WELCOME TO

Summer Festival Days

Thank you to all our speakers, volunteers, and everyone who joined us for our Summer Festival Days. You can still watch the sessions from all four days by clicking the buttons below.

We are so grateful for all of you for your support as we transitioned from in-person to online! Because of YOU, it was a huge success and more than 6,000 people checked in to see what's shaking in San Diego! We have more planned, so be sure to sign up for our mailing list to Get Updates (scroll down to find that).

Click each day (below) to watch individual sessions.

Day 2 Videos


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Screening of Short Film: Isabel and talkback with Jonathan Hammond and Cheryl Sonstein
Interactive Writing Workshop with John Vorhaus

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Novel Ways to Protect Yourself 

by Author, Joe Ide The following are suggestions.  They are not based on medical science or science of any kind.   They are just things I have tried. First suggestion: Dip yourself in melted chocolate.  I did it in the bathtub.  I forgot to take my pants off but it...

SDWF Author + Speaker Spotlight

Author Interview with Anne Lamott and Neal Allen

Author Interview with Anne Lamott and Neal Allen

Good Writing 36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences Written By: Neal Allen and Anne Lamott Filled with enlightening practical tips that change the way we look at language, writing, sentence structure, and the finished pieces we send out into the world, Good Writing and its...

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Sponsor Interview: Daniel Branco

Sponsor Interview: Daniel Branco

1) When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer, and what has your path looked like to get here?   For many years, I wanted to write a book. I felt like I had so much to say and share, but the theme of the book wasn't very clear to me. My dad has written...

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2019 Recap

We are so proud of 2019 and the storytelling community in San Diego. 2020 is well under way with a fantastic line-up of speakers and educators who will seriously know your socks off. See you on April 4th in Coronado!

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