When JaxbyJax and local student writers think about what they are most thankful for, influential writing mentors surely come to mind. For Andres Rojas, his professor and mentor from FSCJ Kent Campus, Dr. James Robert Cobb, is the person whose memory he has chosen to honor with a student writing prize.

On Saturday, December 2nd, starting at 3 PM, student writers from DA, FSCJ, and UNF will read their work in the Main Auditorium F-128, to be followed by the presentation of the Cobb awards to student poets, prosers, and spoken word artists. Rojas will say a few words about what his mentor meant to him and his work, and we hope it will inspire other local writers to consider influencing student writers in their work.

Then, on Sunday, December 3rd, Rojas will conduct a workshop on Poetry in B building, Room 208 at noon. His work is incredible, and aspiring poets won’t want to miss this.

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival X, a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville, will be held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, December 1, 2, and 3, 2023 at FSCJ’s Kent Campus, 3939 Roosevelt Blvd, Jacksonville, FL, 32205.

JaxbyJax is grateful to our generous sponsors: FSCJ, Alternate Roots, Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, 904WARD, Chamblin’s Bookmine and Uptown Café, Delegal & Poindexter, Andres Rojas, Jacksonville Literary Arts Alliance, Babs’ Lab, JaxPsychoGeo, San Marco Books and More, Scribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC.