The Rome Area Writers will host The Writers Forum March 23 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Cotton Block Hall, 110 Broad St. The Forum will feature authors Carmen Acevedo Butcher on nonfiction, Raymond Atkins on character development, Jo. S. Kittinger on picture books and Brian Jay Corrigan on writing novels. For more information and to register, visit the Rome Area Writers Facebook page or www.romeareawriters.com.