Jambalaya Writers' Conference

Jambalaya Writers' Conference Jambalaya Writers' Conference & Book Fair Terrebonne Parish Library System presents to you our 13th Annual Jambalaya Writers' Conference & Book Fair.

If you are interested in meeting some of your favorite authors or want to learn more about becoming an author yourself, this is the place for you! The day-long conference hosts many noted speakers from Louisiana and the nation.

05/21/2026

Thank you so much for making the 2026 JWC such a success!
We are going to do things a little different for 2027. If you would like to present, please fill out the application below. Applying is not a guarantee of acceptance. There are specific topics we are trying to bring to the conference based on attendee requests. Thank you for your participation!

Shout out to Explore Houma for donating swag bags to our first 100 attendees!
04/22/2026

Shout out to Explore Houma for donating swag bags to our first 100 attendees!

Excited to announce that Wake Up, Y'all coffee will be available for purchase at 8 am! Get the biscuit with Ms. Tweets a...
04/22/2026

Excited to announce that Wake Up, Y'all coffee will be available for purchase at 8 am! Get the biscuit with Ms. Tweets and the coffee with Wake Up, Y'all! And be ready for your first session at 9 am!
I can't wait to see you there!

Welcome Golden Wingz to our line up of lunch food trucks!
04/21/2026

Welcome Golden Wingz to our line up of lunch food trucks!

Ms. Tweets will be open for breakfast AND lunch! Yummy!
04/20/2026

Ms. Tweets will be open for breakfast AND lunch! Yummy!

Yummy, yummy! We have food trucks! Bring your appetite for lunch! Menus will be posted next week! 😋
04/17/2026

Yummy, yummy! We have food trucks! Bring your appetite for lunch! Menus will be posted next week! 😋

Marguerite Sheffer is the award winning author of The Man in the Banana Trees, a teacher at Tulane, and a founding membe...
04/14/2026

Marguerite Sheffer is the award winning author of The Man in the Banana Trees, a teacher at Tulane, and a founding member of Third Lantern Lit. She will be presenting on the how to shape your story using examples of picture books. https://thirdlanternlit.org

Mona Lisa Saloy Louisiana Poet Laureate 2021-2023, educator, and scholar of Creole culture is currently the Conrad N. Hi...
04/13/2026

Mona Lisa Saloy Louisiana Poet Laureate 2021-2023, educator, and scholar of Creole culture is currently the Conrad N. Hilton Endowed Professor of English at Dillard University. She will be presenting her poetry and discussing the layers in poetry. http://www.monalisasaloy.com/

Nancy Rust and Carol Stubbs are co-authors of five books. They are presenting on how to write your cookbook and how to w...
04/10/2026

Nancy Rust and Carol Stubbs are co-authors of five books. They are presenting on how to write your cookbook and how to write together. Find more at www.nancycarolbooks.com

Liz Prats is an agented, Cuban-American author-illustrator and vice-president at an award-winning communications agency....
04/09/2026

Liz Prats is an agented, Cuban-American author-illustrator and vice-president at an award-winning communications agency. She will be presenting on why a literary agent is important and what you need to get one. www.elizabethprats.com

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Houma, LA
70360

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