March 2003 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop newsletter

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ERMA BOMBECK WRITERS' WORKSHOP NEWSLETTER

University of Dayton

March 1, 2003

mailto:erma@udayton.edu

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I'm sending the March issue out a few days early because I

know many of you are anxiously waiting to hear the results

of the Erma Bombeck Writing Competition. The envelope

please. And the winners are...

HUMOR CATEGORY

1st: Leigh Anne Jasheway (Eugene, Oregon)

2nd: Janice Leuschen (Lively, Ontario, Canada)

3rd: Mary Lombardo (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

HUMAN INTEREST CATEGORY

1st: Mike Ball (Whitmore Lake, Michigan)

2nd: Margaret A. Frey (Knoxville, Tennessee)

3rd: Patty Donovan (Plano, Texas)

More than 1,100 writers entered this year's contest. You

can read the winning essays at:

http://www.wcpl.lib.oh.us/adults/erma.html#humor_winners

There's lots more below, so keep reading...and keep

writing!

Tim Bete

Humor columnist (http://www.timbete.com) and co-director,

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

(http://www.HumorWriters.org)

P.S. Feel free to forward this newsletter to all your

writer friends.

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MOVE OVER, GRISHAM...

Author Judy Gruen has some interesting -- and humorous

--ideas about how to promote her new book.

See http://www.humorwriters.org/Gruen.html

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IF YOU BELEIVE THIS COLUMN...

Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Tom Frerrick Jr. reflects

on readers who just don't get it.

See

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/5190382.htm

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GUESS THE DICTATOR AND/OR TV SITCOM CHARACTER

Pretend to be a dictator or television sitcom character.

This Web site will guess who you are by asking simple

yes/no questions. It correctly guessed that I was Sam

Malone from "Cheers."

See http://www.smalltime.com/dictator.html

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MEL BROOKS TO RECEIVE AWARD

Mel Brooks will receive the 2003 Screen Laurel Award

presented by the Writers Guild of America at its annual

awards show in March.

See http://www.wga.org/pr/Awards/2003/brooks.html

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IF YOU WRITE A COLUMN, NSNC IS FOR YOU!

Membership in the National Society of Newspaper Columnists

has many benefits, including a fantastic newsletter,

conferences and an annual writing contest.

See http://www.humorwriters.org/NSNCmembership.html

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HOW TO WRITE FUNNY FAST!

Humorist and comic novelist R.A.Murphy provides some great

tips in a recent article that appeared in the Writers'

Weekly newsletter.

See http://www.writersweekly.com/articles/020503-01.html

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CHOOSING THE RIGHT WRITER'S CONFERENCE

Julie Duffy provides tips on how to pick the workshop that

best meets your writing needs.

See http://julieduffy.com/writing/which_event.htm

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HUMOR WRITER OF THE MONTH: DEBBIE HOLLAND

Debbie Holland is author of "The Boomers' Next Frontier," a

book for and about baby boomers. In her book, Debbie asks

profound questions such as "If this is the age of The

Jetsons, where's my flying car?"

See http://www.boomerwriter.com/my_new_bike.htm

If you'd like to be considered as our featured writer, send

an e-mail with a link to one of your columns to:

mailto:bete@udayton.edu

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BOOK GIVEAWAY

Each month we give away a book to one of the subscribers to

this newsletter. If you're subscribed, you're entered to

win! This issue's winner is Alice Reed from Mountain Home,

Ark. Alice has won a copy of ""How the great comedy writers

create laughter" by Larry Wilde, as well as an Erma Bombeck

Writers' Workshop mouse pad.

Stay tuned! You could be next issue's winner!

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MARKETS FOR WRITERS

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FREELANCEWRITING.COM: A great list of paying writing

opportunities. See

http://www.freelancewriting.com/forumdir/fjb/

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POETS & WRITERS: List of up-to-date classifieds for

writers. See http://www.pw.org/mag/classifieds.htm

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SCREENWRITER MAGAZINE: Script writing jobs, contests and

more. See http://www.nyscreenwriter.com/classifieds.htm

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IMITATE FAULKER AND HEMINGWAY CONTEST: Write like these

greats and make the judges laugh. See

http://www.hemispheresmagazine.com/contests/enter.htm

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NETWORK WITH OTHER HUMOR WRITERS: Network with other humor

writers. Join the e-mail discussion group for past

attendees of the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop and those

who would like to attend in the future. To join, visit

the Yahoo! Group at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/humor_writers

SUGGEST A RESOURCE If you have a favorite book or Web

site, let me know at bete@udayton.edu.

mailto:bete@udayton.edu

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OTHER ERMA BOMBECK WRITING WORKSHOP LINKS

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ERMA MUSEUM http://www.ErmaMuseum.org

FLIGHT HUMOR CONTEST http://www.flighthumor.org

ERMA T-SHIRT

http://alumni.udayton.edu/rd.asp?cd=ermashirt&rf=EBWW0203

FREE SCREEN SAVER

http://www.humorwriters.org/Screensaver.html

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WORKSHOP SPONSORS http://www.humorwriters.org/Sponsors.html

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