VOLUNTEER AT THE 2023 FESTIVAL
Includes access to the following:
- VOLS SUN - SUN
March 19, 2023 - March 26, 2023
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
We could not produce this event without our dedicated volunteers and site managers. Thank you for signing up! We will need ticket takers at the doors of events; room monitors to assist guests and speakers; runners to move signs and supplies to various venues; photographers, and videographers; party assistants; book fair assistants; and HQ assistants (more…)
LITERARY DISCUSSION SERIES 2023
Includes access to the following:
- LIT DISC PASS
March 24, 2023 - March 26, 2023
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday – Sunday, March 24 – 26 Our literary discussion series includes over 20 entertaining and enlightening discussions and conversations by authors, scholars, historians, publishers, and other literary and theater professionals. Topics include contemporary issues, historical interests, genre-based discussions, Southern and New Orleans-based topics, as well as panels on the life, work, and study of (more…)
Writer’s Resolutions: A Virtual Retreat
Includes access to the following:
- January 14, 2023
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Writer’s Resolutions is a daylong retreat on Saturday, January 14, 2023, with seven virtual sessions from 9 am – 6 pm CST. Full description HERE. (more…)
2023 Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival VIP Pass
Includes access to the following:
- 2023 TW Festival
March 22, 2023 - March 27, 2023
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Includes these events March 22 – 26, 2023: Writer’s Craft sessions Thursday and Friday All literary discussions Friday-Sunday Scholars Conference on Friday Drummer and Smoke music events Walking Tours (one of each) Special events, such as the Tribute Reading, Books and Beignets, special workshops, food events, and interviews with authors and actors All theater events (more…)
20th Annual Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival Registration
Includes access to the following:
- All 2023 SAS Festival Events
March 24, 2023 - March 26, 2023
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Admits you to all events at our Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival, March 24 – 26, 2023 including: Welcome Party, Book Launch, & Closing Reception Reading Series Literary Panel Discussions Master Classes Special Events Visit sasfest.org for more SASFest details. SASFest is a program of the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival. Registration (more…)
STAKING A CLAIM: DEBUT NOVELISTS
Includes access to the following:
- SUN 1 PM Panel
March 27, 2022
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
SUNDAY, MARCH 27 1 – 2:15 PM—Literary Discussion How do you create a sense of belonging in a strange place, a new home, a changed earth? In four thrilling new novels, characters combat climate change, racism, displacement, and supernatural forces to make space for themselves and their families. Join debut novelists Olivia Clare Friedman, author (more…)
OH, THE PLACES YOU’LL GO: CONNECTING CHARACTER AND SETTING
Includes access to the following:
- SUN 11:30 AM
March 27, 2022
11:30 am - 12:45 pm
Sunday, March 27, 11:30 AM—12:45 PM—Literary Discussion Placing a character in a particular setting opens up so many narrative choices—how the characters engage with that landscape, how to authentically create life in a specific place. Sometimes the setting itself becomes a character. These writers have set their work in places as diverse as Florida and (more…)
STAGED READING OF THE 2022 WINNING ONE-ACT PLAY
Includes access to the following:
- SUN 10:30 AM
March 27, 2022
10:30 am - 11:45 am
Sunday, March 27, 10:30 – 11:45 AM UNO Film and Theatre Professor, David Hoover, directs a staged reading of this year’s One-Act Play contest winning entry, By the Book by James Wade. Festival Judge, Peter Hagan (former President of the Dramatist Play Service) had this to say about By the Book: “Six (well, five) characters (more…)
VOLUNTEER AT THE FESTIVAL
Includes access to the following:
- VOLS WED - SUN
March 23, 2022 - March 27, 2022
12:30 pm
We depend on our volunteers to make everything go smoothly at the Festival. We will need ushers and ticket takers for the panels and special events. We will need smiling faces to assist our box office staff and information desk. Other positions/areas include messengers, runners, merchandise, photographers, videographers, and party assistants. Plus we have Saints (more…)
GO TO JAIL: YOUTH WRITING ABOUT THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Includes access to the following:
- SAT 2:30 PM Panel
March 26, 2022 - April 4, 2022
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Saturday, March 26, 2:30 – 3:30 PM—Literary Discussion  GO TO JAIL: YOUTH WRITING ABOUT THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX Last year, the ground-breaking New Orleans youth writing program Students at the Center (SAC) published Go To Jail, a collection of writings about life inside the prison industrial complex in Louisiana. Join Jerome Morgan of Free-Dem (more…)
