Posts by Tracy Cunningham
The Last Bohemia 2025 Performers
Opening Night: MINK AT THE MONTELEONE Mink Stole was part of the original motley crew of cast players in underground shock master John Waters ‘ bare-bones 8mm, 16mm and 35mm cult camp romps during the late 60s and early 70s, and she would remain a thoroughly offbeat, outrageous presence in counterculture films for six decades.…
Read MoreAnnell López Interview
Interview with TWFest 2025 Very Short Fiction Judge, Annell López By Reine Dugas What is it about a story that first captures your interest? I love feeling grounded right from the start. I love a great opening that wastes no time. I appreciate it when a writer drops me in the middle of the…
Read MoreKarisma Price Interview
Interview with TWFest 2025 Poetry Judge, Karisma Price By Reine Dugas What is it about a poem that first captures your interest? I’m a sucker for beautiful language and the ways poets can “weird” a phrase. Poetry does not always have to follow chronological order or logic; therefore, poetry can both bend/play with how…
Read MoreJustin Maxwell Interview
Interview with TWFest 2025 One-Act Play Judge, Justin Maxwell By Reine Dugas What is it about reading a play that first captures your interest? I’m in it for the novelty! I want to see something that I’ve never seen before. I’m happiest when I walk out of a theatre asking: What the hell was…
Read MoreChin-Sun Lee Interview
Interview with TWFest 2025 Fiction Judge, Chin-Sun Lee By Reine Dugas What is it about a story that first captures your interest? This is a hard thing to quantify, because every story is different and likewise, every beginning. That said, within the first few sentences, I need to feel a certain surefootedness; a sense…
Read More2025 Program
Thank you to New Orleans photographer Frank Relle for the beautiful cover photo. Below, read more about the location of the photograph and Frank’s story behind the image. “2004 feels like a long time ago. Things were different then; the light was different. There were no glaring white LED lamps or motion sensor security…
Read More2024 Contest Winner Interviews
From K.W. Oxnard, our 2024 Fiction Winner. Tell us a little bit about the piece that won: what inspired you to write it, a bit about the process it went through, etc. The germ of “Belle of the Ball” had been clawing at the soil in my brain for years—decades, if you include my own…
Read More2025 Writer’s Resolutions Retreat
Link to 2025 Writer’s Resolutions Session Leader Bios SESSION 1: Write Every Day Begin the day with unbridled writing! We’ll review some of the best research on writing practice and do some writing together. Then we’ll apply some techniques to uncover what’s really happening on the page. Leader: C. Morgan Babst. NOTES Adopt the idea of “Worship…
Read MoreMeet Our 2024 SAS Fiction Judge Greg Herren!
Learn more about this year’s SAS Fiction judge, Greg Herren, in his interview by our publicist, Reine Dugas. What is it about a story that first captures your interest? A strong opening and beautiful use of language. What are you always happy to see in a short story? (a symbol, theme, place, literary device) I…
Read MoreAll Contest Guidelines
TWF Fiction Contest Grand Prize $1,500 Domestic airfare (up to $500) and French Quarter accommodations to attend the Festival in New Orleans VIP All-Access Festival pass for the next Festival ($600 value) Public reading at the next Festival Publication in French Quarter Journal Photo and bio on our website for approx. one year Interview feature…
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