Friday, September 30, 2022 is the DEADLINE to submit work to the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival’s STUDENT SHOWCASE. We especially need STORIES that can be read in 15 minutes or less. Please email your work to scribbler.finch@gmail.com by midnight. Submissions will be eligible for the James Robert Cobb Student Writer Contest, with prizes to be awarded at the festival on Saturday, October 29th.

2022 Student Showcase

The 2022 Student Showcase is open for submissions through September 30.  If you are a student at UNF, FSCJ, or DA (or if you are a teacher or parent of a talented student writer), please send contact information and a short story or set of poems (which can be read aloud in 15 minutes or less) to Darlyn Finch Kuhn at scribbler.finch@gmail.com.

Please note: there is no application fee for student submissions.

Featured poet Andres Rojas will once again award 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.

Andres Rojas will host student readings in the Loading Dock stage, while 
Professor Tricia Booker will host student reading in the Rooftop Garden.

The Student Showcase is sponsored by UNF, FSCJ, and Douglas Anderson School of the Arts.