Lit News

New Book News! This is the last reading in the series. We celebrate these poets and the publication of their new books Sunday, May 2 at 7...

Happy National Poetry Month to those who celebrate! We love seeing poems springing up everywhere, like flowers and puddles and a good...

Thanks to the generous offer of a few local backyards, we are going to meet in person for two summer mini writing camps. Seating is...

We are so grateful to announce a $15,000 grant from the Centofanti Foundation to support the Fall Literary Festival. We honor the work...

How are we doing? What can we do better? What should we keep doing? What should we start doing? We would love to hear your ideas. Thank...

An informal social gathering of the Lit Youngstown community. We’ll Zoom until we can meet at different venues around the Valley....

An informal social gathering of the Lit Youngstown community. We’ll Zoom until we can meet at different venues around the Valley....

Kennedy Romeo was born and raised on the West side of Youngstown. She graduated from Ursuline High School in 2017 and will be graduating...

An informal social gathering of the Lit Youngstown community. We’ll Zoom until we can meet at different venues around the Valley....

After the November First Wednesday Reading featuring James Winter, intern Cassandra Lawton interviewed him about his writing process and...

We’re trying out a new format for the Writers Circle. We sure do miss meeting with a few dozen of you around a cluster of tables to talk...

Each year, Lit Youngstown’s Board of Directors selects a literary arts nonprofit to send a donation to. It is a meaningful way to support...

We sure do miss hanging out with the Lit Youngstown community! To that end, we’re starting a monthly Happy Hour. We’ll Zoom until it’s...

Cassandra Lawton is a student in the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts program. She received her bachelor’s in Human Development and...

At a recent meeting, Lit Youngstown’s Board of Directors decided that each year we will invite a student from the Northeast Ohio Master...

4th Annual Fall Literary Festival Via Videoconference September 24-26, 2020, EST Our hardworking planning committee began planning this...

Lit Youngstown is honored and grateful for a second-year grant award from the Ohio Arts Council for $3225. We thank Governor DeWine and...

We raised a record-setting $1690 on the 2020 Armeni birdbath raffle! We split the

We are offering the poster to contributors of $15 or more, and all contributions will be matched (until July 20 and up to a total of...

Please join us in thanking Ohio Humanities and Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley for the award of grants to help offset...