NEWS AND INTERESTING THINGS Please let us know of interesting literary items you come across and especially your success stories from the conference so we can share your good news, too. Send us an email to [email protected] Photos from Belize, please…It seems as if Joey Garcia was just on a panel with me
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SFWC2020 Keynoters Announced!
The 2020 San Francisco Writers Conference will take place over President’s Day Weekend (February 13-16, 2020) at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco. We are already hard at work putting together a remarkable conference for all writers. As always, the event will feature a wide array of bestselling authors, literary agents, editors, and publishing industry luminaries.
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Take an SFWC-MIL Class this Spring!
Start your Spring off right with writing classes with Nina Schuyler and Penny Warner. CLICK HERE FOR CLASS DESCRIPTIONS. We are also putting the final touches on an excellent memoir class with Brooke Warner (publisher/founder of She Writes Press and author of Breaking Ground on Your Memoir) for September. Plus be sure to experience “How
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Win a Scholarship to the 2020 San Francisco Writers Conference
Each year the SFWC offers several scholarships to the conference. But we’ve NEVER had so many scholarships available so far in advance! We now have the Joyce Turley Scholarship, the SFWC Director’s Scholarship, and the SFWC Student Scholarships accepting applications. The best part is there are no fees to apply, simple rules, and an easy
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Meet us at the Bay Area Book Festival, May 4-5!
If you’ve never been to the Bay Area Book Festival, put it on your calendar for this year. This fabulous gathering of writers and readers in Berkeley takes over the area below UC Berkeley, filling several streets with tents full of publishing companies, writers groups, and even stalls selling writing-related gifts. It’s easily accessible by
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Podcast Host Alex White interviews Pop Culture Author Kevin Smokler
http://traffic.libsyn.com/sfwriters/Smokler_Podcast_4.12.19.mp3 Meet Kevin Smokler, the “unofficial educator in residence” for the San Francisco Writers Conference. Kevin Smokler is the author of 3 books, including most recently Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to 80s Teen Movies. He writes about music, books and movies for Salon, Buzzfeed, The Decider and NPR and has served as Educator
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