Speak Your Peace (Oct 9)
Lit Youngstown is proud to co-sponsor Ohio Nonviolence Week's Speak Your Peace Spoken Word Poetry Event! Click on the QR code for more...
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- Aug 25
- 1 min
Annual Birdbath Raffle (Drawing September 4)
All summer you've been watching the birds, and thinking it would be so great to win a gorgeous Tony Armeni sculpted birdbath. No back...
- Aug 24
- 2 min
Neighborhood Bookstore Podcast
Our hats off, hats way off, to Eric Harper for this gem of an interview series with authors of fiction and non-fiction. We are honored to...
- Jul 29
- 1 min
Lit Youngstown Awarded Ohio Arts Council Operating Grant
Lit Youngstown is honored to be one of twenty-five arts nonprofits receiving support from the Ohio Arts Council, in its latest round of...
- Jul 20
- 1 min
Lit Youngstown at Summer Festival of the Arts (July 27-28)
Stop by to see us, try your hand at a zip code poem, pick up a hoodie for the fall (soft as butter, warm as toast!) and a raffle ticket...
- Jun 19
- 1 min
Lit Cleveland Breakthrough Residency for First Book Project
Thanks to a grant from the Mahoning County Commissioners, one writer who lives or works in Mahoning County will be selected for Lit...
- Jun 9
- 1 min
CityVerse: a Youth Poetry Showcase in the Books
Photo Credits Ashley Dillon Congratulations to these courageous and creative teens who shared their original poetry at the first...
- Jun 9
- 1 min
US Poet Laureate Ada Limón at Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Registration Closed)
“National parks from coast to coast will host special events this year with Ada Limón, the nation’s 24th Poet Laureate Consultant in...
- Apr 21
- 1 min
Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley awards $10,000 to Lit Youngstown
Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley has granted $10,000 in operating support to Lit Youngstown via the Kennedy Family Fund, the...
- Feb 21
- 1 min
Welcome to incoming Development Coordinator, Lisa Viscusi
We are thrilled to welcome incoming Development Coordinator Lisa Viscusi. Lisa's experience in the arts and development will be a great...
- Feb 21
- 1 min
2024 Winter Gala Gallery
A huge thank you to the speakers, attendees and volunteers that helped to make the 2024 Winter Gala a huge success. Please do join us...
- Nov 28, 2023
- 1 min
Poetry Notecard Thank You Fundraiser
Let us thank you for supporting our end-of-year fundraiser with a set of these gorgeous poetry notecards designed by Lit Youngstown's new...
- Sep 14, 2023
- 1 min
Thank you, raffle ticket buyers!
Congratulations to Kendra, winner of this year's Tony Armeni sculpted birdbath! Many thanks to Tony and to the many ticket buyers. You'll...
- Jun 23, 2023
- 1 min
Lit Youngstown at Summer Festival of the Arts (July 8-9)
Stop by to see us at the Summer Festival of the Arts! We'll be in the community programs neighborhood, where so much great work is...
- Mar 20, 2023
- 1 min
Apply for Fall Lit Fest Coordinator and Bookfair Manager positions (Deadline April 16)
Lit Youngstown is accepting applications for the 2023 Fall Literary Festival Coordinator and Book Fair Manager positions. The Fall...
- Feb 3, 2023
- 1 min
Olney Magazine Celebrates 2nd Anniversary
Huge congratulations to Olney Magazine on their 2nd anniversary and the publication of issue 4 (purchase here). A literary journal...
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
Just Desserts: a Lit Winter Gala (Feb. 11)
This fun evening will include desserts and savory hors d'ouevres with gluten-free and vegan options Doors open at 6:45 Wine and apple...
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
Winter Writing Camp Registration Closed
Winter Writing Camp will be Saturday, February 18, 2023, from 9:30am-3:00pm at St. John's Episcopal Church and the main library....
- Dec 12, 2022
- 2 min
Youngstown Live/d: a Benefit Reading (online, Jan. 30)
Youngstown has a rich literary history, and this series will showcase the incredible writers who call or have called Youngstown home....
- Nov 29, 2022
- 1 min
We Give on #GivingTuesday
Toward the end of the year, Lit Youngstown's board selects a literary arts nonprofit and we send a modest donation. It lifts us up to...
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