French Quarterly Magazine is a proud sponsor of this five-day festival is dedicated to the Pulitzer Prize winning American playwright, who spent many years living and writing in the French Quarter. The festival assembles some of the top playwrights, authors, actors, and speakers to sit on literary panels and provide master classes.
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival The Festival’s mission is threefold: to serve the community through educational, theatrical, literary, and musical programs; to nurture, support, and showcase regional, national and international writers, actors, musicians, and other artists; to honor the creative genius of Tennessee Williams, who considered this city his spiritual home.
Accomplishments:
-Brings more than 130 authors, actors, and musicians to the Festival for our five-day event.
-Provides professional writing education to more than 200 area students.
-Supports year-round literary programs in the community.
-Nurtures up-and-coming literary and theatrical talent through our contests and readings, which bring in more than 1,700 poems, short stories, and one-act plays.
-Creates a total economic impact of 1 million dollars during the five-day event.
