TW Festival Second Annual Poetry Contest

Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival's second annual Poetry Contest is now accepting submissions! We invite poets to submit their unpublished work online or by mail.

We’re accepting submissions of 2-4 original, unpublished poems as contest entries. Deadline (postmark) for submissions is August 18, 2011.

Full submission guidelines can be found here: http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/contests

The winner—to be chosen by the incoming Louisiana Poet Laureate Julie Kane—will receive a grand prize of:
$1,000
A VIP All Access Pass ($500 value) for the 26th annual Festival (March 21-25, 2012)
Publication in Louisiana Cultural Vistas magazine
A public reading on a literary panel at the 2012 Festival

The top ten finalists will receive a panel pass ($75 value) to attend the 2012 Festival, and their names will be published on www.tennesseewilliams.net.

Entry fee: $20 per entry. The contest results will be announced by January 16, 2012.

We look forward to reading your work!