaphors and explore generative possibilities. #amwriting
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...

Festival Details | Lit Youngstown

Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.

www.lityoungstown.org

Lit Youngstown @lityoungstown.bsky.social · May 29

Registration is open for Fall Lit Fest in Youngstown, Oh! Creative Reading w/ Joseph Hall, @marjoriemaddox @jamiemarich Cecilia Woloch
@WPSU @NAtlanticBooks @NEAarts @FulbrightPrgrm @PushcartPrize #poetry #memoir #poetrycommunity #LiteraryArt #conference
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...

Festival Details | Lit Youngstown

Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.

www.lityoungstown.org

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Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social · May 29

New Exhibition Celebrating Jane Austen 250th Anniversary at The Morgan

A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250 focusing on the life and legacy of the novelist will run at The Morgan Library & Museum from June 6 through September 14.The story of her authorship and her gradual r...

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Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social · May 28

Creative Worker Survey 2025 Policy Agenda Refresh

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Lit Youngstown @lityoungstown.bsky.social · May 27

Registration's open for the Fall Lit Fest! Writing Minority Parenthood–Jewish Parents on Raising Minority Children w/ Allison Pitinii Davis, Carly Sachs, Philip Terman, @swerdlow_david Writing Jewish Summer Camp in Turbulent Times w/ @aaronkreuter
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...

Festival Details | Lit Youngstown

Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.

www.lityoungstown.org

Lit Youngstown @lityoungstown.bsky.social · May 27

Registration's open for Lit Youngstown Fall Lit Fest! Reading w/ Kristy Belton, Nancy McCabe, Dora Odarenko, Robert Wallace
#poetry #fiction #creativenonfiction #literaryfiction
@ViragoBooks @RegalHouse1 @outpost19 @CamCatBooks @umissouripress @MainStreetRag

www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...

Festival Details | Lit Youngstown

Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.

www.lityoungstown.org

Lit Youngstown @lityoungstown.bsky.social · May 24

Researching & Writing the Past w/Christina Fisanick, Reframing Appalachian Stereotypes for Social Justice w/Susan Boser, Wide Branches, Deep Roots: How Appalachian Wisdom Can Help Us All in the Fight for a Sustainable Future w/Amanda Hayes, Jessica Jones
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...

Festival Details | Lit Youngstown

Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.

www.lityoungstown.org

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · May 24

16 Great Books About Conservation
#WorldConservationDay #conservation #nature #outdoors #readthis

Conservation Books

July 28 is World Conservation Day