WRITING Contests
For full details on contest guidelines, eligibility, and prizes, click HERE.
ONE ACT PLAY
Submission Period
May 1 - Oct 15, 2025.
Judge: Justin Maxwell
Grand Prize:
- $1,500
- Professional Staged Reading at TWFest 2026
- 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
Sponsored by Janet and Stanwood Duval.
See our 2025 winners and finalists HERE.
POETRY
Submission Period
May 1 - Oct 15, 2025.
Judge: Skye Jackson
Grand Prize:
- $1,000
- VIP Festival pass ($600 value)
- Public reading at TWFest 2026
- 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
See our 2025 winners and finalists HERE.
FICTION
Submission Period
May 1 - Oct 15, 2025.
Judge: Ladee Hubbard
Grand Prize:
- $1,500
- Domestic airfare (up to $500) and 3 nights French Quarter accommodations to attend TWFest 2026
- VIP Festival pass ($600 value)
- Public reading at TWFest 2026
- 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
Sponsored by Jerry Heymann.
See our 2025 winners and finalists HERE.
Submission Period
May 1 - Oct 15, 2025.
Judge: Addie Citchens
Grand Prize:
- $500
- VIP Festival Pass ($600 value)
- Public reading at TWFest 2026
- 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
See our 2025 winners and finalists 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.
