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JaxbyJax IX
Student Showcase Writers 

2022 Student Showcase

 

Please note: there is no application fee for student submissions.

Featured poet Andres Rojas will once again present the Dr. James Robert Cobb Student Writer Awards at the Student Showcase from 12:30 - 2:30 PM on Saturday, October 29.  

 

There will be three poetry winners and three prose winners. Cash prizes are $250 for 1st place, and $125 each for 2nd and 3rd places.

Poet Andres Rojas will host student poetry readings in the Loading Dock stage, while 

UNF Professor Tricia Booker will host student prose readings in the Rooftop Garden.

The 2022 Student Showcase was open for submissions September 1-30.  Students at UNF, FSCJ, or DA were invited to send contact information and a short story, essay, or set of poems (which could be read aloud in 15 minutes or less) to Darlyn Finch Kuhn at scribbler.finch@gmail.com.

Rojas says, "These awards are given to selected student writer participants at JaxbyJax in memory of Dr. James R. Cobb, a professor at Florida State College at Jacksonville's Kent Campus for over 20 years. He was a life-long educator and supporter of higher education for all who aspired to it. Dr. Cobb was a mentor and a model for broad-minded but rigorous thought to his students."

JaxbyJax is grateful to Rojas for honoring the memory of a beloved teacher by encouraging student writers and celebrating their work.

TALENTED JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS 

PRESENT THEIR WORK IN THE JAXBYJAX STUDENT SHOWCASE FROM
12:30 - 2:30 pm AT THE JESSIE BALL DUPONT CENTER
ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29,  2022 

Douglas Anderson School of the Arts

Poetry (Loading Dock)

Alisa Chamberlain 

Amelia Elder

Giovani Jacques 

Ta'Nivea Kinchen

Alexandria Kollmann

Kota Locklear

Brendan Nurczyk

Phillip Simmons, Jr.

Prose (Rooftop Garden)

Riz Zenith 

(with thanks to Tiffany Melanson)

Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ)

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Poetry (Loading Dock)

Lamontez Sanders

Prose (Rooftop Garden)

Jamiah Johnson

Sarah Gonzalez

(with thanks to Jenn Chase and Whitney Lafond)

University of North Florida (UNF)

Poetry (Loading Dock)

Jared Hines

Prose (Rooftop Garden)

Janson Cobiella

Sera-Ann Hargrove

Rachel Hunt

(with thanks to Mark Ari, Tricia Booker, and Jessica Stark )

Student Showcase Listings by Venue

Rooftop Garden

 

12:30 – 2:00 PM  Prose

Janson Cobiella - UNF

Sarah Gonzalez - FSCJ

Sera-Ann Hargrove - UNF

Rachel Hunt - UNF

Jamiah Johnson - FSCJ

Riz Zenith - DA

2:00 PM  – Move to Loading Dock for Dr. James Robert Cobb Student Writer Awards

 

Loading Dock

 

12:30 – 2:00 PM  Poetry

Alisa Chamberlain - DA

Amelia Elder - DA

Jared Hines - UNF

Giovani Jacques - DA 

Ta'Nivea Kinchen - DA

Alexandria Kollmann - DA

Kota Locklear - DA

Brendan Nurczyk - DA

Lamontez Sanders - FSCJ

Phillip Simmons, Jr. - DA

2:00 - 2:15 PM - Attendees from Rooftop Garden join attendees on the Loading Dock

2:15 - 2:30 PM – Dr. James Robert Cobb Student Writer Awards presented by Andres Rojas

JaxbyJax Student Showcase is sponsored by:

 

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