Posts by Tracy Cunningham
All 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 More2026 SASFest Feedback
We hope you enjoyed the 2026 Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival. We’d love to hear from you! The survey below provides us with vital information for our grants, grant reports, and for future planning. Please answer as many of the questions as you have time for, and thank you for sharing your experience with…
Read More2026 TWFest Feedback
We hope you enjoyed the 2026 Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival. We’d love to hear from you! The survey below provides us with vital information for our grants, grant reports, and for future planning. Please answer as many of the questions as you have time for, and thank you for sharing your experience…
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…
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…
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…
Read More2025 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
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