This column briefly profiles writers' workshops, retreats, seminars and conferences. Inclusion in this column is not an endorsement.
What is the Santa Barbara Writers Conference?
There's actual two Santa Barbara Writers Conferences: the smaller poetry conference in March and the comprehensive summer conference in June. The dates for this year's summer conference are June 21-26. It will be held at the Fess Parker DoubleTree Resort.
The workshops cover such areas as story crafting and structure, screenwriting, humor, creative nonfiction, children's literature, marketing as well as several genres of fiction, poetry and memoir. The workshop activities include instruction plus readings and critiques with fellow students and instructors.
There are also panel discussions, guest speakers, late-night "pirate workshops" and "The Ultimate Write-Off Reality Show." You can register for the Agents and Editors Day and for a manuscript review.
There is a Young Writers Program for students 14-18. Students can participate in all conference activities but there are other special presentations as well.
Who are the instructors?
There are 33 workshop instructors. Click here to see the full list: faculty. The book jackets featured represents work from the faculty. Special guest include: (book signings will follow each presentation)
Ray Bradbury - opens the conference with a keynote speech.
Joseph Wambaugh - author, screenwriter, his latest book Hollywood Crows was released in March.
Bob Mayer - presents How to Pitch to an Agent/Editor followed by a book signing.
Jane Heller - author, journalist, her latest book Some Nerve came out in paperback in November.
Luis Alberto Urrea - author of The Devil's Highway, The Hummingbird's Daughter and others.
Sue Grafton - receives the Barnaby and Mary Conrad Founders Award for Fiction with a Q&A.
How much might this cost you?
To attend the full conference is $725 and includes all workshops, special lectures, panels, speakers' presentations, opening night barbecue, closing dinner and award ceremony. Manuscript evaluations are $40 and must be received by May 15. Meet with an Agent and Editor is $35.
The conference has a "Taste of the Conference" option which runs from June 21 through June 24, giving you access to the workshops, but not all the special events. Individual tickets will be available for purchase for some of the events not included with the discounted tuition. The tuition for "Taste of…" is $475.
The Young Writers Program tuition is $525 and allows the students access to all conference classes, presentations and activities as well as special Young Writers activities.
Registrations must be received by May 15. Online registration is available here: Registration. Rooms at the Fess Parker DoubleTree Resort run at the conference rate of $225. You must mention the conference to get that rate.
The Details:
Santa Barbara Writers Conference: June 21-26, Fess Parker DoubleTree Resort
Workshops in several fiction genres, story crafting and structure, creative nonfiction, children's literature, humor, screenwriting, marketing, poetry, memoir and the Young Writers Program for students 14-18.
Fees: Full conference - $725, Taste of… - $475, Young Writers Program - $525, Manuscript Evaluations - $40, Meet with an Agent and Editor - $35, Rooms - $225
Online registration is available. Registration deadline: May 15
NOTE: Don't forget The Virtual Book Tour by Font Literary Agency & Writing Centre is coming April 8. Click here to read more about Lover's Hollow author Orna Ross.
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