Lit News

Enjoy the talents of dozens of students from East High School, Chaney High School and Rayen Early College at a reading on Tuesday, June 4...

Register here by May 15 if you would like to contribute your original poetry to either the YWCA Women Artists Show or the Youngstown Area...

Join us for an unforgettable fiction reading by Youngstown-lived writers Sarah K. Stephens and Couri Johnson, moderated by Rose Marry....

Lit Youngstown and Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Center present a reading by poets Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, Allison Pitinii Davis,...

January 24, Lit Youngstown, Action Books, World Poetry Books, and Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Center presented a reading by poets...

Join us for an unforgettable fiction reading by Youngstown-lived writers Chris Barzak and Sarah K. Stephens, moderated by Rose Marry....

Lit Youngstown, Action Books, World Poetry Books, and Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Center present a reading by poets Ghayath Almadhoun,...

Fall Literary Festival Featured Presenter Ross Gay reads from his highly acclaimed essay and poetry collections. The Reverie Movement...

On a five-city tour, poets from several Rust Belt cities will read their work in the trophy room at Westside Bowl, 2617 Mahoning Ave., at...

First Wednesday Readers Series presents Cleveland poets Gina M. Tabasso & Russell Vidrick. Julie Cancio Harper will co-host. Open mic to...

Join us for a concert on the lawn at 7pm on Tuesday, July 25 at Austintown Township Park, featuring the Youngstown Area Community ...

One of our favorite events of the year pairs the highly accomplished art of Valley women artists with wonderful original poems inspired...

Lit Youngstown is proud to co-host author Kimberly Mack for a Youngstown reading and discussion on her book Living Colour Time's Up - an...

The Youngstown Area Community Concert Band and Lit Youngstown invite submissions of poetry for a July 25 concert at Austintown Township...

Lit Youngstown seeks poets to write original work that responds to visual art in the juried Women Artists Show at the YWCA-Mahoning...

First Wednesday Reader Series presents Olney Magazine editors Brandon Noel & Tony Wade, and nationwide contributors to this...

Winter Writing Camp will be Saturday, February 18, 2023, from 9:30am-3:00pm at St. John's Episcopal Church and the main library....

Youngstown has a rich literary history, and this series will showcase the incredible writers who call or have called Youngstown home....

First Wednesday Reader Series presents poetry and prose writer Kelly Hambly of Kent & poet Jimmy Sutman of Youngstown, Wednesday,...

Award-winning writers and Fall Literary Festival Feature presenters Kelly Fordon and Joy Priest read from their work Friday, October 21...