Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
1.11.2026
Who's Publishing What: Why Did I Walk Into This
Room?
Why Did I Walk Into This Room? is a laugh-out-loud romp by Christy Heitger-Ewing, an award-winning writer from Indiana. It reads like a conversation with your favorite hilarious, forthright friend.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
1.2.2026
Memories of Menopause or How I Learned to Love Dark
Clothing
Menopause for me wasn’t a pause. It was a halt.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
1.1.2026
Humor Writer of the Month: Julianna
Forlano
Julianna Forlano, our Humor Writer of the Month for January, is a writer, radio host and recovering overthinker who uses humor to wrestle meaning out of life, politics and the daily circus of parenting and purpose.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
12.26.2025
And They Call It Puppy
Love
Let me first answer the question you will ask shortly, which is: Are you nuts?
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
12.23.2025
From Laughter to
Legacy
Applications will be accepted through Jan. 30 for the DC Stanfa Memorial Writers' Award for two writers who demonstrate exceptional financial need.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
12.8.2025
Who's Publishing What: Try Looking Out the
Window!
Join Andy Bombeck and his family on 10 hilarious trips, from rainforests in Costa Rica to overcrowded campgrounds in the Pacific Northwest, in his newest book, Try Looking Out the Window! The Trials and Tribulations of Traveling with Children.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
12.3.2025
Celebrating Creativity and
Imagination
Through a PNC Foundation grant and additional funding from local organizations, the University of Dayton’s Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop launched a community literacy initiative that celebrates creativity and imagination.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
12.1.2025
The Delayed Midlife
Crisis
I was 75 when it struck, a yearning to drive a red convertible Mustang. Somehow in my life I had missed the opportunity to drive a Mustang with the top down, scarf and dyed hair blowing in the wind. Yes, and with oversized sunglasses and bright makeup as well.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
12.1.2025
Humor Writer of the Month: Tiffany
Midge
Humor columnist, essayist and poet Tiffany Midge is the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop's Humor Writer of the Month for December.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
11.26.2025
Experience Erma From the Comfort of
Home
The 2026 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop is sold out, but writers can still experience its magic from the comfort of home through Erma Home Schooling.