$483 away! www.givenola.org/organization...

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BTW we're $800 away from our goal of 3k!

IT'S GIVENOLA DAY! When looking for communities to support, please consider sending a donation our way. These funds help us continue all of our FREE literary events such as workshops and Page to Stage. We could not do any of this without you! www.givenola.org/organization...

GiveNOLA Day is today! Please consider supporting @thirdlanternlit.bsky.social if you have attended our events (or want to!) for writers in New Orleans. These donated funs keep things free, accessible, and help us pay local writers for their generous time. www.givenola.org/organization...

@thirdlanternlit.bsky.social is 1/3 of our way to our big 2026 fundraising goal ($3000) to keep all our programming free, and to keep paying New Orleans writers to support New Orleans writers! I love this community. www.givenola.org/organization...

In this workshop, we will discuss examples of famous revisions that improved literature. Attendees will participate in writing exercises, and attendees are invited, but not required, to bring along an excerpt of something they've written! The workshop will be led by @mauricenow.bsky.social !

OUR MAY CALENDAR IS HERE!

It's time to get some writing done! Come join your fellow writers this Tuesday the 28th to tackle that favorite project of yours ✒️📖 (Excuse the date typo on the graphic!)

It's time to get some writing done! Come join your fellow writers this Tuesday the 28th to tackle that favorite project of yours ✒️📖 (Excuse the date typo on the graphic!)

It's that time again!!! Come get lit with your fellow NOLA writers and work on that project that makes you passionate!

It's time to get those projects written! Join us at 12 Mile Limit this Saturday to tackle your latest project along with plenty of writers ready to cheer you on. We can't wait to see what you're working on!

For all of our witches and magically inclined folks, local witch Veronica Varlow will be teaching us spells to unlock inspiration, break past blocks, and summon opportunities to us. Come with an open mind and be prepared to call forth your full power 🌙✨

For all of our witches and magically inclined folks, local witch Veronica Varlow will be teaching us spells to unlock inspiration, break past blocks, and summon opportunities to us. Come with an open mind and be prepared to call forth your full power 🌙✨

Our next Page to Stage theme is SOUTHERN GOTHIC! This genre tells the stories of the past that always haunt us, the cycles that repeat, the pain that was wrought & the reckonings we must have in the Deep South. Come join us on 4/7 and learn more about the genre and leave w/ some ideas!

APRIL EVENT CALENDAR!

Our next event will be Friday 03/25 @ 11 AM to 1 PM! See you there!

Got stage fright? Want to add some gravitas to your work when reading on stage? Then come on down to our live reading workshop, where 3LL (led by trained actress and our community outreach manager, Daphne) will teach you how to perform your prose!

It's time for another live reading workshop! Swing by New Marigny Theatre on March 17 for some good times, good people, and good prose! 📖🎭

It's time for another live reading workshop! Swing by New Marigny Theatre on March 17 for some good times, good people, and good prose! 📖🎭

Next event: Monday at 6 to 8 PM! We'll be at Miel Brewery, getting some words on the page! Hope to see you there!

We were in this month's issue of @antigravitymag.bsky.social folks!

Next event: Monday at 6 to 8 PM! We'll be at Miel Brewery, getting some words on the page! Hope to see you there!

Intimacy can be hard to write about. Whether you feel it's awkward, stilted, or unrealistic, get past the difficulties with this workshop led by Alys Murray tonight at Courtyard Brewery!

Our March calendar is here!

Come write with us this friday 2/27 @ 11 AM at Sports Drink!

Writing is a lonely art. Make it less lonely by finding your feedback group at Courtyard Brewery on February 23! Make friends, share your work, and connect with peers all in one place! 📖🎉

Writing is a lonely art. Make it less lonely by finding your feedback group at Courtyard Brewery on February 23! Make friends, share your work, and connect with peers all in one place! 📖🎉

Our next event: Get Lit! Come on down to Miel Brewery and hang out with us 02/09 and get some writing done! We'll be there from 6 to 8 PM!

Our February calendar!

January is coming to a close, which means one more event! Daytime Get Lit is this Friday! Bundle up and come on over ☕️

The first Get Lit of 2026 is coming up on Tuesday! Bundle up and get ready to write!

Time to exercise those writing hands! Join us at Twelve Mile Limit for our FIVE HOUR writing marathon. Time to get those words on a page ✍️📚

Love is in the air! Join us for the first romance-themed Page to Stage event this Monday led by the wonderful Farrah Rochon!

Our January calendar!

EVENT TONIGHT! We'll be at Miel Brewery from 6 to 8 PM, getting some words down on the page! Please come join us!

This Sunday will be our quarterly reading event, Fiction Sessions! This quarter our theme is "Spooky Stories!" We'll be at Big Couch from 7 pm to 9 PM! (readers to be announced later this week)

Tomorrow night will be our live reading workshop, Performing Your Prose! Got a reading coming up? Feeling stage fright? Come on through and let us help you bring your words to life! We'll be at Big Couch from 6 to 8 PM!

Our December event calendar is here!

Thanks to all who were able to attend our panel on getting your books into bookstores!!

Come get some writing done with us tomorrow from 11 to 1 PM at Sports Drink Cafe!

Tonight!

Next tuesday, we'll be at BK House hosting a panel on how to get your book into bookstores! We'll have a panel of booksellers answering all of your questions, in order to increase your knowledge on how to get your books on shelves! The event is from 6 to 8 PM and open to the public!

Y'all need to pull up to our third annual gala! Come support the local arts, and have a few drinks while dressed up like you're going to a 1920s fancy party (or whatever bohemian means to you)! If you can't make it, you can always just leave us a donation :) Thanks! thirdlanternlit.org/donate

This Sunday, we'll be throwing our 3rd annual Gala! Details in the image; link to tickets down below! We want to see all of you there!! thirdlanternlit.ludus.com/index.php

Event tomorrow! Desiree S. Evans will be leading a horror revision workshop! We'll be at Big Couch from 6 to 8 PM. See you there! :)

This sunday from 5 PM to 7 PM, we'll be hosting a Q & A with prolific horror writer, Philip Fracassi! We'll be talking all about the craft of writing horror, and Philip will read from his latest novel, the Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre!

NOVEMBER CALENDAR!

NOVEMBER CALENDAR!

This Nov you can find me at the Louisiana Book Fest (11/1 in Baton Rouge, @thirdlanternlit.bsky.social annual gala, @bookbanterbooks.bsky.social and Words & Music Fest! Details and links at www.margueritesheffer.com/events