Ohio Resources for Writers
Here you’ll find a collection of resources for writers in Ohio, from conferences to local critique groups to literary magazines. If you’re looking for writing groups near you, writing workshops near you, creative writing classes near you, or simply a place to hang out with writers or submit your work, these are some Ohio writing organizations you might want to check out:
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Founded in 1941, this is one of the oldest, continuously publishing literary magazines in America. It publishes fiction, essays and poetry from both emerging and established authors.
An Ohio-based literary magazine that publishes work with a strong sense of place and cultural landscape. Besides new American fiction, poetry and narrative essay, they’re also interested in contemporary literature in translation from all over the globe.
The Ohio Literacy Resource Center invites students to submit original writings for review. Accepted submissions are published in a softbound book, Beginnings. Students whose work is accepted are invited to attend the day-long Ohio Writers’ Conference, along with their teacher and one paid guest.
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, reviews and artwork.
Cleveland State University Poetry Center
Promotes poetry through readings and community outreach, and is also the publisher of over 150 independent poetry book titles.
Guest speakers and feedback in monthly writing group for crime writers in the Ohio River Valley area. A local chapter of Sisters in Crime.
A journal of poetry, cooking, and light industrial safety.
The literary journal of the Greenville Public Library.
The award-winning literary journal of Ohio State University, The Journal seeks to identify and encourage emerging writers while also attracting the work of established writers to create a diverse and compelling magazine.
Founded in 1939, this well-known journal publishes prose, poetry, plays, translations and more, and also offers writing workshops and writing retreats.
An international literary journal dedicated to publishing the best contemporary fiction, poetry, nonfiction and translations.
An independent publishing effort undertaken to give artists and authors in Dayton, Ohio, and surrounding areas a vehicle for sharing their work.
A publication of Ohio University’s Creative Writing Program.
An active group of poets and lovers of poetry who have a relationship with Ohio.
Ohio University Spring Literary Festival
Features some of the world’s finest, most distinguished writers of poetry, fiction and nonfiction. The three-day festival is held in May on the Ohio University campus in Athens, Ohio.
Annual book festival bringing together Ohio writers and readers.
The Ohioana Library is dedicated to collecting, preserving and promoting the written work of Ohio’s writers, artists and musicians.
An annual literary journal devoted to the exploration of innovative writing.
The Thurber House (the home of humorist, author and New Yorker cartoonist James Thurber) is a non-profit literary center.
A literary magazine published by Cleveland State University.
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