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

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Lillie - Winter in NOLA

Wintertime in New Orleans is similar to any othersub-tropical city. It’s muggy and border line cold, with a few wintery showers sprinkling against the streetcar lights. Nothing seems to change in thebackdrop, save more clouds invading more days. Coffee and hot chocolate reign without reason, as if only to comfort those yearning for snow.  Regardless, the best feeling in the world is created after a walk through the French Quarter on an especially dreary day, after the flagging down of a streetcar, after the opening of a window, and an investment in warm liquid accompanied by a coozy.


Lillie, age 17
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