Learn to be a better writer. Sign up for Hartford NWW

This announcement just landed in my mailbox:

The National Writers Workshop in Hartford is back and better than ever! Co-Sponsored by The Hartford Courant & The Poynter Institute, the event is coming up soon: April 14 & 15, at the Hartford Hilton Hotel.

Learn about Reporting tips, Fiction, Freelancing, Poetry, Memoirs, Humor, Investigative reporting, Obits, Blogging, Self-publishing, Getting an agent, Language.

Check out the great program! You'll hear from dozens of prize-winning authors, educators, editors and commentators talking about writing from many different angles, including:

David Baldacci, International best-selling author
Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Editor, Washington Post and author
Dan Barry, Columnist, New York Times
Eileen McNamara, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, The Boston Globe
Elinor Lipman, Popular novelist
Marisa Acocella Marchetto, the ‘Cancer Vixen’
Andy Borowitz, Humorist, author, blogger
Lucy Ferris and Michael Patrick MacDonald, Memoirists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Critics Circle nominee
Geneva Overholser, Media commentator, editor
Lisa Chedekel & Matt Kauffman, Investigative reporters
Chip Scanlan, Poynter Institute faculty and author
and many, many more.

Fees: This weekend is the best bargain anywhere for career development, skills enhancement and a fascinating weekend with the experts. You’ll get two full days for only $105. (For fulltime students, the fee is only $70.) For more information and to register go to: www.courant.com/nww or call 800-524-4242 ext. 6502. Reserve your spot today - and tell a friend!