



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.
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Student Showcase Writers
2023 Student Showcase
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Please note: there is no application fee for student submissions.
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James Robert Cobb Student Writer Awards
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There will be three poetry winners, three prose winners, and three spoken word winners.
Cash prizes are $250 for 1st place, and $150 for 2nd place, and $100 for 3rd place in each category.
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Poet Andres Rojas generously sponsors the awards in honor of his late teacher, mentor, and friend. 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."
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JaxbyJax is grateful to Rojas for honoring the memory of a beloved teacher by encouraging student writers and celebrating their work.
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THE FOLLOWING TALENTED JACKSONVILLE
HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS
WILL PRESENT THEIR WORK ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2ND
AT THE FSCJ KENT CAMPUS AUDITORIUM
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Douglas Anderson School of the Arts
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Alexander Bowen
Angelina Davis
Niveah Glover
Emma Klopfer
Lawson Lewis
Alahna Vallone
Nylah Watkins
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(with thanks to Tiffany Melanson)
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Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ)
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Matthew Griffin
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(with thanks to Jenn Chase and Whitney Lafond)
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University of North Florida (UNF)
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Romaine Bennett
Jenna Cox
Hailey Rose Jacobsen
James (Jake) Tedder
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(with thanks to Mark Ari, Tricia Booker, and Jessica Stark )
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JaxbyJax Student Showcase is sponsored by:


