Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
1.14.2026
Love, Loss, and the Year of the
Bidet
2025 was one heck of a year (and that’s the clean version). It was a year defined by devastating departures, including what was left of my youthful good looks.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
1.13.2026
Who's Publishing What: something out there in the
distance
Flash-fiction master Grant Faulkner and photographer Gail Butensky have partnered to create something out there in the distance (UMN Press), a “flash novel” of stories and photography.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
1.11.2026
Who's Publishing What: Never Say
Die
Never Say Die, Meredith Doench's latest gripping thriller, is being called a novel about "the bonds of love and the bounds of the law."
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.