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Online registration has opened for the 2016 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, which will be held at the University of Dayton March 31-April 2, 2016. To register, click here.

The cost is $425 and includes all meals (and much merriment).

We recommend registering early. As EBWW faculty member Anna Lefler humorously observes, "Last time it sold out in less time than the spin cycle on your Maytag."

It's a stellar line-up.

Roy Blount Jr., who's been described as "a humorist and social critic in the tradition of Mark Twain, Will Rogers, H.L. Mencken and W.C. Fields," will open the workshop Thursday, March 31.

And as a special treat, we'll enjoy a staged reading of the new one-woman show, Erma Bombeck: At Wit's End. Novelist Amy Ephron, stand-up comedian Leighann Lord and the writing duo of Kathy Kinney and Cindy Ratzlaff round out the keynote slate.

Why register?

For openers, the high caliber of the faculty. More than 30 seasoned faculty, from Emmy Award winners and authors of New York Times' bestselling books to a trio of hilarious former keynoters (Alan Zweibel, Judy Carter and Gina Barreca), will offer ways to improve your writing.

You'll meet agents. You'll discover how to publish and market your work.

You'll leave inspired.

Click here for all the details - from what sessions are being offered to how to reserve your hotel room.