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, May 15, 2012

Ashley - Heat

Everybody who has grown up in New Orleans knows what hot feels like.
And the worst part, there is no escaping it…
In New Orleans, there is no shame in sweat, sun burns, or sticky hair.
The sun becomes your closest enemy that you can never defeat.
You can try and hide in the a/c or eat a cold snowball, but you can’t escape it for long.
The heat will ALWAYS win.

Ashley, age 16
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