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Ashley Schilling

Aspiring young writer born and raised in south Louisiana. Alumni of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and the Kenyon Young Writers Workshop. Currently earning a BA in English at the University of New Orleans. She/They.
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New Orleans, LA, United States

Selected work (4 publications)

Poetry As Promised Magazine, 2023
Othellia
poetry
LGBTQIA+
Poetry As Promised Magazine, 2023
Autobiography of a Lavender Mistaken for Nightshade
poetry
nature
LGBTQIA+
Meraki, 2021
He Cuts Her Open
poetry
trauma
sexual assault
Misfit Magazine, 2021
No Weapons on School Grounds
poetry
politics

Links

Silver Key- Scholastic Art and Writing Awards (2)My poetry collection "Seeds" and my short-story "Wonderbread Whiteboy" both won a Regional Silver Key at the 2020 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Short List- William Wisdom High School Short-Story ContestMy young-adult fiction story "Wonderbread Whiteboy" was shortlisted for the William Faulkner Society High School Short-Story contest.
National Winner- Just Poetry!Certified National Winner for my poem, "Wonderlust/ You'll Understand When You're Older"