Your Festival membership helps to:
- Bring more than 130 authors, actors, and musicians to the Festival for a five-day extravaganza
- Provide professional writing education to more than 200 area students
- Support year-round literary programs in the community
- Contribute nearly a million dollars to the city in economic impact
- Nurture up-and-coming literary and theatrical talent
Our members enjoy fabulous perks! Free passes, opportunities to mingle with the literati at VIP events, Festival merchandise, and public recognition, to name a few. We look forward to welcoming you into our family of Friends!
There are two ways you can become a member and contribute to the Festival.
- Become a member online.
- Become a member by phone. Call 504-581-1144 to speak with a staff member.
Donations of any amount are appreciated. Make a one-time gift or a monthly gift, whatever fits your budget. If you’d like to set up an automatic monthly donation, please call our office. We’ll be happy to set it up!
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“The Festival is a powerful magnet bringing together literary and social elements specific to the great city of New Orleans and the country in general. My participation not only gave me a new understanding of Mr. Williams’ work, but a deeper connection to this rich and rejuvenating cultural capital.”
— John_Patrick Shanley, Pulitzer-winning playwright of Doubt
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Member Levels and Benefits:
Baby Doll: $50
- Recognition on website and in program
- 10% Discount at Tubby and Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop
Serafina Delle Rose: $200
- Recognition on website and in program
- 10% Discount at Tubby and Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop
- Discounted Festival Parking (through Premium Parking)
- 1 Festival panel pass ($100 value)
- Fall Preview Party, November 9, 2016: Invitation for 2
- Donors Party at The Historic New Orleans Collection, March 24, 2017: Invitation for 2
- 1 Festival Tote Bag
Gentleman Caller: $500
- Recognition on website and in program
- 10% Discount at Tubby and Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop
- 1 Festival Tote Bag
- Discounted Festival Parking (through Premium Parking)
- 2 Festival panel passes ($200 value)
- Fall Preview Party, November 9, 2016: Invitation for 2
- Donors Party at The Historic New Orleans Collection, March 24, 2017: Invitation for 2
- Admittance to the exclusive Festival VIP Lounge at the Hotel Monteleone
Maggie the Cat: $1000
- Recognition on website and in program
- 10% Discount at Tubby and Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop
- 10% Discount at Garden District Books
- 1 Festival Tote Bag
- Discounted Festival Parking (through Premium Parking)
- 2 for 1 admission to Hermann-Grima + Gallier Historic Houses
- 1 Festival VIP Pass ($600 value)
- Fall Preview Party, November 9, 2016: Invitation for 2
- Donors Party at The Historic New Orleans Collection, March 24, 2017: Invitation for 2
- Admittance to the exclusive Festival VIP Lounge at the Hotel Monteleone
Big Daddy: $2500
- Recognition on website and in program
- Signage with logo at sponsored panel
- Opportunity to introduce sponsored panel
- 2 reserved front row seats at sponsored panel
- 10% Discount at Tubby and Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop
- 10% Discount at Garden District Books
- Discounted Festival Parking (through Premium Parking)
- 2 for 1 admission to Hermann-Grima + Gallier Historic Houses
- 2 Festival Tote Bags
- 2 Festival VIP Passes ($1200 value)
- Fall Preview Party, November 9, 2016: Invitation for 4
- Donors Party at The Historic New Orleans Collection, March 24, 2017: Invitation for 4
- Admittance to the exclusive Festival VIP Lounge at the Hotel Monteleone
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Sweet Bird of Youth: Educational Outreach Donation
Donate any tax deductible amount to help fund our educational outreach programs, including our WriteNow program for area high school creative writing students; Staging for Success, our program for area high school theater students; and our outreach to local LGBT students.
Fully Tax Deductible Donations
Accepted and appreciated at any level, you may add additional donations to your existing membership level, or make a fully tax deductible donation of any amount.
Monthly Gifts
We accept monthly pledges at any level. If you’d like to set up an automatic monthly donation, please call our office at (504) 581-1144. We’ll be happy to set it up!
2017 Members:
Baby Doll
Lisa Abel
Tiki Axelrod
Cambridge Writers’ Workshop
Shauna Rae Carpenter
Melissa Perrett Cook
Elizabeth Dubus
Barbara Ewell
Deborah Fagan
Jane Ferguson
Joel Fredell
Eric Johnson
John Kelly
Jackie and Bill Koenig
Frederick Lee Lawson
Sarah and Zachary Lazar
Doris and Richard Louth
Mary N. Mitchell
Linda Nix
Nell Nolan
Shirley Quement
Brad Richard
Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Smith
Kim Vaz-Deville
Peggy Wilson
Serafina Delle Rose
Lynn Adams
Hon. Maria Arroyo (Ret.)
Caroline and Wayne Blank
Janara Bornstein
Julie Breitmeyer
Janis and Richard Britson
Barbara Jo Brothers
Daniel Clayton
Maureen and William Detweiler
Martha Edmonds
Ione Elioff
Mary Ramsey Evans
Rubye Noble Evans
Serafina Del Rose
Eleanor Farnsworth
Wanda Garner
Carol Gelderman
Janice and Lane Grijns
Rebecca Hale
George Hero
Steve Hirst
Louise Hoffman
Marilyn Huddell
Helene Inayetian
Ellen Johnson and Ronald Swartz
Diana Jones
Patricia Krebs
Errol and Peggy Scott Laborde
Priscilla and John Lawrence
Michael Ledet
Cyrus Lohfink
Arlene and Larry Manguno
Mark Manguno
Bev and Butch Marshall
Ti Martin
Pat Mason
Albert McMeen
Laura McNeal
Janet Melancon
Constance and Brian Nelson
Sandra Nickel
Cynthia Nobles
Stuart Noel and Joseph Bishop
Lurana O’Malley
Nancy and Stanley Pond
Hal Reed
Helene and Al Rufty
Calvin Drew Sanders
Steve Smith
Richard Stewart
Ruby and Jerry Tremont
Ashbrooke Tullis
Theresa Westerfield
Sara Woodard
Gentleman Caller
Elgart Aster and Paul Swerdlove
Mamie Gasperecz
Wendy Griswold
Page Harris
Lura Harrison
Mary and Charles Harvell
Karissa Kary
Mary Myrick Langlois
James Rowland, Ed.D.
Terry Verigan
John Wade
Barbara Wingo
Maggie the Cat
Mary Anderson
Judy and Allain Andry
Rick Barton
Marshall Bennett
Erin Alexander Bolles
Patricia Brady
Albert Carey
Margaret Dziedzic
Susie Hoskins
Ruth Koffman
Brobson Lutz
The Motch Family Foundation
Patricia Murphy
Kathy and Edmund Schrenk
Big Daddy Panel Sponsors
Backspace Bar & Kitchen
Katharine Carrigan
Janet Daley Duval and Amelia Koch
Helen and George Ingram
Paige Royer and Kerry Clayton
Festival Donors
Ellen and Mac Ball
Elizabeth Barron
Leslie Castay
Kathy Finn
Patricia Friedmann
Nicholas Mainieri
Arlene and Larry Manguno
Bev Marshall
J. M. Redmann
Michael Tisserand
