Posts by Tracy Cunningham
2024 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
Friday, March 22, 2024 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…
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 Thursday – Saturday, March 21 – 23, 2024. Ticket links are included with each event below or visit our TICKETS PAGE. Please buy tickets in advance and you’ll be on our door list. No…
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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2024 Retreat
Welcome to our virtual retreat! We’re excited that you’re part of the lineup. I’m your contact for logistics and promotion, so let me know if you have any questions. Please fill out the form below. Cheers, Tracy Cunningham, Managing Director tracy@tennesseewilliams.net | 225.937.9754
Read MoreWelcome, Speakers!
Welcome to our 2024 Festival lineup! We are so happy you’re part of the Festival. Please mark the Fest dates: March 20 – 24, 2024. While the Fest is Wed – Sun, author events are typically Th – Sun. As soon as we can, we’ll give you the exact date and time of your event(s).…
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