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Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival @sasfest.bsky.social · 26m

Today is the final day to submit to our Fiction and Poetry Contests!

ALL of our contests will be CLOSING tonight, October 15th, at 11:59pm CT.

Submit your entries NOW for the chance to win cash prizes, publication, and more!

www.sasfest.org#contests

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Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival @sasfest.bsky.social · 27m

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Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival @sasfest.bsky.social · 1d

Time is closing in! ⌛

Our Poetry and Fiction contests close TOMORROW.

Finish your final edits and hit SUBMIT before 11:59pm CT October 15th for the chance to win cash prizes and publication!

tennesseewilliamsfestival.submittable.com/submit

#writingcontest #lgbtqwriting #submittable

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Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival @twfestnola.bsky.social · 4d

Prepare for a night of revelry under the stained glass prisms at the TWFest Gala!

Thursday, November 20, from 7 to 9 pm at the Hotel Peter and Paul.

Get your tickets NOW by visiting: tennesseewilliams.net/other-events...

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Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival @sasfest.bsky.social · 12d

Hey, early birds! 🦜

You can get your SAS26 Registration at the discounted rate of $180 (Regular Price $200) from October 1 - January 1!

A SASFest registration admits you to all events at our 2026 Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival, March 27 – 29.

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Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival @sasfest.bsky.social · 12d

Only TWO WEEKS LEFT to submit to our contests!

The 2026 SASFest Poetry and Fiction contests close on October 15th. Submit your writing today!

Learn more by visiting: www.sasfest.org#contests

#writingcontest #lgbtqwriters #queerwriters #submittable

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Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival @sasfest.bsky.social · 27d

Submit your poetry and fiction by October 15th by visiting: www.sasfest.org#contests

Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival @sasfest.bsky.social · Sep 12

Steven Reigns, our 2026 Poetry Contest Judge, has a new book available for preorder now!

Outliving Michael is a testament to friendship’s power to sustain, transform, and survive even death itself.

Preorder from Moon Tide Press by visiting: www.moontidepress.com/books

Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival @sasfest.bsky.social · Sep 12

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Jeffrey Ricker (he/him) @jeffreyricker.bsky.social · Sep 11

Ten years ago when I was in New Orleans for @sasfest.bsky.social I had the good fortune to catch up with friends both at the festival and in town by coincidence. It’s hard to believe that was 10 years ago. Time flies and keeps flying. #tbt

My friend ’Nathan, on the left, looking at his phone while his husband, Dan, on the right, takes a photo of St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. The Jax Brewery is in the background.

Me and my friend Fran (she’s on the left) standing on a balcony in the French Quarter overlooking the corner where the Clover Grill is. (Best breakfasts ever.) In the background you can see part of the faded Uneeda Biscuit brick wall mural ad.

Me and my friend Beau (he’s on the right) on the same balcony in the French Quarter.

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Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival @sasfest.bsky.social · Sep 10

Become a member the Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival!

Becoming a member helps us promote and support LGBTQ+ literary professionals, provide a platform for the LGBTQ+ literary community, and nurture up-and-coming LGBTQ+ literary talent.

Learn more by visiting www.sasfest.org#membership

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Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival @twfestnola.bsky.social · Sep 9

Culture Collision is an organization dedicated to fostering all of the nonprofit performing and visual arts organizations in the New Orleans metro-area.

Come visit TWFest and SASFest and 50+ nonprofits at Culture Collision this year! Admission is FREE!

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Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival @sasfest.bsky.social · Sep 4

The gorgeous Hotel Monteleone is once again our host hotel and is offering a special room block for our TWFest & SASFest attendees!

Book by visiting SASFest.org or call 1-504-523-3341 and be sure to mention that it’s the “Tennessee Williams N.O. Lit” room block.

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Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival @sasfest.bsky.social · Aug 29

New releases to look out for from our friends at Bywater Books!

Check them out at bywaterbooks.com

Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival @sasfest.bsky.social · Aug 28

Don't forget - you can save 20% on your SASFest26 registration by registering now! Full registration is $200, but it's yours for $160 now through October 1!
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Learn more by visiting www.sasfest.org

#lgbtqliterature #lgbtq #lgbtqcommunity #lgbtqwriters #lgbtqbooks #queerwriters

Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival @sasfest.bsky.social · Aug 22

WRITERS - we want to see your work!

Send us your best fiction and poetry now until October 15. Our judges are Justin Torres (fiction) and Steven Reigns (poetry).⁠
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You can learn more and submit by visiting www.sasfest.org#contests

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Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival @sasfest.bsky.social · Aug 14

"I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there." - Audre Lorde

What have you written lately? Share it with us by submitting to the 2026 SASFest writing contests!

www.sasfest.org#contests

#poetry #fiction #writingcontest #submittable

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Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival @sasfest.bsky.social · Aug 1

Looking for some inspiration while you prepare your #SASFest26 Writing Contest Entries? James Baldwin reminds us what our sentence-level goals should be!
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Our Poetry and Fiction contests are OPEN! Submit today at: tennesseewilliamsfestival.submittable.com/submit

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Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival @sasfest.bsky.social · Aug 1

Love it!!!

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Jeffrey Ricker (he/him) @jeffreyricker.bsky.social · Jul 31

New Orleans, May 2013. The @sasfest.bsky.social festival. I went upstairs to the balcony overlooking the courtyard at the opening reception and caught @nathanburgoine.bsky.social and @robbyrnes.bsky.social at a festive moment. Cheers, queers! #tbt

My friends the writers ’Nathan Burgoine (left) and Rob Byrnes as seem from above. They're in a stone-paved courtyard holding up glasses of wine and smiling.

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Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival @twfestnola.bsky.social · Jul 29

We're so excited to be named alongside some top-tier literary festivals from around the globe.

Thanks to NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC and travel writer Kristin Braswell for including TWFest and SASFest in this list of renowned literary festivals.

Read here: www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...

7 of the best book festivals around the world

From Jamaica to Jaipur, these literary festivals celebrate the power of the written word and offer you a chance to hear from celebrated and up-and-coming authors—as well as fellow bibliophiles.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival @sasfest.bsky.social · Jul 25

Looking for reasons to submit to a SASFest Writing Contest? Check out 2025 Short Fiction Contest Winner Laura Corin's experience winning last year!

You can submit to our contests by visiting: tennesseewilliamsfestival.submittable.com/submit

Interview by Reine Dugas, Festival Publicist

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Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival @sasfest.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thank you for the nomination for Ambush Magazine's Gay Appreciation Awards, celebrating the best of the best in the LGBTQ+ community!

Please consider casting your vote for SASFest!

You don't have to vote in every category. Vote before july 27 by visiting: www.ambushpublishing.com/gay-apprecia...

Cast Your Vote for the Gay Appreciation Awards

Cast Your Vote for the Annual Gay Appreciation Awards presented by Ambush Publishing.

www.ambushpublishing.com

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Jeffrey Ricker (he/him) @jeffreyricker.bsky.social · Jul 17

Earlier this year I finally got back to @sasfest.bsky.social after way too many years away. I really needed this megadose of #QueerWriters community. (Pictured: @scottynola.bsky.social, @alivali.bsky.social, @jmredmann.bsky.social, Anne Laughlin, and @robbyrnes.bsky.social.) #tbt

A group of writers in a hallway at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans (l. to r.): Greg Herren, Ali Vali, J.M. Redmann, Anne Laughlin, and Rob Byrnes. J.M.’s face is partially obscured by her phone as she and I take dueling cell phone pictures. We all look super happy and we hadn’t even been drinking! (Yet.)

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Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival @sasfest.bsky.social · Jul 17

So glad you were able to make it back! ❤️ What a great year!

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