The Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop has been dubbed the "Woodstock of Humor" and a "utopia" for writers — one "that only appears every other year, out of the mist, on the edge of the Great Miami River in Dayton, Ohio (like Brigadoon)."
The workshop's mission is simple: to encourage and inspire writers in the same way that celebrated columnist and author Erma Bombeck '49 found encouragement and inspiration at the University of Dayton.
Its mantra is timeless: "You can write!"
This collection is an archive of the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop blog, which delivers news about the workshop, information for writers, profiles of Humor Writer of the Month honorees, and writing by participants and faculty of the workshop.
View the latest entries on the blog website.
Submissions from 2022
Donna Cavanagh Talks Ocean Inspiration — and Kid Beach Reads, Nancy Berk
Erma Watch Party with Judy Carter: A Death-Defying Escape!, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop
Mothers, Jan Marshall
The Cold Facts About Ice Cream, Jerry Zezima
Humor Writer of the Month: David Misch, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop
A Special Focus Group, Dean Norman
An Open and Shut Case, Jerry Zezima
Dear Wordle, January Gordon Ornellas
Who's Performing at Erma's Got Talent?, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop
Eskew? Call Me Askew., Steve Eskew
The Sound of Joking, Jerry Zezima
Who's Publishing What: Raising Jess, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop
Our Potholes Are Out of This World, Jerry Zezima
Bailing on Another Vacation Blues, Keri Kelly
Making Franny Laugh, Alan Zweibel
Who's Publishing What: Crazy to Leave You, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop
Stang, Leslie Freidberger
Egg in Your Beer?, Dean Norman
10 Ways to be a Respectful Sister, Drue Wagner
Getting Carded at the Wine Bar, Jerry Zezima
Humor Writer of the Month: Rachel Grise, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop
Erma's Got Talent, Season Two, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop
These Folks Are Good Medicine, Jerry Zezima
