Win $1,000 in Our Poetry Contest!

Enter for a fantastic opportunity to share your work and win accolades galore. The winner will be chosen by poet Ava Leavell Haymon.

Susan Larson’s Blog: Q&A with Chris Hannan, 2012 Poetry Contest Winner

Chris shares the inspiration behind his winning work, ‘”The Nephilim,” and more.

Pamela Binnings Ewen’s “Moon in the Mango Tree” Wins National Award

“The Moon in the Mango Tree”, penned by Festival board member and panelist Pamela Binnings Ewen, won the Eudora Welty Memorial Award given by The National League of American Pen Women in their 2012 Biennial Letters Competition.

Me and Tennessee

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Take Our Survey

We hope you found the 2012 Festival enriching and entertaining. Take our survey for a chance to win a free Stella-a-a! tank top.

Susan Larson’s Blog: The Kindness of Writers, Part Deux

Alex Cook takes readers on a whirlwind tour of good times in south Louisiana.

Mint Juleps, Book Fair, Stella, and More!

The 26th annual Tennessee Williams / New Orleans Literary Festival is only days away! We’re busy putting the finishing touches to what we’re hoping will be the best Fest yet.

Mint Juleps at the Road Food Festival
Refresh yourself between events with one of our famous, signature mint juleps at our booth at the New Orleans Road Food Festival. We’ll be at the French Market on Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25. Our juleps will be served in special Mardi Gras keepsake cups! Read all about Maureen Detweiler’s Mint Julep Mix for a Crowd (pictured).

Our New Orleans To Do List

Support our wonderful Festival sponsors with your patronage.

Q&A with Elena Passarello, the 2011 Stanley and Stella Shouting Contest Winner

We caught up with Elena to learn the secret of a winning shout.

Susan Larson’s Blog: Piper Laurie’s Got Tales to Tell

And in Learning to Live Out Loud, her own is the most interesting of all.

Every fan of movies and plays and television has a favorite version of Piper Laurie — in The Hustler, The Glass Menagerie, Twin Peaks, The Grass Harp or Rich in Love, the list just goes on and on — but after reading Learning to Live Out Loud, you may find that your favorite version of her is the true, complex woman behind all those well-known roles. Piper Laurie is a truth-teller, that’s for sure.

Susan Larson’s Blog: “Broomstick” Will Sweep You Away

John Biguenet’s new play makes its local debut in a staged reading at the festival.

Susan Larson’s Blog: For the Aspiring Writers

We know that readers love the Tennessee Williams Festival. But writers love it too! They enter our contests in fiction and poetry, they gain inspiration from master classes, and this year, we’ve added two events that are designed for aspiring writers: the New Orleans Writing Marathon and Pitchapalooza.

Priceless Raffle: Win the Festival Library!

Purchase raffle tickets for a chance to win our 2012 Festival library, a collection of over 50 prize-winning books, films and CDs by speakers appearing at the Festival. The grand prize is worth over $2,000, and is great way to take the Festival home with you. For a chance to win these prizes, buy a raffle ticket ($5) or three ($10).

Susan Larson’s Blog: Late Night with Lafcadio!

A Q&A with the People Say Project’s Brian Boyles and Jarret Lofstead. We’re teaming up with these innovative minds to bring you the Literary Late Night: Lafcadio Hearn Revue.

Check us out in 360 West Magazine and The Tulane Hullabaloo

360 West, a lifestyle magazine from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, gives the scoop on the Festival experience in New Orleans Gets Booked Up.

And Tulane University talks Streetcar and Shouting Contest in Pop Culture Inspired by New Orleans.

2012 Poetry Contest Results

We’re delighted to announce the finalists and the grand prize winner of our 2nd Annual Poetry Contest, selected by Louisiana Poet Laureate Julie Kane.

Outdoor Screening of “A Streetcar Named Desire” on Friday, March 9

Get your tickets ($3-6 plus booking fee), grab a blanket, and head to the New Orleans Museum of Art’s gorgeous Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden.

Festival President on GoNOLA Radio

Listen to a preview of the Festival’s events from our board president Janet Daley Duval on GoNOLA Radio here. All the events she mentioned can be found on our schedule. Tickets are available via our order form.

Susan Larson’s Blog: The Kindness of Writers

An chat with New Orleans writer Candice Proctor (aka C.S. Harris), who joined the panel “Bet You Can’t Read Just One: Mysteries for Fun.”

One-Act Play Contest Winner Announcement

We have a winner for our One-Act Play Contest winner!