WRITING Contests
For full details on contest guidelines, eligibility, and prizes, click HERE.
ONE ACT PLAY
Contests re-open
May 1, 2025.
Judge: Justin Maxwell
Grand Prize:
- $1,500
- Professional Staged Reading at TWFest 2025
- A VIP Festival pass ($600 value)
- Publication in Bayou Magazine
- Photo and bio on our website for app. one year
- Interview feature in our newsletter and social media pages
Finalists will receive a Festival LitPass ($100 value) and have their photos and bios published on our website, in our newsletter, and our social media pages.
Entry Fee: $25
Sponsored by Janet and Stanwood Duval.
2025 Winner: Nicolette Visciano
2025 Runner-Up: Rebecca Chace
2025 Runner-Up: Bob Davis
See full list of finalists with their bios HERE.
POETRY
Contests re-open
May 1, 2025.
Judge: Karisma Price
Grand Prize:
- $1,000
- VIP Festival pass ($600 value)
- Public reading at TWFest 2025
- Publication in French Quarter Journal
- Photo and bio on our website for app. one year
- Interview feature in our newsletter and social media pages
Finalists will receive a Festival LitPass ($100 value) and have their photos and bios published on our website, in our newsletter, and our social media pages.
Entry Fee: $15
2025 Winner: Monic Ductan
2025 Runner-Up: Alicia Badgett
2025 Runner-Up: sami h. tripp
See full list of finalists with their bios HERE.
FICTION
Contests re-open
May 1, 2025.
Judge: Chin-Sun Lee
Grand Prize:
- $1,500
- Domestic airfare (up to $500) and 3 nights French Quarter accommodations to attend TWFest 2025
- VIP Festival pass ($600 value)
- Public reading at TWFest 2025
- Publication in French Quarter Journal
- Photo and bio on our website for app. one year
- Interview feature in our newsletter and social media pages
Finalists will receive a Festival LitPass ($100 value) and have their photos and bios published on our website, in our newsletter, and our social media pages.
Entry Fee: $25
2025 Winner: Katie Henken Robinson
2025 Runner-Up: Megan Morrison
2025 Runner-Up: Lance Nixon
See full list of finalists with their bios HERE.
Contests re-open
May 1, 2025.
Judge: Annell López
Grand Prize:
- $500
- VIP Festival Pass ($600 value)
- Public reading at TWFest 2025
- Publication in French Quarter Journal
- Photo and bio on our website for app. one year
- Interview feature in our newsletter and social media pages
Finalists will receive a Festival LitPass ($100 value) and have their photos and bios published on our website, in our newsletter, and our social media pages.
Entry Fee: $10
2025 WINNER: Kate Tooley
2025 RUNNER - UP: Catherine Darden
2025 RUNNER - UP: Pennie A. Nichols
See full list of finalists with their bios HERE.
Wonder what it's like to win one of our writing contests? Hear from our 2024 Contest Winners telling you all about their experience in their interviews with our publicist, Reine Dugas. Read the interviews HERE.
