The Louisiana Words Tour (August 2025): Now Casting!

Let's express ourselves! Literacy helps free the mind! Literacy helps build community! Our voices matter more then ever!

LouisianaWords.com is the home of Louisiana's LGBTQIA+ writers and our allies! We help market new and seasoned writers for FREE! Just submit your work and we’ll get you into our content rotation! You may submit your content to louisianawords@gmail.com or you may contact us through social media! Our summer 2025 season of new Louisiana Words content started Sunday, July 6th!

As of January 2025, Louisiana Words has officially become a nonprofit organization! So, we are looking to share the good news with a few live shows across the state of Louisiana. We are planning a Louisiana Words tour to showcase local LGBTQIA+ writers and spread the word about Louisiana Words, LLC. The show is free! The dates will be Friday, August 29^th – Sunday, August 31^st. We will be visiting Lafayette, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans in that order.

Friday, August 29th: Lafayette - Cavalier House Books @ 6:30pm

Saturday, August 30th: Baton Rouge - George’s Place

@ 6:30pm

Sunday, August 31st: New Orleans - Allways Lounge & Cabaret @ 6:30pm

We are calling for writers! We are now casting featured writers in the local Acadiana, Greater Baton Rouge, and Greater New Orleans areas. Once our cast is formed, we will be releasing promotions later this summer for each event featuring the writers reading in the show. If you are interested in reading at the show, please contact us for a feature spot at louisianawords@gmail.com. We will also ask for open mics at the beginning of the show. So, if you are just looking to share a piece that you wrote, there will be plenty of space for you during the show to share that with the community.

The Louisiana Words Tour is hosted by J. Michael Norris and the creator, Louis Toliver Jr. Feel free to also reach out to J. Michael @jmichaelnorris808 or Louis @ltjishere on Instagram to submit to our website, read in our next live show, or if you have any questions!

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