WRITING Contests
For full details on contest guidelines, eligibility, and prizes, click HERE.
ONE ACT PLAY
Winners to be
announced late Feb/
early March.
Contests re-open
May 1, 2025.
Judge: Justin Maxwell
Grand Prize:
- $1,500
- Professional Staged Reading at TWFest 2025
- A VIP Festival pass ($600 value)
- Publication in Bayou Magazine
- Photo and bio on our website for app. one year
- Interview feature in our newsletter and social media pages
Finalists will receive a Festival LitPass ($100 value) and have their photos and bios published on our website, in our newsletter, and our social media pages.
Entry Fee: $25
2024 Winner: Kevin Brodie
2024 Runner-Up: J.R. Stephens
2024 Runner-Up: Catherine Mew
See full list of finalists with their bios HERE.
POETRY
Winners to be
announced late Feb/
early March.
Contests re-open
May 1, 2025.
Judge: Karisma Price
Grand Prize:
- $1,000
- VIP Festival pass ($600 value)
- Public reading at TWFest 2025
- Publication in French Quarter Journal
- Photo and bio on our website for app. one year
- Interview feature in our newsletter and social media pages
Finalists will receive a Festival LitPass ($100 value) and have their photos and bios published on our website, in our newsletter, and our social media pages.
Entry Fee: $15
2024 Winner: Kami Enzie
2024 Runner-Up: Natalie Rose Gove
2024 Runner-Up: Brittany Mishra
See full list of finalists with their bios HERE.
FICTION
Winners to be
announced late Feb/
early March.
Contests re-open
May 1, 2025.
Judge: Chin-Sun Lee
Grand Prize:
- $1,500
- Domestic airfare (up to $500) and 3 nights French Quarter accommodations to attend TWFest 2025
- VIP Festival pass ($600 value)
- Public reading at TWFest 2025
- Publication in French Quarter Journal
- Photo and bio on our website for app. one year
- Interview feature in our newsletter and social media pages
Finalists will receive a Festival LitPass ($100 value) and have their photos and bios published on our website, in our newsletter, and our social media pages.
Entry Fee: $25
2024 Winner: K.W. Oxnard
2024 Runner-Up: Bizzy Coy
2024 Runner-Up: Laura Price Steele
See full list of finalists with their bios HERE.
Winners to be
announced late Feb/
early March.
Contests re-open
May 1, 2025.
Judge: Annell López
Grand Prize:
- $500
- VIP Festival Pass ($600 value)
- Public reading at TWFest 2025
- Publication in French Quarter Journal
- Photo and bio on our website for app. one year
- Interview feature in our newsletter and social media pages
Finalists will receive a Festival LitPass ($100 value) and have their photos and bios published on our website, in our newsletter, and our social media pages.
Entry Fee: $10
2024 WINNER: Rachel Kerger
2024 RUNNER - UP: Trevor Crown
2024 RUNNER - UP: Ronan Fenton
See full list of finalists with their bios HERE.
Wonder what it's like to win one of our writing contests? Hear from our 2024 Contest Winners telling you all about their experience in their interviews with our publicist, Reine Dugas. Read the interviews HERE.
