CLEVELAND – The Inkubator is a free annual festival for writers and readers organized by Literary Cleveland. From July 11 to 25, there will be a new public program or event each day, including multi-week seminars, readings, panel discussions, craft talks, open mics, and a keynote address - all of which will be available online.
Overall, the two-week conference will be a public celebration of writing that will develop writers' unique abilities, encourage artistic dialogue, strengthen the literary community, and inspire more people to create.
Below are the scheduled events for both weeks:
Week 1 Events (July 11-17)
A welcome reading and discussion, poetry presentations and panels, a virtual open mic, and a special event featuring New Yorker authors from Cleveland are all part of the conference's first week. They'll also be holding a pop-up event at the Eastman Garden of the Cleveland Public Library.
- Inkubator Kickoff - (Sunday, July 11 from 7-8:30 pm EST)
- How to Order Your Poetry Manuscript - (Monday, July 12 from 7-8:30 pm EST)
- Writing Illness: The Pandemic & Beyond - (Tuesday, July 13 from 7-8:30 pm EST)
- So You Wrote a Short Story—Now What? - (Wednesday, July 14 from 7-8:30 pm EST)
- Poetry & Basketball - (Thursday, July 15 from 7-8:30 pm EST)
- Inkubator Open Mic with One Mic Open - (Friday, July 16 from 7-9 pm EST)
- From Dream to Reality: Publishing a Debut Novel - (Saturday, July 17 from 10-11:30 am EST)
- Inkubator Pop-Up Led by Starlight Elsewhere - (Saturday, July 17 from 12-5 pm EST)
- Cleveland New Yorker Writers - (Saturday, July 17 from 7-8:30 pm EST)
Week 2 Events (July 18-25)
Prose lectures and panels, a program with New York editors, a Lake Erie Ink event for youth, and a special event starring Viet Thanh Nguyen and Thrity Umrigar are part of the second week's conference.
- Ethical Representation in Writing (Sunday, July 18 from 7-8:30 pm EST)
- Convictions: Creative Writing/Performing Workshops in Prison (Monday, July 19 from 7-8:30 pm EST)
- How to Research (Tuesday, July 20 from 7-8:30 pm EST)
- Eyes of the Editor: Inside the Book Business (Wednesday, July 21 from 7-8:30 pm EST)
- Teen Book Launch & Open Mic with Lake Erie Ink (Thursday, July 22 from 7-8:30 pm EST)
- Creative Risks: A Conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen and Thrity Umrigar (Friday, July 23 from 7-8:30 pm EST)
- Solutions Journalism: Seeking to Tell the Whole Story (Saturday, July 24 from 10-11:30 am EST)
- Common Ground Community Discussion (Saturday, July 24 from 2-4 pm EST)
- How Storytelling Can Lead to Social Change (Sunday, July 25 from 3-4:30 pm EST)
To sign up for the upcoming events, please visit https://www.litcleveland.org/events-programs/inkubator-conference-2021.