NolaVie is partnering with the New Orleans’ Children’s Book Festival to sponsor the New Orleans Children’s Book Competition. We are accepting submissions, illustrated or text-only, published, self-published, or unpublished, for reading levels kindergarten through eighth grade. Award-winning books will be displayed at the festival itself on Saturday, October 20, at the Latter-Branch Library. Awards will be given for the best book, best author, best illustrator, and more. Authors will also have an opportunity to read at the festival and be featured on NolaVie.
Submission deadline is October 1st in PDF format to anna@nolavie.com.
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Voodoo in New Orleans: Reviving history: New Orleans fortune telling This article takes a deep dive into the history of Voodoo in New Orleans, its hybridization with Catholicism, and its present-day place in the city's culture. The author visits fortune-tellers in the French Quarter, using their guidance as a tool for introspection rather than a deterministic predictor of the future. Through her experiences in New Orleans, the author feels a mystical connection to both the past and the future. 