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Evie Lee

New Orleans,LA

Summary

Member of the Gate City Youth Slam Team

April 2019- Jul 2020 / Greensboro, NC

  • 4th Place at the Annual Gate City Youth Slam 2019
  • 2nd Place at the Annual Gate City Winter Slam 2019
  • 1st Place at the Annual Gate City Youth Slam 2020

Reader at Danville Community College

Jul 2019 / Danville, VA

Competed in Brave New Voices International Youth Slam

Jul 2019 / Las Vegas, NV

Reader at Annual MLK Memorial Breakfast

Jan 2020 / Greensboro, NC

Collaborator and Reader in Beyond My Flight- A Collection of Lupus Stories Through Dance

Feb 2020 / Greensboro, NC

Host of Weekly Poetry Open Mics at Neutral Ground Poetry House

Aug 2022- April 2023

Host and Organizer of Crescent City Slam

Oct 2022- Present

  • Bi-monthly poetry slams at Neutral Ground Coffee House, the Zeitgeist, the Domino, Cafe Istanbul, and LMNL Lit's Summer and Winter Poetry Festivals

Reader at LMNL Lit's Summer Festival

June 2023 / New Orleans, LA

Reader at LMNL Lit's Reading Series

Aug 2023 / New Orleans, LA

Reader at LMNL Lit's Winter Festival

Dec 2023 / New Orleans, LA

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Ice Cream Scooper

Parish Parlor
12.2022 - Current

Barista

Neutral Ground Coffee House
02.2022 - 04.2023

Assistant to Paralegal

Cox Cox Filo Wilson & Brown
06.2022 - 08.2022

Counselor

The Poetry Project
06.2021 - 08.2021

Cashier

Incredible Edible Snow Balls
03.2021 - 06.2021

Life Guard

Ragsdale YMCA
07.2019 - 03.2020

Education

Bachelors - English With Concentration in Creative Writing

University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
05.2024

Skills

  • Skilled Writer
  • Organized
  • Quick Learner
  • Reliability and Punctuality
  • Collaborative Writing
  • Writing style Versatility
  • Imaginative Thinking
  • Editing and Proofreading
  • Literary Analysis

Awards and Publications

Penguin Random House Creative Writing Award for Poetry 2021 

University of New Orleans President's Scholarship 

The Cox Law Firm Calcasieu Student Scholarship

Stephen Dowdall Memorial Scholarship

The Catherine B. Mackin Essay Prize 

Publication in Ellipsis (forthcoming)

Publication in LMNL Anthology (forthcoming) 


Timeline

Ice Cream Scooper

Parish Parlor
12.2022 - Current

Assistant to Paralegal

Cox Cox Filo Wilson & Brown
06.2022 - 08.2022

Barista

Neutral Ground Coffee House
02.2022 - 04.2023

Counselor

The Poetry Project
06.2021 - 08.2021

Cashier

Incredible Edible Snow Balls
03.2021 - 06.2021

Life Guard

Ragsdale YMCA
07.2019 - 03.2020

Bachelors - English With Concentration in Creative Writing

University of New Orleans
Evie Lee