“Start clean and simple. Don’t try to write pretty or noble or big. Try to say just what you mean. This is hard because you have to find out what you mean, and that’s work, real work. (Gertrude Stein)”
- Rebecca Robins
Join us June 17-22, 2018!
Dear Writers,
Every June since 1972, writers from around the world have gathered at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference to rub elbows with fellow writers, well-known authors, and publishing professionals.
You’ll participate in a magical week of intensive work focused on craft, marketing, and networking.
The full conference June 17-22, 2018 includes:
• 5 full days (and nights) of workshops led by 30 talented teachers
• One-on-one manuscript consultations
• Afternoon speakers and panels
• Opportunity to register for agent appointments
• 5 evening keynotes by well-known experts and authors
• Book signings and chances to meet author-speakers
• Opening night banquet on Sunday, June 17
• Poolside Cocktail Reception, Tuesday evening, June 19
• Awards banquet on Friday evening, June 22
• A week of networking, support and genuine camaraderie
SBWC likes to brag about our many successful alumni —Fannie Flagg, Spencer Johnson, Gayle Lynds, Monte Schulz, Gillian Roberts, Catherine Ryan Hyde, and Christopher Moore, to name just a few.
Join us this summer for our 46th anniversary, June 17-22, 2018, and become a part of this ongoing literary legacy.
See you in June,
Grace Rachow
SBWC Director
2018 SBWC agents with their agencies.
Appointments will be on June 19, 2018.
Registration for agent appointments is now open.
Go to:
http://www.sbwriters.com/conference/advance-submission.html
Annie Bomke Annie Bomke Agency
Amy Cloughley Kimberly Cameron & Associates
Paul Fedorko The Paul Fedorko Agency
Toni Lopopolo Toni Lopopolo Literary Management
Jill Marr Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
Eric Myers Myers Literary Management
Sarah Phair Trident Media Group
Angela Rinaldi Angela Rinaldi Literary Agency
BJ Robbins BJ Robbins Literary Agency
Ken Sherman Ken Sherman & Associates
Workshop Leaders
& Manuscript Consultants
A partial list
Lorelei Armstrong – Pirate Workshop
Laure-Anne Bosselaar – Poetry
Susan Chiavelli – Manuscript Consultant
Walter Halsey Davis – Screenwriting
Trey Dowell – The Art of the Query
Jerry Camarillo Dunn – Travel Writing & Nonfiction
Susan Miles Gulbransen – Nonfiction with a Fiction Twist
Gar Anthony Haywood – The 7 Deadly Sins of Novel Writing
Melodie Johnson Howe – Discovering Your Inner Editor
Catherine Ann Jones – Memoir & The Way of Story
Fred Klein – Manuscript Consultant
Nancy Klann – From the Beginning
Michael Larsen – Writing a Book Proposal
Perie Longo – Poetry
Toni Lopopolo – Writing a Novel that Sells
Carmen Madden – Dramatic Fiction
Marla Miller – Hooking Readers
Melinda Palacio & Lida Sideris – Writing Through the Fears
Matt Pallamary – Phantastic Fiction
Yvonne Nelson Perry – Crafting Short Stories
Diana Raab – Memoir
John Reed – The Pirates
Monte Schulz – Voice and Style
Dale Griffiths Stamos – Story Structure
S. L. (Sid) Stebel & Karen Ford – Finding Your Secret Story
Benjamin Sutherland – Harnessing the Narrative
Mac (Max) Talley – Submitting Short Stories
Jervey Tervalon – Creative Nonfiction
Janis Thomas & Ara Grigorian – Plot vs. Character in Fiction
Duane Unkefer – Manuscript Consultant
Stephen Vessels – Manuscript Consultant
Ernie Witham – Humor Writing
Marilee Zdenek – Right Brain Experience
Daily Schedule for SBWC 2018
Sunday, June 17
12:00 noon Credentials in La Cantina
3:00 - 4:30 pm Orientation, Welcome
4:30 - 5:30 pm No Host Bar
5:30 - 7:15 pm Opening Night Banquet
7:30 - 8:00 pm Ross Macdonald Award: Pico Iyer
8:00 - 9:00 pm Guest Speaker: Steven J. Ross
9:30 pm. – Pirate Workshops
Monday, June 18
8:00 am – Info Desk
9:00 - 11:30 am Morning Workshops
11:30 - 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 - 3:30 pm Afternoon Workshops
4:00 - 5:00 pm Panel: TBA
5:00 - 7:30 pm Evening Break
8:00 - 9:00 pm Speaker: Eric Puchner
9:30 pm. – Pirate Workshops
Tuesday, June 19
8:00 am – Info Desk
9:00 - 11:30 am Morning Workshops
11:30 - 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 - 3:30 pm Afternoon Workshops
4:00 - 5:00 pm Agent Panels 1 & 2
5:00 - 6:30 pm Cocktail Party
8:00 - 9:00 pm Speaker: Simon Van Booy
9:30 pm – Pirate Workshops
Wednesday, June 20
8:00 am – Info Desk
9:00 - 11:30 am Morning Workshops
11:30 - 1:00 pm Lunch Break
12:00 - 12:45 pm Open Mic Poetry Reading
1:00 - 3:30 pm Afternoon Workshops
4:00 - 5:00 pm Panel: New Book
5:00 - 7:30 pm Evening Break
8:00 - 9:00 pm Speaker: Janet Fitch
9:30 p.m. – Pirate Workshops
Thursday, June 21
8:00 am – Info Desk
9:00 - 11:30 am Morning Workshops
11:30 - 1:00 pm Lunch Break
12:00 - 12:45 pm Open Mic Poetry Reading
1:00 - 3:30 pm Afternoon Workshops
4:00 - 5:00 pm Panel: 4 Genres
5:00 - 7:30 pm Evening Break
8:00 - 9:00 pm Speaker: Dara Horn
9:30 p.m. – Pirate Workshops
Friday, June 22
8:00 am – Info Desk
9:00 - 11:30 am Morning Workshops
11:30 - 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 - 3:30 pm Afternoon Workshops
4:00 - 5:00 pm Panel: Marketing
6:00 - 8:00 pm Awards Banquet
9:00 p.m – SBWC Talent Show
9:30 p.m. – Pirate Workshops
Inspiring, Connecting, and Believing in Writers since 1972
"There's no such thing as an aspiring writer. If you're writing, you're a writer."
~Stephen Chbosky, author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, speaking at SBWC 2013
"You can't imagine what this conference meant to me. If it had not been for this conference, I'd probably still be sitting on a rerun of The Dating Game somewhere."
~Fannie Flagg, author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café, speaking at SBWC 2012
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