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RECENT
AWARDS
Santa Barbara Writer's
Conference - First Place for
Humor Writing, 1992
Santa
Barbara Writer's
Conference - First Place for Screenwriting, 1998
Santa
Barbara News-Press
55-Word Fiction Contest
- First Place, 1999
Santa Barbara Writer's
Conference - Honorable
Mention for
Screenwriting, 1999
Santa
Barbara Writer's
Conference - Honorable
Mention for
Screenwriting, 1993
Writer's Digest Magazine
- Honorable Mention for
Feature Writing, 1997
Writer's Digest Magazine
- Honorable Mention for
Feature Writing, 1996
Writer's Digest Magazine
- Honorable Mention for
Feature Writing, 1995
Screenwriter's Association of
Santa Barbara - Honorable
Mention, 1996
Screenwriter's
Association
of Santa Barbara
- Fourth Place, 1998
Toastmasters
International
District
E Humorous Speech
Contest - Second Place, 2001 |
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Ernie Witham writes a humor column called "Ernie's World" for the Montecito Journal in Montecito, California and the Santa Ynez Valley Journal in Santa Ynez, California. His column is
syndicated through
Senior
Wire News Service
Ernie is also a contributing writer to Chicken Soup Magazine, and has been published in the Los Angeles Times, the Santa Barbara News-Press, various magazines, and 12 anthologies including:
Chicken Soup for the
Golfer's Soul I and II,
Chicken Soup for the Sports Fan's Soul,
Chicken Soup for the Father's Soul,
Chicken Soup for the Baseball Fan's Soul,
Chicken Soup for the Soul - Christmas Treasury, Chicken Soup for the Romantic Soul
and Chicken Soup for the Beach Lover's Soul
He has won
numerous awards including first place for humor writing and first place for
screenwriting at the Santa Barbara Writer's Conference. He
is a member of the Santa Barbara Humor Society, Screenwriter's Association
of Santa Barbara, and Toastmasters International. He is an accomplished photographer
with a degree from Brooks Institute of Photography.
He also leads humor workshops at several
writers' conferences, and has recently published Ernie's
World the Book.
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