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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…

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…

Interview with TWFest 2025 One-Act Play Judge, Justin Maxwell By Reine Dugas   What is it about reading a play that first captures your interest? I’m in it for the novelty! I want to see something that I’ve never seen before. I’m happiest when I walk out of a theatre asking: What the hell was…

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…

  Thank you to New Orleans photographer Frank Relle for the beautiful cover photo. Below, read more about the location of the photograph and Frank’s story behind the image. “2004 feels like a long time ago. Things were different then; the light was different. There were no glaring white LED lamps or motion sensor security…

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…

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…

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…