Literary Cleveland presents their* 2021 Inkubator Conference <https://www.litcleveland.org/events-programs/inkubator-conference-2021>*, a free literary festival for writers and readers. This year, the conference runs from July 11-25 and is completely virtual for anyone to stream. Playwrights, novelists, or other interested parties can attend writing workshops, open mics, or panels like the following: *The "Writing Multiple Storylines" workshop *features best-selling author D.M. Pulley on July 14th & 21st from 4-5 pm EST. Participants explore parallel story structures and investigate ways of combining different perspectives to deepen the plot. *A panel on "Writing Illness: The Pandemic and Beyond" *streams on Tuesday, July 13th, from 7-8:30 pm EST. It features Caren Beilin, Ali Black, Leora Fridman, and Hilary Plum, all authors who are experienced in writing about illness. The panelists consider writing as a space for mourning and healing after COVID-19 and as a call for racial and socioeconomic justice. *An Inkubator Open Mic with One Mic Open* streams on Friday, July 16th from 7-9 pm. Join to be featured during the conference or hear the best upcoming talent in the area. If you want to read, check the box when you register for the event on Zoom. Readers will be drawn from a hat. *The in-person, outdoor Inkubator Pop-Up* features a book fair, a community-building workshop, and another open mic for an opportunity to share your work. The event premieres on Saturday, July 17th, from 12-5 pm at Eastman Reading Garden with presenter J. David and kickoff reader Lisa Summe. More information about Inkubator 2021 as well as registration links for the events above can be found here: https://www.litcleveland.org/events-programs/inkubator-conference-2021.