Authors Cindy Ratzlaff and Kathy Kinney of Queen of Your Own Life will keynote the Erma Bombeck Writing Competition Awards Ceremony, which will include the four winning writers reading their essays from the humor and human interest categories.

The winners receive a free registration to the Oct. 20-22 Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop, $1,000 and publication of their essays online and in the workshop’s program.

Erma Bombeck Writing Competition Awards Ceremony, Sponsored by the Washington-Centerville Public Library