Lit at Ten: a Celebration (Feb 1)
Lit at Ten: a Celebration Saturday February 1 at 7:00pm St. John's Episcopal Church (323 Wick Ave.)​​ ​ Lit Youngstown is so thankful to...
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Nov 71 min read
Lit Youngstown is Hiring!
Position:Â Development Coordinator Lit Youngstown is seeking a part-time Development Coordinator to help support the fiscal well being of...
Nov 42 min read
Ode to Our Zip Codes
With thanks to the cool cool O Miami for the ode to the zip code idea, visitors to our booth wrote their our own zip odes at the Summer...
Sep 221 min read
Congratulations!
Congratulations, Alexis and Noah, thank you, Tony, and huge thank you to this year's many birdbath raffle ticket buyers. We raised over...
Sep 221 min read
Seeking Volunteer Editorial Staff for Anniversary Anthology
To celebrate the incredible writers who have graced our mics over these first ten years, 2015-2025, we will publish a ten year...
Sep 11 min read
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...
Aug 251 min read
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 242 min read
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 291 min read
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 201 min read
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 191 min read
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 91 min read
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 91 min read
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 211 min read
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 211 min read
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 211 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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...
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