How do we work?

Once every few weeks a new topic will be displayed on the blog. Young people, ages 5 - 96, will submit their responses. Student writing will be posted as it is received. Know someone that would love to contribute? Pass the word.

Blog #14 Topic Choices:
Write about a place or an aspect of New Orleans that has influenced you OR use the words "Escaping the heat/to get out of the heat..." of New Orleans.

Submission Logistics: Submissions should be in response to the blog topic. Poetry and prose, up to 500 words in length, should be emailed as a Microsoft Word attachment. Emails should include author’s first name, age, and School.

Submissions can be sent to: youngneworleanswritingtogether@gmail.com
Submission due date: May 31st, 2012 @ 5pm

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Shealynn - NOLA Myths

People assume big parties in the Big Easy are during Mardi Gras
That the hauntings and ghosts aren’t real
That crime is rampant and we haven’t gotten over Katrina;
Well I’ll show you the true New Orleans
Where we find every excuse to throw a party or a parade
From birthdays to Superbowl wins to holidays;
The city that inspired Interview with a Vampire
And where Halloween is taken to a whole new level
The French Quarter is better than ever before and even more beautiful
Many places one would never know a hurricane ran through
Because we’ve come back better and stronger,
So what are you waiting for?

Shealynn, age 17