Win a Scholarship: Graduation-Themed Essay Contest!

Dear Writers, Enter to win a tuition scholarship to the 42nd Annual Santa Barbara Writers Conference! Entries will be judged on originality, use of language, and story. The word count is limited to six hundred, and all genres are welcome.

  • Theme: "Graduation"
  • Word Count: Up to 600
  • All genres welcome
  • This must be your original work, published or unpublished
  • No entry fee
  • Email all entries to:  SBWC.Graduation@gmail.com
  • Please paste your entry into the body of the email and include contact information: name, phone number, email address, & mailing address
  • Winner receives a tuition scholarship to the 42nd Annual Santa Barbara Writers Conference, June 7 to 12, 2014**
  • Contest Begins: Today!
  • Deadline: Friday, May 23rd, Midnight (PST)
  • Winner Announced: Sunday, May 25th

Write On!

Nicole Starczak SBWC, Director

“I didn't go to college. Thank God for that. You can't learn writing in college. You learn writing by writing every day and by having good friends surrounding you, who love you and who love writing as much as you do.” – Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451, speaking at SBWC 2008

**In the event that the winner cannot attend the 2014 SBWC, June 7 to 12, the scholarship will go to the runner up.