Erma Bombeck “I want my house to be seen ... Dave Barry “I thought it would be funny to stuff my kids’ Christmas stockings with actual stockings. I’ve never heard crying like that.” ...

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 ...

Erma Bombeck had a way with words ... the stage nearly 30 years after her death and still dispensing her brand of humor while in the spotlights of the Temple Theater. Two former Des Moines ...

We're looking for outstanding faculty and session ideas for the 2026 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop. Proposals are due April 17. We're looking for outstanding faculty and session ideas for the 2026 ...

including power-pop star Matthew Sweet and the popular production "Irish Christmas in America," and comedies, such as “Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End” and a night of improv with The Second City ...

Erma Bombeck’s alma mater. The Erma workshop is the only one in the country dedicated to both the craft of humor and human interest writing and attracts 350 writers from across the country and beyond.