Posts by Tracy Cunningham
2024 One-Act Contest Finalists
Congratulations to our 2024 One-Act Contest Finalists. Thanks to our one-act judge, Peter Hagan, and our contest coordinator, James Giltenan. Pictured above from the top, left to right, our finalists are: William Brasse has forayed fearlessly into a variety of literary forms and genres. Plays, novels, short stories; comedy, drama, history, biography, myth. He has…
Read More2024 TWFest Poetry Contest Finalists
Congratulations to our 2024 Poetry Contest Finalists. Thanks to our poetry judge, Stephanie Burt, and our contest coordinator, James Giltenan. Pictured above from the top, left to right, our finalists are: Ezra Adamo is a student from New Orleans; he was a runner-up in 2021 and a finalist in 2022 for the Saints & Sinners…
Read More2024 TWFest Very Short Fiction Finalists
Congratulations to our 2024 Very Short Fiction Contest Finalists. Thanks to our very short fiction judge, Tara Lynn Masih, and our contest coordinator, James Giltenan. Pictured above from the top, left to right, our finalists are: Stacey Balkun is the author of Sweetbitter and co-editor of Fiolet & Wing. Winner of the 2019 New South…
Read More2024 TWFest Fiction Contest Finalists
Congratulations to our 2024 Fiction Contest Finalists. Thanks to our fiction judge, Margot Douaihy, and our contest coordinator, James Giltenan. Pictured above from the top, left to right, our finalists are: Genevieve Abravanel’s short fiction is available or forthcoming in American Short Fiction, The Missouri Review, Story, Ecotone, and elsewhere. She has published a scholarly…
Read MoreTennessee Williams Scholars Conference
Williams Research Center at The Historic New Orleans Collection 410 Chartres Street About the TWSC Founded in 1995, the Tennessee Williams Scholars Conference is a full day of sessions led by highly acclaimed Williams scholars from across the US and abroad. As part of the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival, the TWSC coincides…
Read MoreThe Last Bohemia Fringe Festival
The Last Bohemia Fringe Festival, a program of the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival, presents a series of performances during the main Festival. Below are the performances at our last Festival in March of 2024. Schedule for 2025 coming later this year! PERFORMANCES Thursday, March 21 and Friday, March 22 7:30…
Read More2024 TWFest Schedule
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS & NEW ORLEANS LITERARY FESTIVAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Sunday, March 17 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 can best impress our judges with their rendition of Stanley Kowalski’s iconic…
Read More2024 Writer’s Resolutions Retreat Session Notes & Links
Link to 2024 Writer’s Resolutions Session Leader Bios SESSION 1: Write Every Day Begin the day with unbridled writing. A New Orleans Writing Marathon will cure your writer’s block as you learn to freewrite with no critical voices or feedback—just pure joy. Correspondents from a live French Quarter writing marathon will check in, bringing us…
Read More2024 WRITER’S RESOLUTIONS RETREAT LEADERS
Kayla Min Andrews is a biracial, Korean American writer living in New Orleans. She has a piece forthcoming from The Massachusetts Review and has been published in Cagibi for fiction, Halfway Down the Stairs for nonfiction, and Asymptote for literary translation. Her work was nominated for a Best of the Net 2020. She was a finalist in the Tennessee Williams and New Orleans…
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