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Tennessee Williams Festival seeks entries for fiction writing contest The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, underwritten in part by the LEH, is sponsoring its first fiction writing contest. The judge will be the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford and the Grand Prize will be $1,500, a VIP festival pass ($500 value), March 25-29, 2009, publication in the New Orleans Review, domestic airfare and accommodations to attend the festival in New Orleans and a public reading. Second Prize will include a $200 cash prize, a public reading and a festival pass. The Third Prize will be $100, a public reading and festival pass. Eligibility: Short stories, written in English, up to 7,000 words Deadline: November 15, 2008 (postmark) Entry Fee: $20 • Unlimited entries per person • Only open to writers who have not yet published a book of fiction. Stories must be previously unpublished. • Please include a cover page with only your TITLE, NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER, and E-MAIL ADDRESS. Do not include your name on any other pages. • No manuscripts will be returned. • Winner and finalists will be announced on the festival’s website by March 1, 2009 How to enter: If entering by mail, make checks or money orders payable to Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, and send your check and entry to: Writing Contest Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival 938 Lafayette Street, Suite 514 New Orleans, LA 70113 If entering online, log on to: www.tennesseewilliams.net/staticpages/index.php/contest New Harmonies traveling exhibit tunes up in Ruston A major traveling Smithsonian exhibition on the roots of American music opened June 1 at the Lincoln Parish Library. New Harmonies explores the American story through the musical genres that evolved from our nation’s unique blending of cultures and experiences. Through panel displays and interactive kiosks, the exhibition includes material on sacred songs, blues, country, rock’n’roll and more. While in Ruston, library and Grambling State University organizers have planned a series of programs aimed at telling the story of North Louisiana’s tremendous influence on American roots music. June events include: • • • • June 1 – opening day, reception and informance featuring the Petty Bones. June 6 – (6:30 p.m.) Piney Hills Chorus folk music informance. June 14 – (2 p.m.) Elvis Presley look-a-like contest for children (3 p.m.) Todd C. Martin performs as Elvis. June 19 – (6:30 p.m.) Dr. David Anderson of Louisiana Tech University presents a lecture entitled “Hank Williams – the Shreveport Years.” • June 22 – (3 p.m.) Children’s roots music talent show. • June 26 – (6:30 p.m.) Maurice Johnson jazz informance. The exhibition closes July 12, after which New Harmonies will travel to the Jeanerette Bicentennial Park and Museum. Ruston is the second stop on the exhibition’s six-town tour of Louisiana, which began April 12 in Abita Springs and concludes Jan. 15, 2009, in Oil City after six-week runs in Jeanerette, Kaplan, and Ferriday. For more information on events in Ruston, contact project director Vivian McCain at (318) 251-5030. New Harmonies is affiliated with the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street (MoMS) program, a one-of-a-kind cultural project that serves small town museums and residents of rural America. It is a partnership of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), the Federation of State Humanities Councils, and state humanities councils nationwide. Museum on Main Street combines the prestige of Smithsonian exhibitions, the program expertise of state humanities councils, and the remarkable volunteerism and unique histories of small rural towns. For more information, log on to: www.museumonmainstreet.org Summer 2008/LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 5 http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/staticpages/index.php/contest http://www.museumonmainstreet.org

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Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 Contents Friends Editor’s Column Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina The Historic New Orleans Collection After The Flood Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton Louisiana Foodways Louisiana Architecture Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 Jazz Notes The Ogden Museum of Southern Art Louisiana Association of Museums Nature of the “Beast” Louisiana State Museum Bookstand Sound Advice Forum

Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008

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