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)
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:
