SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE CONFERENCE, INCLUDING VIDEO ANDPHOTOS CONFERENCE RESOURCE PAGE, INCLUDING SPEAKER HANDOUTS, BLOG STORIES On toMiami! The 10thACES conference wraps up a memorable three-day run in Cleveland The stirringstory of the perseverance of journalists and their city in the faceof natural disaster. The suspenseof the inaugural presentation of copy editing's highest honor. Proud recognitionof the craft's finest headline writers and brightest young scholars. Spirited biddingin an auction to benefit good causes. A hip-hop closingceremony and a Cajun-themed party in a city that rocks. More than 60training sessions brimming with the energy of copy editors eagerto learn. Ideas exchanged,friendships made, and acquaintances renewed. Those will besome of the memories for the more than 420 copy editors who attendedthe 10th American Copy Editors Society conference April 20-22 inCleveland. Follow the linksto learn more about the conference and the craft that ACES and itsmembers so enthusiastically embrace and uphold. And start planningnow to join us in Miami for the 2007 conference April 19-21. CLOSING SESSION BerylAdcock, Hank Glamann and Scott Toole close the conference with"It's Hard Out Here on the Rim." See the video and morephotos! HEADLINECONTEST Headlinewriters in six divisions won a total of $2,250 in cash as wellas plaques and certificates in ACES' annual headline contest. BANQUET RobinsonPrize winner Paul Soucy, left, of USA Today, and Aubespinscholar Diego Sorbara, of the University of Missouri, wererecognized at the conference banquet.Go here toread more about them. ACESboard member Paula Devlin and her New Orleans Times-Picayunecolleague James O'Byrne brought their stories and insights aboutthe Hurricane Katrina disaster -- and the paper's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of it -- to the conference.Read about their "Dealing with Disaster" session and about O'Byrne's keynotespeech at the banquet.There's also a page with the full text of the address, and a reprint of anACES newsletter article on how copy editors in New Orleansand Biloxi, Miss., coped with the storm. AUCTION Mary Armstrong(New York Times News Services) bids on a package of See's Candiesin the silent auction. The ACES auction raised$4,950.96 in the silent portion to benefit the ACES EducationFund and $3,075 in the live portion to aid The Times-PicayuneHurricane Relief Fund. Read the auction story. ELECTION Threenew members have been elected to the ACES board -- from left,Gerri Berendzen, John Boogert and Anne Ferguson-Rohrer -- along with incumbentSue Blair. Read the story. OPENING GENERAL SESSION ACES scholars,from left, Diego Sorbara, Caroline Hauser and Kathryn Schwingsoak up the applause at the opening general session. Three of the five scholarship winners attended the conference. FAT FISH BLUE Elaine Rashmawyand Michelle Brandon let the good times roll at Fat Fish Blueduring the post-conference party. Rashmawy is an intern and Brandon astaff member at the Daily Herald in suburban Chicago. See more Fat Fish Blue photos. TRAINING Walter T. Middlebrook(Newsday), right, explains do's and don'ts for job-seekers in the"Please Hire Me: Career Skills for Copy Editors" session led byMary Ellen Slayter (Washington Post), standing. The session was part ofthe student track of workshops on Saturday. RETURN TOTHE ACES HOME PAGE Webcoverage of the 2006 conference Thanks to our conference sponsors! SPECIALCOVERAGE Conference sights andsounds Links to photo sets, video clips and audiorecordings Speaker handouts, etc. Links to workshop handouts, blog storiesabout sessions and other resources ACES conference blog News, notes and ramblings contributedby conference attendees PRIMARY COVERAGE Opening general session Story and photos, plus text of Chris Wienandt'sState of the Society speech Audio clips Scholarship winners Story and photos About ACES scholarships Election Results and photos "Dealing with Disaster" Hurricane Katrina session presented byJames O'Byrne and Paula Devlin of The Times-Picayune How the copy desks in New Orleans andBiloxi coped with the storm (reprint from ACES newsletter) Headline contest Story and photos Winning heads and judges' comments Additional images of the winning headlines Robinson Prize Story and photos Information about the award Audio of Paul Soucy's acceptance speech and Pam Robinson's introduction Auction Auction results and feature story Banquet Story and photos Full text of James O'Byrne's address Audio of O'Byrne's address Profile of keynote speaker James O'Byrne Closing session Closing session photos Video of "It's Hard Out Here on the Rim" Lyrics to "It's Hard Out Here on the Rim" "Cleveland Rocks" slideshow Fat Fish Blue Links to photo sets CREDITS Web coverage contributors Gerri Berendzen Michelle Brandon Matthew Crowley Paula Devlin Deirdre Edgar Neil Holdway Dan Husson Jeff Pierron Rona Proudfoot Naomi Seldin Christine Steele Scott Toole Doris Truong Chris Wienandt