THE LOUISIANA WRITERS DIRECTORY IS CURRENTLY DOWN FOR EXTENSIVE MAINTENANCE

TheLouisiana Writers Directory is an ongoing project of the Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana. It is available as an on-line, searchable database containing bibliographical and biographical information on over 300 living Louisiana writers. It may be searched by a variety of fields and by keyword(s).  

THE LOUISIANA WRITERS DIRECTORY IS CURRENTLY DOWN FOR EXTENSIVE MAINTENANCE

To be included in the Louisiana Writers Directory, a writer must have established residency in Louisiana or be a Louisiana native. Qualifying writers may apply to the Directory by using the Database Additions form on the web site.

Writers who have established specific credentials by satisfying any combination of the following criteria to total 12 points will be distinguished in the directory with the preceding picture.

• 2 points for each poem published in a literary periodical², anthology or book. 
• 3 points for each story or article published in a literary periodical, anthology or book.
• 12 points for each book of poetry, including chapbooks of 24 pages or more.
• 3 points for each 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in an established national or state arts council literary award or magazine contest open to all state or U.S. citizens.

¹Self-published works or works published by vanity or subsidy presses (presses that do not pay the writer nor distribute the printed texts) do not count as fulfilling the above criteria.

²A literary periodical is defined as a distributed magazine that regularly publishes poetry, fiction, articles, etc.

To suggest additions or to report errors, contact Rebecca Hamilton.

Another resource on Louisiana authors and their works is the LSU Libraries Louisiana Authors Index

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