The Peauxdunque Writers Alliance (“PWA”) provides for the development of the literary arts for writers of multiple genres, providing a group setting within which writers may develop new work, public opportunities for writers to share developed work with the public, and opportunities to promote appreciation of the enrichment of the literary arts among the public. The PWA accomplishes this through two modes: “Peauxdunque in the Room,” and “Peauxdunque in the World.” Peauxdunque in the Room is the group setting where members of the PWA gather in monthly meetings to share their work with each other, encourage each other, and discuss literary developments. Peauxdunque in the World are public manifestations of PWA’s mission, and include the “Yeah, You Write” reading series; public promotion of writers’ publications and performances through the PWA website and social media; publication of The Peauxdunque Review and other associated publications; and development of publicly available writing resources such as workshops, conferences, seminars, and writing competitions.

As we’ve stated it long before we had such mellifluous things as “corporate documents”: The Peauxdunque Writers Alliance is composed of poets, fiction writers short and long, songwriters, filmmakers, non-fiction writers, children’s and YA writers, visual artists, visionaries, sloths, all. The PWA was founded under the prodding of Amy Serrano and under the auspices of the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society in November 2007, and now encompasses a couple dozen writers scattered across six states (Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, and Michigan).