Louisiana Resources for Writers
Here you’ll find a collection of resources for writers in Louisiana, from conferences to local critique groups to literary magazines. If you’re looking for writing groups near you, writing workshops near you, creative writing classes near you, or simply a place to hang out with writers or submit your work, these are some Louisiana writing organizations you might want to check out:
WriteByNight
For more than a decade, WriteByNight has helped writers in Louisiana and beyond achieve their literary goals. And we want you to be next! Claim your free consultation to learn about WBN’s customizable one-on-one writers’ services, including:
Book Coaching: If you’re writing a book and want some help along the way.
Manuscript Critique: If you’ve written a book and want a beta read, critique, or writing workshop.
Editing/Proofreading: If you’ve written a book and want someone to polish it for you.
Publication Assistance: If you’ve written a book and want help finding an agent or publisher.
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The Festival of Words Cultural Arts Collective
This literary arts organization strives to promote the literary arts–and other arts as well–through open mics, writing groups and an annual festival.
An annual event in Baton Rouge offering panel discussions, author readings, book sales, food and music, as well as WordShops, craft-centered writing workshops for writers of all experience levels.
Books column by journalist Chere Dastugue Coen, published on Sundays in The Daily Advertiser of Lafayette and Monroe News Star of Monroe.
Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association
A nonprofit professional improvement organization for those with an interest in nature-based communications and outdoor activities.
The Louisiana Sports Writers Association
Aims to foster and promote the dissemination of information on athletics and sports activities, to encourage the highest standards of sports journalism in the communications media, and to promote better working conditions for state sports writers and sportscasters.
Pen to Press Retreats are five intense, hands-on, inspiring days that teach participants how to shape and present a sellable manuscript.
Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society
This nationally recognized nonprofit arts organization’s two most ambitious annual projects are Words and Music, a literary feast in New Orleans, and The William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition.
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
This festival serves the NoLa community through educational, theatrical, literary, and musical programming.
One of the nation’s premiere literary journals, and hailed by Time as “superior to any other journal in the English language.” The Southern Review publishes a diverse array of fiction, nonfiction and poetry by the country’s—and the world’s—most respected contemporary writers.
Writing workshops, agent pitch sessions, live music and more at this annual festival.
A writing group made up of local writers, published and unpublished, who meet the last Tuesday of each month to share and gain knowledge in the craft of writing.
Help us add to this list, Louisianans! Do you know of writing groups near you, writing workshops near you, creative writing classes near you, or a Louisiana literary journal we should be aware of? Let us know here