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    Santa Barbara Writers Conference

    May 21, 2019 3 minutes
    BY MELISSA HART

    Gorgeous beaches. Stunning mountain trails. Legendary taquerias and farmers markets and elegant outdoor shopping plazas…Santa Barbara, California, has it all, and attendees at the city’s annual writers’ conference in June enjoy six days of exploration both in- and outside the classroom.

    The conference, founded in 1972, offers workshops and panels and evening keynotes by prestigious authors, plus manuscript consultations and agent meetings and a poolside cocktail reception. It’s a small conference, with just 200 attendees, and director Grace Rachow watches

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