Tracy J. Jones will take the first ten minutes to check in with any writers who want to share a success, challenge, or update on their writing projects. If you are interested, there will be a prompt for each session. Come for 15 minutes or stay for two hours. All genres are welcome!
A FREE class with Tracy and Marni for all members of IMWA. $7 Fee for nonmembers. Register here
On Monday, June 24th at 7:30pm Warwick’s and The San Diego Writer’s Festival will host Zibby Owens as she discusses and signs her new book, Blank, in conversation with Anastasia Zadeik. Zibby Owens — like Pippa Jones — wears a lot of hats. She is the award-winning podcast host of Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books; founder and CEO of […]
Join us in person for prompt and free writing at the beautiful Self Realization Gardens in Encinitas. Bring paper, a pen, and an openness to write!
The hybrid memoir is a fluid, potentially powerful form that makes for an exciting project, but there are pitfalls. This discussion will cover tips on harnessing the benefits of the genres we include in our hybrid manuscripts, identifying the biographical material best suited to a particular genre, navigating the motifs that emerge in the story […]
Inspired by history, a riveting novel of love and friendship, motherhood and ambition, and one woman’s fight to be a Supreme Court justice. Half of the United States is waiting for Justice Sylvia Olin Bernstein to die. The other half is praying for her to hold on. At 83, “the contemptuous S.O.B.” doesn’t have much time […]
Festival U 2024 – A Fundraiser for SDWF One Day ~ Online ~ 8 Amazing Workshops for only $60 Spaces are limited Get Tickets SDWF is Proud to Partner with Zibby’s Bookshop! SDWF Festival U is our yearly fundraiser and online day of learning. The virtual program runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and […]
Join us for this dynamic interactive workshop where you will learn 3 game-changing tools to write better scenes! In-class exercises! Take home tools! Bring 3 pages, and we will critique as many as possible! This session is for YOU!
Please join us for our November IMWA monthly meeting featuring award-winning poet Katie Manning, author of eight poetry collections. An accessible and versatile form, the poetry chapbook is a collection of no more than 30 poems, united around a central theme. Along with the expediency and freedom of a contained, shorter project, the chapbook can […]
The10th annual San Diego Memoir Showcase true-life stories based on the 2024 theme “But I Did It Anyway.” will be performed on stage by professional actors in a live show taking place one night only on Friday, December 6, 2024, at the David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre in the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center located in […]