Congratulations to the winners, runners-up, and finalists of our 2024 SASFest Poetry Contest. Their contest entries will be published in our anthology, Transformative Poetry SASFest 2024, edited by Jan Edwards Hemming and Paul J. Willis. Our cover image “July 24, Sunset on Lake Pontchartain,” 2021, is from New Orleans photographer Jacob Mitchell. You’ll also see…

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Congratulations to the finalists of our 2024 SASFest Short Fiction Contest. Their contest entries will be published in our anthology, New Fiction From the Festival 2024, edited by Amie M. Evans and Paul J. Willis. Our cover design is another one of Timothy Cummings’ paintings. This is The Carnival Procession, 2013, acrylic on panel. See more of…

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SAINTS + SINNERS XX All of these events are included in your SAS Weekend Registration If you can’t make it for the whole weekend, you can purchase Writer’s Craft Sessions separately HERE. You can also purchase Day Passes for the day(s) you’d like to attend.   Friday, March 24, 2023 10—11:15 AM—SAS Writer’s Craft DIALOGUE…

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Congratulations to the 20 writers who made it to the finalist round of our 2023 SASFest Poetry Contest. Their contest entries will be published in our anthology, New Poetry From the Festival 2023. Kathleen Archambeau is a longtime LGBTQ activist. She began as a poet, studying with Adrienne Rich and Derek Walcott. Her nonfiction works…

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Congratulations to the winner, runners-up, and finalists of our 2023 SASFest Short Fiction Contest. Their contest entries will be published in our anthology, New Fiction From the Festival 2023. Jamey Baumgardt is a Pacific Northwest native, born and raised near Seattle, Washington. He studied literature and creative writing in junior college, and received his BFA…

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Friday, March 25   10 – 11:15 AM—SAS Master Class SPEAKING TONGUES: PAMELA SNEED Speaking Tongues is a poetry/performance master class open to all levels. Foremost it is a weaving class learning how to weave memory, experience, history, and current events into poetic tapestries. Lastly, it is about finding and expressing one’s inner truths/serving as…

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Our 2022 Festival will be held in person March 25 – 27, and we will follow the New Orleans Health Department restrictions to maintain a healthy environment.  This currently includes providing proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or a negative PCR test result from the past 72 hours and includes wearing a mask. Please…

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