The JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival VIII is pleased to announce the following slate of writers to read their work at the 2021 event to be held on Friday and Saturday, October 15-16 at the Jessie Ball duPont Center.

Featured Poet: Yvette Angelique

Featured Memoirist: Tricia Booker​

Featured Playwright: Tim Gilmore

Featured Authors: Rodney L. Hurst, Sr. and Rudy F. Jamison, Jr., Ed.D.

John Aloszka

Julie Delegal

Valarie Esguerra

Sohrab Homi Fracis

Melissa Gopp-Warner

Johnny Masiulewicz

Kayla Frances Murray

Tayve Neese

Linda O’Connell

Princess Simpson Rashid

Andres Rojas

Cheri “Junebug” Royal

Erica Susan Saffer

Damon Thomas

Taryn “Love Reigns” Wharwood

Warm congratulations to all the Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville.

With special thanks to Shawana Brooks and the Jacksonville Cultural Development Corporation.