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

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Ashley - Pride


New Orleans is back.

We finally recovered from Katrina,

and the Saints proved that.

Where else do you get a week off school or work every year for Mardi Gras?

Where else do you eat beignets for breakfast, po-boys for lunch, and gumbo for dinner on a
regular basis?

Where else is there a city-wide parade after a Superbowl win?

Where else do nuns, priests, and even the Archbishop attend football games every Sunday?

Where else can you sit on your front porch and know just about everyone who walks by?

Where else does an entire city come together like a family?

New Orleans is unique, and we take pride in that.

Ashley, age 17