Emporia ? The 18th annual Tallgrass Writing Workshop will be June 14-15 at Emporia State University.

The workshop, sanctioned by the Western Writers of America, is aimed at writers of all backgrounds, experience and interest, including hobbyists, professional writers and writing teachers.

Workshop faculty are published writers and experienced teachers knowledgeable about requirements for publication. They will discuss fiction and nonfiction characteristics, literary style and technique, and strategies and opportunities for publication.

Faculty include Don Coldsmith, Jim Hoy, Sandy Whiting, Max and Carol Yoho and Mike Blakely.

The workshop fee is $60. Participants can register for noncredit or credit, with an additional charge of $100 for undergraduate credit and $132 for graduate credit.

The workshops begin at 8:30 a.m. Saturday and run through Sunday afternoon.

For more information, contact the Center for Great Plains Study at johnsonj@emporia.edu, or (620) 341-5574.