OutLoud Cleveland is a reading and storytelling event that brings together writers of fiction, poetry, and storytellers from the LGBTQ+ community in Northeastern Ohio. The event will have two featured readers, poet Penelope Jeanne Girlblood and fiction writer Christopher Alonso, and will be MC’d by writer Alex DiFrancesco. Three slots will be open to submissions from Feb. 15th – March 15th, to greater represent the diversity and talents of the larger Northeast Ohio LGTBQ+ community. There will be a suggested donation of $10 at the door, but the event will be sliding scale so no community members with a desire to attend will be turned away. The talents of our community are far-ranging and diverse, and we’re thrilled to showcase them on April 6th at the LGBTQ Center.