Posts by Tracy Cunningham
Chin-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 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…
Read MoreTWFest Gala Honorees 2025
The mission of the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival is to nurture, support, and showcase writers, actors, musicians, and other artists. Our annual March festivals feature debut writers alongside acclaimed authors sharing their love of writing in craft sessions and creative conversations. Performing artists grace our stages in theatrical productions and musical performances.…
Read MoreScholarship Pass Program presented by The Helis Foundation
Thanks to a generous grant from The Helis Foundation, we are pleased to offer scholarship LitPasses to university/college students and faculty to the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival (TWFest) and the Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival (SASFest) The TWFest LitPass admits you to: All literary discussion panels at TWFest and SASFest.…
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 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…
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