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Why the SF Writing for Change conference is such a treasure

August 14, 2019 By Laurie McLean, SFWC Director and Agent at Fuse Literary

I well remember attending my first SF Writing For Change conference at the Unitarian Universalist Center in San Francisco. The lobby was buzzing with excitement and warm sunlight beamed through stained glass windows in the great room as it filled with writers and publishing folk. It seemed almost too good to be true; I was

SFWC and Mechanics Institute at the Bay Area Book Festival 2019

May 10, 2019 By San Francisco Writers Conference

The San Francisco Writers Conference shared a booth with Mechanics Institute Library at the Bay Area Book Festival this past weekend. Barb and Rich Santos of SFWC, Taryn Edwards and Heather Terrell of MIL, and volunteers Robert McAdams and Simona Carini had a great time talking about our conferences and the joint MIL-SFWC year-round classes

SFWC Spring Writing Calendar

April 18, 2019 By Laurie McLean, SFWC Director and Agent at Fuse Literary

The San Francisco Writers Conference is over for this year… but there is so much going on in our community for writers right now! April 18 – 6:30pm Rising Writers Series: The Boatbuilder Author Daniel Gumbiner in conversation with writer Kevin Smokler Cosponsored by McSweeney’s: Daniel Gumbiner’s novel, long-listed for the 2018 National Book Award, deals

2019 San Francisco Writing for Change Conference Announced

April 17, 2019 By Laurie McLean, SFWC Director and Agent at Fuse Literary

The 2019 SAN FRANCISCO WRITING FOR CHANGE CONFERENCE will be held on Saturday, September 14! Yes, this year’s San Francisco Writing for Change conference is in the works. We can tell you now that The O.G. Rev., Harry Louis Williams II (pictured left), bestselling author Nina Amir, and Melissa Hart (The Writer contributing editor and

Take an SFWC-MIL Class this Spring!

April 14, 2019 By Laurie McLean, SFWC Director and Agent at Fuse Literary

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

Win a Scholarship to the 2020 San Francisco Writers Conference

April 13, 2019 By Laurie McLean, SFWC Director and Agent at Fuse Literary

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