National Writers Workshop

Special guest added

Robert Bowman, editor in chief of the Collegiate Times at Virginia Tech, will talk Sunday about how his staff covered the deadliest shooting in American history, and its lasting impact on them.

Register online through noon Thursday; after that, register at the door

Take advantage of one of the best training bargains anywhere: The National Writers Workshop returns to the Hyatt Regency Wichita on May 19 and 20.

Check out more than 30 speakers - including four Pulitzer winners - for only $85 for professionals and $40 for students.

Workshop hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Sunday. The check-in counter opens at 8 each day. Register here.

For more information about the workshop, see our frequently asked questions.

STUDENTS CAN ATTEND FREE

Simply apply for a $40 scholarship by calling 316-268-6680 by noon Thursday. We'll give you a scholarship code to register with. We'll give them away first-come, first-served.

Any unused scholarships will be available at the door. If none remain, student registrants must pay $40 each.

We allow high school and middle school students to attend, but strongly suggest a parent or sponsor accompany them. All students are responsible for their own transportation, meals, comfort and safety.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS (subject to change)

See the full conference schedule and biographies of this year's speakers.

Dave Bakke, award-winning columnist, Springfield (Ill.) Journal-Register, author of "God Knows His Name: The True Story of John Doe #24"
DeNeen Brown, Wichita native and award-winning writer the Washington Post
Roy Peter Clark, vice president and senior scholar, Poynter
Leon Dash, former Washington Post Pulitzer winner, University of Illinois
Mark Fainaru-Wada of the San Francisco Chronicle, co-author, "Game of Shadows;" Scripps Howard First Amendment award winner
Joe Grimm, Detroit Free Press, Poynter.org "Ask the Recruiter" columnist
Matt Haughey, MetaFilter founder
Joe Hight, The Oklahoman; president, Dart Center for Trauma and Journalism
Gwendolyn Hooks, Oklahoma-based children's author
Scott Kraft, Wichita native and Pulitzer-winning National Editor, Los Angeles Times
Denise Low, incoming Kansas poet laureate, Haskell Indian Nations University
Brian Mann, Kansas native and Adirondack News Bureau chief for North Country Public Radio; author of "Welcome to the Homeland"
Mindy McAdams, University of Florida, author of "Flash Journalism"
Mike McGraw, Pulitzer-winning special projects reporter, Kansas City Star
Ben Montgomery, St. Pete Times; founder, gangrey.com
Moses J. Newson, who covered the Freedom Riders, the Emmett Till trial and the major desegregation battles of the 1950s and 1960s for the Tri-State Defender newspaper in Memphis.
Susan Page, Wichita native and Washington bureau chief for USA Today
Tim Porter, Tomorrow's Workforce and timporter.com; co-author of "News, Improved"
Carrie Rengers, Eagle business columnist
Jim Sheeler, Pulitzer winner, Rocky Mountain News, author of "Obit: Inspirational Stories of Everyday People Who Led Extraordinary Lives"
Suzanne Perez Tobias, Eagle family beat writer and columnist
Al Tompkins, broadcast/online group leader, Poynter
Larry Welborne, National Headliner Award winner, Orange County Register
Wichita Eagle Crime & Safety team on The Eagle's new BTK book
Nancy Youssef, McClatchy's former Iraq bureau chief and Pentagon correspondent.