Venue
Mar Monte Santa Barbara
1111 East Cabrillo Boulevard
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Pacific West
Event Contact
Grace Rachow
(805) 805-729-3368
Genre Focus
Primary:
General / Multi-Genre
Annual event
About This Event
For over five decades, 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. Join us this summer for our 52nd year and become a part of this ongoing literary legacy.
Participants can offer their books on consignment through the Conference Bookstore - writer keeps 60%
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★★★★★ 5.0
from 1 rating across all occurrences
★★★★★ Richard Shaw
attended Jun 2026 · Aug 6, 2026
The first year I attended this conference was in 2005. It is, hands down, the best craft based writers conference I've ever attended. Over the years it has evolved to keep up with the every changing landscape of the publishing world. I cannot recommend this conference more strongly!
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