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Festival NewsTennessee Williams Quote of the Week

"Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion." -- "Tom" in The Glass Menagerie

ContestsThe Second Annual Fiction Writing Contest Now Accepting Submissions

Grand Prize

$1,500
VIP All Access Pass ($500 value) for the 24th annual Festival: March 24-28, 2010
Publication in the New Orleans Review
Domestic Airfare and Accommodations to attend the 2010 Festival in New Orleans
Public Reading at the 2010 Festival

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ContestsPrevious Winners of the Fiction Writing Contest

2009

Robin Martin

"1969"

Congratulations to Robin Martin, winner of our first annual Fiction Writing Contest. Robin's winning story entry is forthcoming in the New Orleans Review, November 2009. Robin read her story at the 2009 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, discussing her work onstage with the final round judge of the contest, Pulitzer-winning writer Richard Ford.

ContestsOne-Act Play Contest Now Accepting Submissions

Grand Prize

$1,500
Staged reading at the 24th annual Festival: March 24-28, 2010
Full production at the 25th annual Festival: March 30-April 3, 2011
VIP All Access Pass to attend both the 2010 and the 2011 Festival ($1000 value)
Publication in the University of New Orleans’ literary magazine Bayou

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ContestsPrevious Winners of the One-Act Play Contest:

2009	Evan Guilford-Blake	"Tio's Blues"
2008	George Pate	"Indifferent Blue"
2007	B. T. Ryback	"Weird"
2006	Cary Pepper	"Small Things"
2005	Jamie Alliotts	"A Waltz Between"
2004	Kris Lee (Thomas Kristopher)	"Loose Hog in the House of God"
2003	Peter Morris	"World's Longest Kiss"
2002	Anne Bertram	"Liability"
2001	Philip Field	"Fertilizer"
2000	Matthew Wells	"Oscar and Adonis"
1999	Jeff Hoffman	"Fishing"
1998	Elaine Romero	"Undercurrents"
1997	Robert E. Williams	"Burden"
1996	Patsy Voight	"All Their Songs Were Sad"
1995	David Lindsay-Abaire	"The Kitchen Sink Drama"
1994	Elaine Dunson	"Performance Art"
1993	Jo A. Roberts	"Duet of Shade and Light"
1992	Evan Guilford-Blake	"The Night Cafe"
1991	John Albanese	"The Ghoul"

Scene from the full production of B.T. Ryback's "Weird,"
2007 One-Act Play Contest winner

George Pate in the courtyard of Le Petit Theatre
where "Indifferent Blue" received its full production

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Festival NewsJohn Biguenet's SHOTGUN extending its run

The Hit Play “SHOTGUN” Extends its Run at Southern Rep

2010 Festival participant John Biguenet's play SHOTGUN is extending its run at Southern Rep.

New Orleans — Artistic Director Aimée Hayes announced today that John Biguenet’s SHOTGUN will be extended at Southern Rep through June 14th. Audiences have flocked to the National New Play Network World Premiere, giving standing ovations at most performances. “This production has struck an emotional chord. During our packed talk-backs after Sunday performances, more than half the audience stays in lively debates about our Recovery, and how the play mirrors their experiences,” said Hayes.

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