2021-22 Writing Contests
Sponsored by
Favrot-Van Horn Fund
Judge: TBA
Grand Prize:
- $1,500
- Professional Staged Reading at the next Festival
- A VIP Festival pass ($600 value)
- Publication in Bayou Magazine
Finalists:
Finalists will receive a panel pass ($100 value) to the Festival. Their names will be published on this site.
Entry Fee: $25
Contest Deadline:
October 1, 2021
POETRY
Sponsored by
Scovern Law
Judge: TBA
Grand Prize:
- $1,000
- VIP Festival pass ($600 value)
- Publication in Antenna::Signals print magazine
- Public reading at the next Festival at Antenna::Signals live event
Finalists:
Finalists will receive a panel pass ($100 value) to the Festival. Their names will be published on this site.
Entry Fee: $15
Contest Deadline: October 15, 2021
FICTION
Sponsored by
Kindle Direct Publishing
Judge: TBA
Grand Prize:
- $1,500
- Domestic airfare (up to $500) and French Quarter accommodations to attend the Festival in New Orleans
- VIP Festival pass ($600 value)
- Public reading at a literary panel at the next Festival
- Publication in Louisiana Literature
Finalists:
Finalists will receive a panel pass ($100 value) to the Festival. Their names will be published on this site.
Entry Fee: $25
Contest Deadline: October 1, 2021
VERY SHORT FICTION
Judge: TBA
Grand Prize
- $500
- VIP Festival Pass ($600 value)
- Public reading at a literary panel at the next Festival
- Publication in New Orleans Review Web Features
Finalists
Finalists will receive a panel pass ($100 value) to the Festival. Their names will be published on this site.
Entry Fee: $10
Contest Deadline: October 15, 2021
2020 - 21 Contest Winners
2020-21 One-Act Play Contest Winners
Judge: Peter Hagan
Winner:
Amy Crider
“Fourteen”
Chicago, IL
Runners-Up:
2nd: Josh Baxt–
“This Imperfect Vessel“
3rd: Alonzo LaMont–
“Exposed to Strangers“
Finalists:
Alysse Aallyn
Azure Arthur
John Harris
Sonya Hayden
Marc Littman
Marsha Roberts
Kate Schwartz
2020-21 Poetry Contest Winners
Judge: Paisley Rekdal
Winner:
Maria Isabelle Carlos
“Meditations on the Barely Spoken”
Nashville, TN
Runners-up:
2nd: Heather Gluck–
“Ooze and Broil”
3rd: Michelle Privette
“Women Refusing Predators”
Finalists:
Nadia Choudhury
Brooks Decker
Jessica Dionne
Stephanie Ann Foster
Christian Garduno
Clarice Hare
Brittany Mishra
Oak Morse
Emma Simington
Daria Sommerhoff
2020-21 Fiction Contest Winners
Judge: Minrose Gwin
Winner:
Michael Pearce
“Jaise”
Oakland, CA
Runners-up:
2nd: Ashley Flippin-
“That Chookaloski Mare”
3rd: Lesley Bannatyne-
“OMG Winn Handler Moved Next Door”
Finalists:
Madison Black
Brooke McEwen
Niamh Mulvey
Lance Polin
Phillip-John Puzzo
Michael Strecker
Priscilla Thompson
Patrick Vala-Haynes
2020-21 Very Short Fiction Winners
Judge: Leigh Camacho Rourks
Winner:
Amy Fitzgerald
“Whenever You Cross the Michigan Avenue Bridge”
Minneapolis, MN
Runners Up:
2nd: Tarah Naresboro-
“Not Samantha”
3rd: Rebecca Milford-
“Nurture”
Finalists:
Dana Barr
Elizabeth Brandes
Mariel Masque
James McNally
Carey Olney
Carlee Shimek
Gerard Waggett