Youngstown fiction writer, Dante DelBene, has been announced as a recipient of Literary Cleveland’s Breakthrough Writing Residency for 2024-2025. This opportunity was made possible through a Lit Youngstown partnership with Literary Cleveland and funding from the Board of Mahoning County Commissioners under Assistance Listing No. 21.027 by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Dante DelBene is a writer and cinematographer fromYoungstown, Ohio. His professional writing experience includes ad copy and commercial scripts for regional and national brands, as well as a byline in Hypefresh,a news and pop-culture magazine out of Philadelphia. His short fiction has been published in SLAB, Olney Magazine, HASH Journal, RedCoyote, Volney Road Review, and Stoneboat. His career in the production industry inspired a novel about a filmmaker who stumbles upon a humanitarian tragedy that pulls the curtain on content creation.
Literary Cleveland’s Breakthrough Writing Residency provides free yearlong mentorship, support, and opportunities to help emerging writers in Greater Cleveland develop a book-length project. The program is intended for those who demonstrate a passion for writing and a commitment to developing a book-length manuscript but who have not published a book or attended an MFA program.
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