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Join us at #SASfest26 on March 27-29 2026 for a weekend of LGBTQ+ literary revelry in the French Quarter! (Program of TWFest) https://www.sasfest.org/
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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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
Submit your poetry and fiction by October 15th by visiting: www.sasfest.org#contests
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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
Love it!
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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.
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
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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
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!
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.
New releases to look out for from our friends at Bywater Books!
Check them out at bywaterbooks.com
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!
Learn more by visiting www.sasfest.org
#lgbtqliterature #lgbtq #lgbtqcommunity #lgbtqwriters #lgbtqbooks #queerwriters
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).
You can learn more and submit by visiting www.sasfest.org#contests
"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
Looking for some inspiration while you prepare your #SASFest26 Writing Contest Entries? James Baldwin reminds us what our sentence-level goals should be!
Our Poetry and Fiction contests are OPEN! Submit today at: tennesseewilliamsfestival.submittable.com/submit
Love it!!!
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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.
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
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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...
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
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...
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.)
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
17.07.2025 16:07 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0So glad you were able to make it back! ❤️ What a great year!
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THANK YOU to everyone who gave during GiveOUT. We greatly appreciate all our donors and supporters!
Did you miss Give Out Day? You can give support year-round to our LGBTQ+ literary festival by visiting: tennesseewilliams.net/support/beco... and selecting SASFEST.
It's the last day to give to our #GiveOUTday campaign, and we have some exciting news!
Everyone that has given to our GIVE OUT Day will be placed in a drawing for a prize package that includes a free SAS registration for 2026!
GIVE by visiting: www.giveoutday.org/organization...
WRITERS: send us your best fiction and poetry this Pride Month! Our writing contests are open for submissions.
Our judges are Justin Torres (fiction) and Steven Reigns (poetry).
You can learn more and submit by visiting: tennesseewilliamsfestival.submittable.com/submit
#pride #queerwriters
Our #GiveOUTDay campaign is coming to an end at the end of the month, but there's still time to help us continue our endeavors to inspire LGBTQ+ writers, readers, and other literary professionals by donating at www.giveoutday.org/organization...
#LGBTQ #LGBTQWriters #lgbtqliterature
Save 20% on your SASFest26 registration by registering now! Full registration is $200, but it's yours for $160 now through October 1!
Register by visiting: tennesseewilliams.net/product/sas-...
#lgbtqliterature #lgbtq #lgbtqcommunity #lgbtqwriters #lgbtqbooks #queerwriters #queerliterature
Give OUT day lasts all month long, and we need YOUR help to reach our goal!
Help us continue to offer a place for LGBTQ+ readers and writers to network, share ideas, solve problems, and celebrate success by donating to our #GiveOUTday campaign!
www.giveoutday.org/organization...
Have you checked out our merch store?
Visit twfest.myshopify.com/ for TWFest, SASFest, and Last Bohemia mugs, shirts, posters, and more!
#literaryfestival #literature #booklover
What are you reading this Pride Month? We want to know!
See what our staff are reading this June to get some great recommendations. Then, share your current reads in the replies!
#LGBTQ #LGBTQbooks #lgbtqwriters #lgbtqreaders #lgbtqliterature #queerbooks #queerreads #pridemonth
Hear from Lambda Literary Award winner Trebor Healey about his love for SASFest!
You can help us continue our endeavors to inspire LGBTQ+ writers, readers, and other literary professionals by donating to our #GiveOUTday campaign here: www.giveoutday.org/organization...
