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Faculty

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

Consultations

All one-on-one manuscript consultations are by appointment.

Connect with your ms. consultant in La Cantina at the info desk.

Workshops

The 2019 Workshop Schedule is a printable PDF of day/time/place of workshops

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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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Barnaby Conrad III

The First Four Pages

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Walter Halsey Davis

Screenwriting for Novelists and Manuscript Consultant

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Leslie Dinaberg

Manuscript Consultant

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Trey Dowell

The Art of the Query

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Wylene Wisby Dunbar

The Truth of Fiction

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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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Manuscript Consultant

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Nancy Klann-Moren

Fire Up the Senses

Fred Klein

Manuscript Consultant

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Writing for Children

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Perie Longo

Poetry

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 & Ginger Swanson

Creative Nonfiction and Memoir

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Janis Thomas

Storyteller's Toolbox — Concepts from the Official Novel Intensive

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Leonard Tourney

Mystery Writing

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Stephen T. Vessels

Manuscript Consultant

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The Right-Brain Experience

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Dusk Weaver

Manuscript Consultant

Ernie Witham

The Craft of Humor Writing

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Featured

Apr 2, 2019

SBWC Poster

Apr 2, 2019

Apr 2, 2019

Mar 31, 2019

Public Event Schedule

Mar 31, 2019

Mar 31, 2019

Jun 29, 2018

Gratitude

Jun 29, 2018

Jun 29, 2018

May 24, 2018

Complete List of 2018 SBWC Contest Winners & Honorable Mentions

May 24, 2018

May 24, 2018

Instagram (Gallery Link)

SBWC manuscript consultant Stephen Vessels on stage at SBWC. Photo by Bob DeLaurentis. SBWC IS A WEEK OF WRITING, NETWORKING & CAMARADERIE June 16-21 beachside at the Santa Barbara Hyatt. Workshops, agents, panels, speakers, banquets, & poolside reception. #sbwriters #santabarbarawritersconference #sbwc #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #writersconference #writersconferences #authors #authorsofinstagram #novelists #literaryagentsofinstagram #literaryagents

SBWC regulars showed up at Norm Thoeming’s book launch!
The book is Come And Get Me written under the pen name of August Norman. Photo courtesy of Trey Dowell’s FB post. Norm aka August will be on the new book panel at SBWC in June. SBWC IS A WEEK OF WRITING, NETWORKING & CAMARADERIE June 16-21 beachside at the Santa Barbara Hyatt. Workshops, agents, panels, speakers, banquets, & poolside reception. #sbwriters #santabarbarawritersconference #sbwc #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #writersconference #writersconferences #authors #authorsofinstagram #novelists #literaryagentsofinstagram #literaryagents

SBWC’s sound expert, Earl Richmond. Photo by Bob DeLaurentis. SBWC IS A WEEK OF WRITING, NETWORKING & CAMARADERIE June 16-21 beachside at the Santa Barbara Hyatt. Workshops, agents, panels, speakers, banquets, & poolside reception. #sbwriters #santabarbarawritersconference #sbwc #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #writersconference #writersconferences #authors #authorsofinstagram #novelists #literaryagentsofinstagram #literaryagents

SBWC opening day last June in La Cantina at the charming Santa Barbara Hyatt. Photo by Bob DeLaurentis. SBWC IS A WEEK OF WRITING, NETWORKING & CAMARADERIE June 16-21 beachside at the Santa Barbara Hyatt. Workshops, agents, panels, speakers, banquets, & poolside reception. #sbwriters #santabarbarawritersconference #sbwc #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #writersconference #writersconferences #authors #authorsofinstagram #novelists #literaryagentsofinstagram #literaryagents

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