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JACKSONVILLE WRITERS
WRITING JACKSONVILLE
JaxbyJax
Literary Arts Festival
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Presented by:
Alternate Roots
Ford Foundation
Mellon Foundation
Chamblin's Bookmine &
Chamblin's Uptown Cafe
Florida State College at Jacksonville
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
December 1st, 2nd, & 3rd
at FSCJ Kent Campus
3939 Roosevelt Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32205
FREE/Public Welcome
We are thrilled to announce:
Former JSO Sheriff Nat Glover will read from Striving for Justice: A Black Sheriff in the Deep South to open the festival on Friday night.
AND
Jacksonville Mayor
Donna Deegan will read from Through Rose-Colored Glasses: A Marathon from Fear to Love to close Saturday's event.
To see an alphabetical list of the selected adult reader-writers for 2023, click here.
To see an alphabetical list of the selected student showcase writers for 2023, click here.
To see a list of 2023 Workshops and leaders, click here.
To see a schedule of events, click here.
2019 Writers

2019 Writers
(in alphabetical order)
Congratulations to the 31
selected writers announced in the Wednesday, August 21st issue of
Folio Weekly Magazine!
Thony Aiuppy
Molly Angney
Ben Atkinson
Ma Bones
Tricia Booker
Iman Byfield
Howard Denson
Wanda Duncan
Thomas Ferriello
Keri Foster
Sohrab Homi Fracis
Chris Gabbard
Tim Gilmore
Alton Gordon
Laura Hoffman
Arash Kamiar
Brad Kuhn
Sarah Maples
Johnny Masiulewicz
Marq Mervin
Tayve Neese
Bobbie O'Connor
Ebony Payne English
Shannon Pulusan
Andres Rojas
Kat Roland
Erica Saffer
Lynn Skapyak Harlin
Sean T. Smith
Damon Thomas
Nikesha Williams
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