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Bombeck workshop speakers named
Keynote speakers including New York Times columnist Gail Collins, “Late Night With David Letterman” writer Bill Scheft, PBS humorist Loretta LaRoche, best-selling author W. Bruce Cameron and Fox TV co-anchor Steve Doocy have been announced for the 2010 Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop at the University of Dayton.
Online registration begins Tuesday, Dec. 1, for the April 15-17 seminar. More than 300 writers are expected to attend.
To sign up, go to www.humorwriters.org. Fee is $375. Some scholarships are available for UD students.
Other workshop speakers will include: Craig Wilson, USA Today columnist and author; Suzette Martinez-Standring, author of “The Art of Column Writing: Insider Secrets from Art Buchwald”; Christian Lander, who pens the “Stuff White People Like” blog; Sophronia Scott, writing coach; Tracy Beckerman, columnist and author of “Rebel Without a Minivan”; Wade Rouse, memoirist; Karen Walrond, creator of the “Chookooloonks” website; Dayton novelist Katrina Kittle, author Donna Gephart, humorist Danny Gallagher, digital strategist Nettie Hartsock and TNT Publications co-owner Terri Nighswonger.
The event is co-sponsored by the UD National Alumni Association, the University of Dayton’s College of Arts and Sciences, National Society of Newspaper Columnists, Dayton Daily News, Dayton Marriott and the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop Endowment.
Workshop sessions will take place on campus, with dinners at the Dayton Marriott Hotel, 1414 S. Patterson Blvd. Call (937) 229-1404 for more information.
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