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, February 28, 2012

Julia - Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras is a time when everyone and everything in the city changes
a time when...
-it is not looked down upon to stuff your face with Popeyes and king
cake all day
-it is acceptable to wear short shorts with boots because of the
constant changing weather
-it is not creepy for the old man next to you to be talking to you
because you both have the common interest of catching beads
-you don't really care what you look like, because "its going to be
dark, right?"
-there is an excuse to be loud and rude because of all the craziness
around
-you see people you know you won't see until next Mardi Gras
-you collect enough beads around your neck that it's hard to breathe
-you meet people you know you will never see again
And when all of the craziness is over, you drive by the same spot you
stood at for days and wonder if that is actually the spot, because
everything and everyone in the city has already changed again

Julia, age 15
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