WRITING Contests

For full details on contest guidelines, eligibility, and prizes, click HERE.

ONE ACT PLAY

Winners to be

announced late Feb/

early March.

Contests re-open

May 1, 2025.

Contest Details

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

 

2024 Winner: Kevin Brodie 

2024 Runner-Up: J.R. Stephens

2024 Runner-Up: Catherine Mew

See full list of finalists with their bios HERE.

POETRY

Winners to be

announced late Feb/

early March.

Contests re-open

May 1, 2025.

Contest Details

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

 

2024 Winner: Kami Enzie

2024 Runner-Up: Natalie Rose Gove

2024 Runner-Up: Brittany Mishra 

See full list of finalists with their bios HERE.

FICTION

Winners to be

announced late Feb/

early March.

Contests re-open

May 1, 2025.

Contest Details

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

 

2024 Winner:  K.W. Oxnard

2024 Runner-Up:  Bizzy Coy

2024 Runner-Up:  Laura Price Steele

See full list of finalists with their bios HERE.

VERY SHORT FICTION

Winners to be

announced late Feb/

early March.

Contests re-open

May 1, 2025.

Contest Details

 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

 

2024 WINNER: Rachel Kerger

2024 RUNNER - UP: Trevor Crown

2024 RUNNER - UP:  Ronan Fenton

See full list of finalists with their bios HERE.