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The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society is a nationally recognized non-profit arts organization sponsoring the renowned Words & Music arts festival; the William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition; the Double Dealer literary journal; outreach programs for high school and college students; continuing education; and a year-round calendar of literary events including My New Orleans, Meet the Author and other events which honor and assist writers. The Society is a 501 (c) (3) literary and educational institution. Membership donations and contributions to our annual fundraisers, such as Juleps in June, are tax deductible. For e-mail news of events, send us your e-mail address. And make sure to subscribe to our Blog. Our next big event is A Katrina Remembrance. Scroll down to Save the Date for details.

The 2010

William Faulkner - William Wisdom

Creative Writing Competition

The Faulkner Society has selected finalists in the Novella, Short Story, Essay, and Poetry categories of the 2010 competition. For a complete list of finalists, short list for finalists, and semi-finalists, Click Here!




Words & Music, a Literary Feast in New Orleans will open on November 17 and run through November 21, 2010. Honorary Chairman of Words & Music, 2010 will be New Orleans volunteer activist and socialite Judith "Jude" Swenson, whose most recent success was the 2010 Opera Ball, which attracted some 500 patrons and sponsors. Ms. Swenson has been a generous sponsor of Faulkner Society projects on behalf of readers and writers for many years. Last year, she chaired Juleps in June at her lovely old Metairie home, Chez Grace.

Twenty years ago on September 25, 1990, William Faulkner's birthday anniversary, the First Annual Meeting of the Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society marked the beginning of annual birthday gifts by the Faulkner Society to the memory of the Nobel Laureate, who wrote his first book while living on Pirate's Alley in 1925. As a young man, Faulkner's imagination was captured by the perceived romance of the flying aces of the RAF and with his observances of the traumatic experiences veterans were having as they attempted to re-enter American society after of the "Great War." It is only fitting that in this milestone year in the Society's history Words & Music should focus on war and Mr. Faulkner's first novel, Soldiers' Pay, the story of a veteran flyer who finds himself at odds with home and picking up the pieces where he left off to go into battle. A key event for Words & Music, 2010 will be How to Read Faulkner & Love It: Soldiers' Pay.

The 2010 theme for Words & Music programming for readers and scholars will be:
The Literature of War & Collateral Damage.
For the first time, the Faulkner Society has issued a Call for Papers on the theme. For information including suggested topics, click on Call for Papers. For Submission guidelines, Click Here!

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Headliners will include: National Book Award winner Tim O'Brien, left, author of the moving book The Things They Carried about a soldier's experience in war, and Howard Bahr,right, author of The Black Flower and two other critically acclaimed novels of the Civil War, Faulkner scholar, and for nearly 20 years the curator of Faulkner's home Rowan Oak in Oxford, MS. Bahr will sit on the panels for Soldiers' Pay and a discussion of the film and Faulkner's story, Two Soldiers. He also and will be discussing the dehumanizing effects of the Civil War on the society of the South. For more on Howard Bahr and his work, Click Here.

Words & Music, 2010 will feature programming for both writers and readers. O'Brien, will make three appearances during the festival. His appearances will be funded in part by the Ruth U. Fertel Foundation. He will be introduced by Randy Fertel, principal in the foundation and an expert on the Literature of War. Among the appearances by O'Brien will be:

November 17, 2010

Master Class for Creative Writing Students

Special free programming for creative writing students will include the 2010 Master Class for Students. National Book Award winner Tim O'Brien has accepted our invitation to address students and teachers. Time will be 10:00 a. m. Venue will be Le Petit Theatre du Viuex Carre. Teachers who wish to bring students to the 2010 Master Class should e-mail us at Faulkhouse@aol.com for details. Reservations for this event will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis until we reach the limits of the venue. For more on O'Brien and his work, Click Here. For O'Brien in the news, Click Here!


In concert with O'Brien's appearances,
Words & Music will present a performance by American Place Theatre of a one-man play based on The Things They Carried, starring accomplished actor Billy Lyons. The event, tentatively scheduled to take place at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre will include a discussion before and after the performance facilitated by teaching artist and actress Heidi Jackson.
For more on American Place Theatre, visit: www.americanplacetheatre.org.


September 25, Mr. Faulkner's Birthday, is a Date to Remember

For details on Words & Music and its sessions for readers as well as its workshops and manuscript critique program for writers, you can Click Here! For updated pricing and package deal information, Click Here! Please note that we have revised our pricing schedule, so be sure to check it out prior to registration. Those who register prior to August 1 will receive a discount on any registration package. Groups of 25 or more persons will receive a group discount when the group registers before September 25.

September 25th
is the deadline for Louisiana writers to apply for scholarship participation in Words & Music, 2010. Writers approved for scholarships must serve as volunteers for a minimum of three days prior to Words & Music and one day during Words & Music. And... September 25 is the deadline for submission of final versions of papers to be presented at Words & Music.

September 25th
is the deadline for writers who wish their work to be critiqued during Words & Music to register and submit their work. Guidelines can be found by clicking here: Words & Music.

Hotel Monteleone at 200 Royal Street
will once again be the primary venue for Words & Music. Hotel Monteleone, a literary treasure, enters its second decade in 2010 as the only hotel in New Orleans designated as a national literary landmark.

For more on this beautiful and historic literary landmark hotel, visit:
HotelMonteleone.com

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August 29, 2010

My New Orleans: Katrina Anniversary Observance
On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Sunday, August 29th, the Faulkner Society will present readings of Katrina related literature interspersed with music, featuring Nichole Cooley, widely published poet; non-fiction author Ellis Anderson, and actors under the direction of Robert Florence, reading excerpts from his collection of monologues Fleeing Katrina. Click Here for information.

September 25, 2010

Happy Birthday, Mr. Faulkner!
The Faulkner Society will celebrate the 113th birthday anniversary of our namesake, Nobel Laureate William Faulkner, who wrote his first novel, Soldiers' Pay, while living on Pirate's Alley in 1925. Details will be announced in July.

Thanks to Patrons

 

Faulkner Society events are made possible in part by grants from The Arts Council of New Orleans and the Decentralized Arts Funding Program of The Louisiana Division of the Arts, Bertie Deming Smith and the Deming Foundation, Faulkner House, Inc., Randy Fertel and The Ruth U. Fertel Foundation, Hotel Monteleone, Jefferson Parish Public Library, Theodosia M. Nolan and Peter Tattersall, Mr. & Mrs. Hartwig Moss, III, Judith "Jude" Swenson, The Louisiana State Museum, the State Library of Louisiana, The Lupin Foundation,The National Endowment for the Arts, Arts Midwest, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Mary Freeman Wisdom Foundation.

 
Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society
624 Pirate’s Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116
phone: (504) 586-1609 or (504) 525-5615
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