CRWROPPS Post: TWF & SAS WRITING CONTESTS

WRITING CONTESTS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS

ATTENTION WRITERS: The TWF & SAS Writing Contests are OPEN! This year we have SIX categories accepting new work. Deadlines aren't until October, but don't delay! The summer is a great time to get some sun, sip on a mint julep, and catch up on your writing submissions.

The TWF One-Act Contest is open to emerging or previously unpublished playwrights. Plays should run no more than one hour in length. Plays that have won and/or placed in any other playwriting contest are ineligible.

One grand prize winner will receive $1,500, a professional staged reading at the 2023 Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival, a VIP (All Access) Festival Pass, and publication in Bayou Magazine. The top finalists will receive a panel pass ($100 value) to the Festival and their names will be published on our website, e-newsletter, and our social media pages.

SUBMIT HERE

The TWF Fiction Contest is open only to emerging writers who have not yet published a book of fiction. A submission is one original short story up to 7,000 words. Stories that have won and/or placed in any other writing contests are ineligible.

One grand prize winner will receive $1,500, domestic airfare (up to $500) and French Quarter accommodations to attend the next Festival, a VIP (All Access) Festival Pass, and a public reading at the 2023 Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival. The top finalists will receive a panel pass ($100 value) to the Festival. Their names will also be published on our website, e-newsletter, and our social media pages.

SUBMIT HERE

To be considered for the TWF Very-Short Fiction Contest, submit one original short story up to 1,000 words in length.
Stories that have won and/or placed in any other writing contests are ineligible.

One grand prize winner will receive $500, a VIP (All Access) Festival Pass, a public reading at the 2023 Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival, and publication in New Orleans Review Archive Features. The top finalists will receive a panel pass ($100 value) to the Festival. Their names will be published on our website, e-newsletter, and our social media pages.

SUBMIT HERE

The TWF Poetry Contest is open only to emerging writers who have not yet published a book of poetry. Submit a collection of 2-4 original, unpublished poems of any style or theme, with a combined length of up to 400 lines. Poems that have won and/or placed in any other writing contests are ineligible.

One grand prize winner will receive $1,000, a VIP (All Access) Festival Pass, and a public reading at the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival in 2023. The top finalists will receive a panel pass ($100 value) to the Festival and their names will be published on our website, e-newsletter, and our social media pages.

SUBMIT HERE

To be considered for the SAS Poetry Contest, submit 2-4 original, unpublished poems of any style based on the theme, "Family," with a combined length of up to 400 lines.

One grand prize of $500 and two second place prizes of $100 will be awarded. Finalists will be published in the Saints and Sinners Poetry Chapbook to be distributed at the Saints + Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival in New Orleans in 2023.

SUBMIT HERE

The winner of the SAS Fiction Contest will be selected from this year's submissions of original, unpublished short stories between 3,000 and 7,000 words with LGBTQ+ content on the broad theme of "Saints and Sinners."

One grand prize of $500 and two second place prizes of $100 will be awarded. The top stories will be published in our annual SAS Anthology. There will also be a book release party and reading held during the 20th Annual Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival in New Orleans in 2023.