Events

Since 2016, Lit Youngstown's Fall Literary Festival has been a celebration of the literary arts, with creative readings, workshops, craft talks, and panels on writing, understanding, publishing, editing, and teaching literary works. We have welcomed hundreds of presenters, including Lesley Nneka Arimah, David Giffels, Janet Wong, Denise Duhamel, Philip Metres, Robert Olmstead, Sandra Beasley, and George Ella Lyon. Daytime sessions take place at Youngstown State, and evening readings in downtown Youngstown.

A virtual creative writing workshop for all levels that will give you eight tools to help you to write memoirs

Dante Di Stefano will lead a two-hour virtual workshop on writing political poetry in a partisan America. The first part

Our Holiday Market is coming back to Midtown Village this year! Join us on Small Business Saturday, November 26th, for a day filled with holiday shopping, live music, performances, and more

“LET US GET BETTER AT NOT KNOWING WHAT WE’RE DOING.” – Dean Young, The Art of Recklessness And let’s get

Join author Sari Fordham on Saturday, February 25, from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. EST for "Writing Your Way Home," an

Shanta Lee Gander will be at Porter Square Books doing a reading.

Shanta Lee Gander will be at Grolier Poetry Book Shop doing a reading. Click on the link for more details. 2023

Aaron Poochigian will be reading at the Lyrics, Lit, and Liquor Festival, an evening of literary readings, live music, comedy,

Aaron Poochigian will be performing a reading at the Phoenix Reading Series in Manhattan, New York.  The event is “a

Felice Belle, Shanta Lee, and Aaron Poochigian will be reading at the New York City Poetry Festival on Governor’s Island,