Sponsors and Partners
Antioch University, Santa Barbara
Antioch University Santa Barbara prides itself on being a small, private, non-profit and fully accredited university located in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. AUSB strives to provide an innovative and challenging undergraduate and graduate education for adults. An Antioch education works to empower the student to act responsibly and to affect personal, social and environmental change within a global context. Antioch values and nurtures an innovative, reflective and experiential approach to educational excellence.
Borders
Borders provides the on-site book store for our Weekend of Poetry in March and our summer conference in June. With two locations in the Santa Barbara area — the Calle Real Marketplace in Goleta and downtown Santa Barbara on State Street — Borders is easily accessible to fulfill your literary appetite.
Community West Bank
Community West Bank is committed to serving the Santa Barbara Community. The Bank promotes and rewards employee volunteerism; is an active sponsor of many local benefits, events, and festivals; and encourages employee leadership in determining the most appropriate donation opportunities on behalf of the Bank. The first Community West Bank Young Writers Scholarship was awarded in 2008. www.communitywestbank.com
Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort
Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort, where the Santa Barbara Writers Conference is held each year, is the perfect California beach-front luxury resort hotel. An oasis within an oasis. Charm. History. Sandy beaches. Red tile roofs. Cool rooms, warm faces and endless amenities. Uncomplicated. Relaxing. Hopelessly romantic. Full of possibilities. Fess Parker's DoubleTree Resort in Santa Barbara.
URaTrip.com
TravelTipsandTours.com is an innovative travel resource that provides insider travel tips that can be quickly and easily accessed by mobile phone using this link. As global communication networks continue to advance, TravelTipsandTours.com stays on the cutting-edge of technology, bringing you quick and easy, highly accessible information about the world’s most remote destinations, which will save you time and effort. With professional contributors, they have the inside perspective summed up in brief tips designed for mobile screens. Go mobile at m.uratrip.com today!
Writer Magazine
SBWC is proud to have an exclusive partnership with The Writer magazine [subscribe]. Since 1887 The Writer has provided inspiration for beginning and professional writers alike as well as practical, step-by-step solutions from experienced writing professionals.
Welcome Noozhawk
Noozhawk is a local news and information source on the web for the Santa Barbara area. In 2008 they partnered with SBWC to offer a fiction contest and the winner received a scholarship to SBWC and publication of the winning entry on the Noozhawk Web site. We hope to continue our partnership with Noozhawk in the coming years!
Women's Festivals
Explore the most important areas of your life at the March 2008 Women's Festivals in Santa Barbara and Sedona, Arizona. These exciting events look at the five Ps, the personal, professional, philanthropic, political and planet (peace and environment), issues that affect all women. Proceeds benefit the non-profit Women‘s Economic Ventures of Santa Barbara. For more info, visit womensfestivals.org.
Discounts for SBWC Alumni
If you’re looking for another writers conference to attend through out the year, consider Arizona State University's Desert Nights, Rising Stars writers conference Feb. 18-21, 2009 in Tempe, Arizona. We have a discount arranged with them for SBWC alumni, so just mention SBWC when you sign up. Speakers for 2009 include Percival Everett, Meredith Hall, Nancy Mairs, Mary Ruefle, Alice Sebold, Natasha Trethewey and many more! Call for details of current discount.