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Faculty

Click on photos for information on each workshop and each workshop leader.

Consultations

All one-on-one manuscript consultation are by appointment. Connect with your ms. consultant in La Cantina at the info desk.

2018 Schedule

The 2018 Workshop Schedule is a printable PDF of day/time/place of workshops

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Manuscript Consultant

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Lorelei Armstrong

Pirate Workshop

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Laure-Anne Bosselaar

Poetry

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Susan Chiavelli

Manuscript Consultant

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Walter Halsey Davis

Screenwriting for Novelists and Manuscript Consultant

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Trey Dowell

The Art of the Query

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Jerry Camarillo Dunn, Jr

Travel Writing (and Nonﬁction)

Ara Grigorian & Janis Thomas

Story Beats — Your Story’s Heartbeat

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Susan Miles Gulbransen

Nonﬁction with a Fiction Twist

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Gar Anthony Haywood

The Seven Deadly Sins of Novel Writing

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Mary Penney Hershey

Writing for Children

Lisa Howe

Manuscript Consultant

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Melodie Johnson Howe

Writing is Rewriting: Discovering Your Inner Editor

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Catherine Ann Jones

Finding Your Voice in Memoir and The Way of Story

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Nancy Klann-Moren

How to Write a Novel that Stands Out

Fred Klein

Manuscript Consultant

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Risk-Free Writing and Manuscript Consultant

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Perie Longo

Poetry

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How to Write a Novel That Sells

Dramatic Fiction
Effective Script Writing

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Marla Miller

Hooking Readers

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Melinda Palacio & Lida Sideris

Writing Through the Fear

Matthew Pallamary

Phantastic Fiction

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Yvonne Nelson Perry

Crafting Short Stories

Diana Raab

Memoir

John Reed

The Pirates

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Monte Schulz

Voice and Style

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Dale Griffiths Stamos

Story Structure for All Genres

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S.L.(Sid) Stebel and Karen Ford

Finding Your Secret Story

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Linda Stewart-Oaten

Manuscript Consultant

Mac (Max) Talley

How and Where to Submit to Literary Magazines and Online

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Jervey Tervalon

Creative Nonfiction

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Janis Thomas

Storyteller's Toolbox — Concepts from the Official Novel Intensive

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Leonard Tourney

Mystery Writing

Manuscript Consultant

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Stephen T. Vessels

Manuscript Consultant

Ernie Witham

The Craft of Humor Writing

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The Right-Brain Experience

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Featured

May 29, 2018

Public Event Schedule

May 29, 2018

May 29, 2018

2018 Program Now Available

May 28, 2018

2018 Program Now Available

May 28, 2018

May 28, 2018

May 24, 2018

Complete List of 2018 SBWC Contest Winners & Honorable Mentions

May 24, 2018

May 24, 2018

May 22, 2018

SBWC Humor Contest Winner

May 22, 2018

May 22, 2018

Instagram (Gallery Link)

Agent appointment at SBWC last June. More coming up on June 19. Photo by Roberta Nadler.#sbwriters

Agent appointment at SBWC last June. More coming up on June 19. Photo by Roberta Nadler.#sbwriters

New Book Panel. Monday June 18, 4:00 – 5:00 PM
Moderator Lorelei Armstrong leads a Pirate
Workshop at SBWC. She's a novelist and has an MFA in screenwriting.

New Book Panel. Monday June 18, 4:00 – 5:00 PM Moderator Lorelei Armstrong leads a Pirate Workshop at SBWC. She's a novelist and has an MFA in screenwriting.

New book panelists: Janis Thomas, Lida Sideris, Ara Grigorian and Flor Edwards. #sbwriters

New book panelists: Janis Thomas, Lida Sideris, Ara Grigorian and Flor Edwards. #sbwriters

Matt Pallamary and Karin Finell, SBWC veterans! #sbwriters

Matt Pallamary and Karin Finell, SBWC veterans! #sbwriters

Twitter

Pico Iyer reminds us that rarely do people have a secret desire to be a lawyer or business person, many secretly want to write #sbwriters18
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Janet Fitch Wednesday June 20, 8:00 PM, El Cabrillo $10 at the door, Santa Barbara Hyatt Novelist extraordinaire!… https://t.co/QbyEra1sQR
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RT @sbwriters: Steven J. Ross $10 at door Sun. June 17, 8:00 PM, SB Hyatt 7:30 PM, Pico Iyer receives Ross Macdonald Award Steve… https://t.co/UKfONu5Dn9
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