Louisiana Writing Groups, Workshops, and Creative Writing Classes
Here you’ll find a collection of resources for writers in Louisiana, from conferences to local critique groups, workshops, and creative writing classes. If you’re looking for writing groups near you, a workshop or class, a place to connect with other writers, or somewhere to submit your work, these Louisiana writing resources are worth checking out.
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Writing Organizations & Groups
The Festival of Words Cultural Arts Collective
A literary arts organization offering readings, open mics, writing groups, workshops, youth programming, and an annual free literary festival featuring visiting writers. (Grand Coteau / Acadiana)
Offers creative writing classes, workshops, seminars, and other craft-focused programming for writers working in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and longer projects. (New Orleans)
Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society
A nonprofit literary organization offering workshops, master classes, manuscript critiques, author events, literary competitions, and other programming for writers and readers. (New Orleans)
A community of published and aspiring writers offering monthly meetings, critique groups, educational programs, contests, and opportunities to connect with other writers. (Lafayette)
Conferences, Retreats & Residencies
An artist residency program offering time, space, and support for creative work in a forested setting near New Orleans, with programs open to literary and interdisciplinary artists as well as other creative practitioners. (New Orleans)
An annual literary festival from the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society featuring celebrated authors, talks, literary advice sessions, master classes, and opportunities for developing writers to connect with agents, editors, and other publishing professionals. (New Orleans)
An annual celebration of books and writing featuring author talks, panel discussions, readings, performances, exhibitors, and craft-focused WordShops for writers of varying experience levels. (Baton Rouge)
A free annual literary festival at Tulane University featuring nationally recognized authors, conversations, panels, readings, and other programming for readers and writers. (New Orleans)
Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival
An annual five-day literary festival featuring author conversations, readings, theater, writing workshops, literary panels, contests, and other programming throughout the French Quarter. (New Orleans)
Literary Magazines & Publishers
An independent literary press publishing contemporary poetry, fiction, nonfiction, literature in translation, and other cross-cultural work through its Lavender Ink and Diálogos imprints. (New Orleans)
A literary journal and press affiliated with Southeastern Louisiana University, publishing fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and books of poetry and fiction. (Hammond)
A university press publishing literary fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and regional work, with its Publishing Laboratory offering an annual prize for unpublished novels and short story collections. (New Orleans)
A nationally recognized literary journal based at Louisiana State University, publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and other literary work by emerging and established writers. (Baton Rouge)
Help us add to this list, Louisiana writers! Do you know of writing groups near you, writing workshops near you, creative writing classes near you, or a Louisiana literary journal or publisher we should be aware of? Let us know here. We periodically review these listings for broken links and outdated information.