Festival Updates
PUBLICATION NEWS
CONGRATULATIONS to Addie Citchens, a member of our Writers Circle advisory board and our 2025-26 Very Short Fiction Judge on her debut novel, Dominion. Released on August 19 from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Dominion has already received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus.
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And don't miss the newest publication from Festival favorite Margot Douaihy, Divine Ruin! The most daring case yet in the Sister Holiday mystery series, Divine Ruin follows Sister Holiday going deep undercover in this investigation involving addiction, love, and obession. Think: Garden of Eden noir.
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Were you at TWFest25?
Look for yourself in our Festival Showreel!
Revisit the 2025 Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival: a five-day New Orleans affair for readers, writers, and theatre lovers. Our showreel includes footage from TWFest, along with our LGBTQ+ Literary Festival, Saints and Sinners. With literary gatherings by day and theater, music, and culinary events by night, TWF25 was a magical five days!
Video by The Bend Media.
A big thank you to NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC and travel writer Kristin Braswell for including TWFest and SASFest in this list of renowned literary festivals! It's such an honor to be named alongside some top-tier literary festivals from around the globe.
WRITING CONTESTS ARE OPEN!
Calling all writers, our 2025-2026 writing contests are now open! Send us your One-Act Plays, Poetry, Fiction, and Very Short Fiction. We have four amazing judges, Justin Maxwell, Skye Jackson, Ladee Hubbard, and Addie Citchens, who'll choose our winners to win cash and prizes!
Find details on guidelines and eligibility for all four contests HERE.
We can't wait to read your words!
Want to know what it's like to win one of our contests? Check out the interviews with our 2025 winners HERE.
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