TWFest Schedule – 2025

By Tracy Cunningham | February 23, 2025 | Comments Off on TWFest Schedule – 2025

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS & NEW ORLEANS LITERARY FESTIVAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Sunday, March 23 – Sunday, March 30 Tickets are on sale NOW! Sunday, March 23 2 – 3:15 PM STELLA SHOUTING CONTEST Our beloved Stella Shouting Contest KICKS OFF our Festival on Sunday! Join us in Jackson Square for the annual competition to see who…

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New Orleans Writing Marathon

By Tracy Cunningham | February 22, 2025 | Comments Off on New Orleans Writing Marathon

TWFest is proud to offer two New Orleans Writing Marathons as part of our programming. Sign up below, and continue reading for more about the NOWM. Background: In her book, Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg introduced the idea of timed writing sessions, each followed by a “read-around” where participants, one by one, shared their…

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The Last Bohemia 2025 Performers

By Tracy Cunningham | February 12, 2025 | Comments Off on The Last Bohemia 2025 Performers

Opening Night: MINK AT THE MONTELEONE Mink Stole was part of the original motley crew of cast players in underground shock master John Waters ‘ bare-bones 8mm, 16mm and 35mm cult camp romps during the late 60s and early 70s, and she would remain a thoroughly offbeat, outrageous presence in counterculture films for six decades.…

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Annell López Interview

By Tracy Cunningham | February 12, 2025 | Comments Off on Annell López Interview

Interview with TWFest 2025 Very Short Fiction Judge, Annell López By Reine Dugas   What is it about a story that first captures your interest? I love feeling grounded right from the start. I love a great opening that wastes no time. I appreciate it when a writer drops me in the middle of the…

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Scholarship Pass Program presented by The Helis Foundation

By Tracy Cunningham | March 7, 2024 | Comments Off on Scholarship Pass Program presented by The Helis Foundation

Thanks to a generous grant from The Helis Foundation, we are pleased to offer scholarship LitPasses to university/college students and faculty to the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival (TWFest) and the Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival (SASFest)   The TWFest LitPass admits you to: All literary discussion panels at TWFest and SASFest.…

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Hey, Stellllllaaaaa!

By Tracy Cunningham | February 25, 2022 | Comments Off on Hey, Stellllllaaaaa!

Sunday, March 23 2 – 3:15 PM STELLA SHOUTING CONTEST Our beloved Stella Shouting Contest KICKS OFF our Festival on Sunday! Join us in Jackson Square for the annual competition to see who can best impress our judges with their rendition of Stanley Kowalski’s iconic line. Contestant signup begins at 1:30 and we take the…

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