Posts by Tracy Cunningham
2025 Contest Winners Interviews
From Monic Ductan, 2025 Poetry Winner 1. What inspired you to write your piece? I wrote “Mama Took Grandma to Vote for Kennedy” after a conversation I had with my mother. She told me that grandma was despondent after Kennedy was killed. I tried to reconcile that with what I know about American history and…
Read MoreTWFest Schedule – 2025
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS & NEW ORLEANS LITERARY FESTIVAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Sunday, March 23 – Sunday, March 30 Tickets are on sale NOW! Sunday, March 23 2 – 3:15 PM STELLA SHOUTING CONTEST Our beloved Stella Shouting Contest KICKS OFF our Festival on Sunday! Join us in Jackson Square for the annual competition to see who…
Read MoreNew Orleans Writing Marathon
TWFest is proud to offer two New Orleans Writing Marathons as part of our programming. Sign up below, and continue reading for more about the NOWM. Background: In her book, Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg introduced the idea of timed writing sessions, each followed by a “read-around” where participants, one by one, shared their…
Read More2025 TWFest Very Short Fiction Contest Finalists
Congratulations to our 2025 Very Short Fiction Contest Winner, Runners-up, and Finalists. Thanks to our very short fiction judge, Annell López, and our contest coordinator, Morgan Hufstader. Pictured above from the top, left to right, our finalists are: Glenn Bering is the product of twelve years of Catholic school in southwest Detroit. He earned…
Read More2025 TWFest Fiction Contest Finalists
Congratulations to our 2025 Fiction Finalists, Winner, and Runners-up! Thanks to our fiction judge, Chin-Sun Lee, and our contest coordinator, Morgan Hufstader. Pictured above from the top, left to right, our finalists are: Sarah Ang is a writer from Singapore. She has won multiple international and national awards for her writing, including first place in…
Read More2025 TWFest Poetry Contest Finalists
Congratulations to our 2025 Poetry Contest Winner, Runners-up, and Finalists! Thanks to our poetry judge, Karisma Price, and our contest coordinator, Morgan Hufstader. Pictured above from the top, left to right, our finalists are: Sable Alysse is an up and coming artist hailing in from the [American] South. This young creative recently completed undergrad, earning…
Read More2025 One-Act Contest Finalists
Congratulations to our 2025 One-Act Contest Finalists, Winner, and Runners-Up! Thanks to our one-act judge, Justin Maxwell, and our contest coordinator, Morgan Hufstader. Many thanks to our One-Act Contest sponsors, Janet and Stanwood Duval! Pictured above from the top, left to right, our finalists are: Born in New York City and raised in Marietta, GA,…
Read MoreThe 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…
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