https://lmnlarts.com lmnlarts.org Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:46:53 +0000 https://lmnlarts.com en https://lmnlarts.com/Home Mon, 16 Jan 2023 22:44:02 +0000 lmnlarts.org https://lmnlarts.com/Home <img width="1788" height="1792" width_o="1788" height_o="1792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b76794e6c7ccbb4a9fb0cf9927ed2a4e164e8247b034bb8099bfb6330c30a6d3/LMNL-Logo-Website-06.png" data-mid="164940195" border="0" alt="Anthology." data-caption="Anthology." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b76794e6c7ccbb4a9fb0cf9927ed2a4e164e8247b034bb8099bfb6330c30a6d3/LMNL-Logo-Website-06.png" /> <img width="1788" height="1905" width_o="1788" height_o="1905" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/acb08808029552e139cc7d57bc19d342d9168b188298aa2e5960bbde5fbfd230/LMNL-Logo-Website-02.png" data-mid="164943892" border="0" alt="What We Do." data-caption="What We Do." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/acb08808029552e139cc7d57bc19d342d9168b188298aa2e5960bbde5fbfd230/LMNL-Logo-Website-02.png" /> <img width="1788" height="1793" width_o="1788" height_o="1793" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a2b86711798e4194b87ad5b1048852c328caa63370a0213baee31924e6b32b2/LMNL-Logo-Website-05.png" data-mid="164940227" border="0" alt="Contact Us." data-caption="Contact Us." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a2b86711798e4194b87ad5b1048852c328caa63370a0213baee31924e6b32b2/LMNL-Logo-Website-05.png" /> <img width="1789" height="1780" width_o="1789" height_o="1780" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e149bd8abb89b56c8169a9f54a9c8cf10c13064bf30de4e6fb1061f28fc85bd0/LMNL-Logo-Website-04.png" data-mid="164940179" border="0" alt="Get Involved." data-caption="Get Involved." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e149bd8abb89b56c8169a9f54a9c8cf10c13064bf30de4e6fb1061f28fc85bd0/LMNL-Logo-Website-04.png" /> <img width="1788" height="1793" width_o="1788" height_o="1793" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/357097a4b1d27233f04e64ebd936d21f937f567601912c4538ef3a66c1b082f7/LMNL-Logo-Website-03.png" data-mid="164940223" border="0" alt="Donate." data-caption="Donate." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/357097a4b1d27233f04e64ebd936d21f937f567601912c4538ef3a66c1b082f7/LMNL-Logo-Website-03.png" /> https://lmnlarts.com/What-We-Do Mon, 16 Jan 2023 22:44:03 +0000 lmnlarts.org https://lmnlarts.com/What-We-Do Founded and led by New Orleans writers and artists ✏️, educators&nbsp; and scholars 📚️, editors and designers 🖥, LMNL is a nonprofit literary and arts organization dedicated to giving creatives the means to connect with one another, exchange ideas, and grow as professionals. <img width="2913" height="1640" width_o="2913" height_o="1640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/175ce0250189412b51347cebbf4af3e5bd9655fc0180fc257cf249365c3f8660/lmnl-reel-web-01.png" data-mid="164951745" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/175ce0250189412b51347cebbf4af3e5bd9655fc0180fc257cf249365c3f8660/lmnl-reel-web-01.png" />LMNL’s mission is to create space and opportunities for literary and art communities in the Greater New Orleans Region and beyond 🌏. We are passionate about what we can do when combining forces and are excited to promote, to be a part of, and to foster New Orleans’ many dynamic individuals and extensive collaboratives ❤️️. <img width="2913" height="1640" width_o="2913" height_o="1640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/755dd560f51571bc3c9033932fcd66406f43718b5c13d654c15f0c9e0b1d6961/lmnl-reel-web-04.png" data-mid="164951743" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/755dd560f51571bc3c9033932fcd66406f43718b5c13d654c15f0c9e0b1d6961/lmnl-reel-web-04.png" />Meet Our Team! 💪 <img width="1512" height="2016" width_o="1512" height_o="2016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e8df6c44192b20eadfa67c84fdd5eac8f0bc089576f4d4e7ef94a6cc302129b/IMG_3263.jpg" data-mid="240898627" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e8df6c44192b20eadfa67c84fdd5eac8f0bc089576f4d4e7ef94a6cc302129b/IMG_3263.jpg" /> Nikki Ummel // Executive Director Nikki Ummel has been published by The Georgia Review, Black Lawrence Press, and others. She is the 2022 recipient of the Leslie McGrath Poetry Prize and 2025 recipient of the New American Poetry Prize for her manuscript, Swamp Elegies, forthcoming in 2026. <img width="1158" height="1544" width_o="1158" height_o="1544" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f871568bf0741b5c05d654cce7e2183a47be4eb7cfe0a6805b6bf1648f08ea7d/IMG_0825.jpg" data-mid="240898632" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f871568bf0741b5c05d654cce7e2183a47be4eb7cfe0a6805b6bf1648f08ea7d/IMG_0825.jpg" /> Jessica Brasseur // Board Member <img width="2856" height="2142" width_o="2856" height_o="2142" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb3287ebb19bb6b6042e9d534534d86b2dd6c3ddd16de060784a18133be1be50/IMG_1621.jpg" data-mid="240898777" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb3287ebb19bb6b6042e9d534534d86b2dd6c3ddd16de060784a18133be1be50/IMG_1621.jpg" /> Kirsten Reneau // Board Member Kirsten Reneau is a teacher and writer, with a focus in creative nonfiction. She has two chapbooks, What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Weirder and Meeting Gods in Basement Bars and Other Ways to Find Forgiveness. Her first full length collection, Sensitive Creatures, can be found most places you look. She’s the current reigning poet laureate of Parlor Books. <img width="2142" height="2856" width_o="2142" height_o="2856" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ee9dd13304abc2f36454766486eb7f082c7748f3c15d09481313383c3a06d22/IMG_4555.jpg" data-mid="240898727" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0ee9dd13304abc2f36454766486eb7f082c7748f3c15d09481313383c3a06d22/IMG_4555.jpg" /> Max Ciolino // Board Member Max Ciolino is active in the local writing, environmental, and legal communities. He shares his life with wife, his newborn son, and two shepskis. He writes under the pseudonym Max Rauhman, and can be reached at Max.Rauhman@gmail.com <img width="2913" height="1641" width_o="2913" height_o="1641" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42e621479c39f95ac802a0fc0124e949575ffe169f651c2d7a39e8e6d9fcb49e/lmnl-reel-web-03.png" data-mid="164951748" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/42e621479c39f95ac802a0fc0124e949575ffe169f651c2d7a39e8e6d9fcb49e/lmnl-reel-web-03.png" /> We feel strongly about compensating 💸 our writers and collaborators and are pleased and proud to say that we have received support for our workshops and readings from Poets &amp; Writers. Donate 🤲 to LMNL to show some more love for our writers and support our growing offering of programs. https://lmnlarts.com/Get-Involved Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:36:15 +0000 lmnlarts.org https://lmnlarts.com/Get-Involved Get Involved. The LMNL Team is always searching for new collaborations and opportunities that will help uplift our community. Currently, we are open to the following: 🎤 New speakers at our monthly readings that we host across the New Orleans metropolitan area. 🖐 Volunteers at our many events. ✨ Co-hosting events with other organizations. 📚 Partnering to publish digital and physical media. 🤝 Individuals interested in joining our team. 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Ours is a writing competition in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, public high school (all genres), and “Beyond the Bars” (a multi-genre competition for young people impacted by the justice system), associated with the Words and Music writers’ conference that takes place in November each year in New Orleans. Winners in the poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction categories receive $1,000; Winners in the Public High School and Beyond the Bars categories receive $500. Winners in all categories will be published in an upcoming LMNL Anthology and all runners-up, finalists, and all entrants will be considered for publication. Broadside Contest <img width="1650" height="2550" width_o="1650" height_o="2550" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a2a7410215609d832fd21486ced21837cb473337d1a86e1d6bf63dfaba89727/LMNL_Broadside-Digital-Zine-Cover_2023-01.png" data-mid="186578067" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7a2a7410215609d832fd21486ced21837cb473337d1a86e1d6bf63dfaba89727/LMNL_Broadside-Digital-Zine-Cover_2023-01.png" /> The Patty Friedmann contest guidelines are as follows:The contest entry fee is $20 for poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction and $10 for high school. Beyond the Bars does not have a fee. If in need of a fee waiver, please email lmnl.lit.nola@gmail.com.Poetry submissions should contain 1-3 poems for consideration in a single document. Prose submissions should contain a single short story or essay. High school and Beyond the Bars submissions should contain a prose piece or 3 poems.All submissions will be received electronically through Duotrope to ensure anonymity during the selection process. Entrants should not include any identifying information within their submission. Hard copies will not be accepted.LMNL’s board will conduct a preliminary review of all submissions and forward a selection of 10 entries to each genre contest judge.If the content of any submission provides the judge with any identifying information, that submission will be excluded from the contest. Contest submissions will open on March 27 and close on May 31 (though the submission deadline may be extended).We will announce winners in the fall. We subscribe to the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) Contest Code of Ethics. We take the integrity of our contest very seriously and will conduct the contest as ethically as possible. If any conflict of interest should arise, we will address it as ethically and fairly as we can. 2023 Broadside CompetitionClick here to view the full 2023 LMNL Broadside Zine PDF Winner: Nicole M. K. Eiden Finalists: Cari Oleskewicz N.A. Gorman Nat GoveAlex Sosebee Madi Zins Daniel W.K. Lee https://lmnlarts.com/Donate Fri, 20 Jan 2023 23:05:41 +0000 lmnlarts.org https://lmnlarts.com/Donate Donate. Thank you for your interest in donating to LMNL! We are currently in the process of setting up an external donation platform. 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