Student Showcase Listings by Venue

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival IX is proud to announce the student writer/readers for the Student Showcase on October 29, 2022 at the Jessie Ball duPont Center:

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Rooftop Garden

12:30 – 2:00 PM  Prose – (hosted by Tricia Booker)

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Janson Cobiella – UNF

Sarah Gonzalez – FSCJ

Sera-Ann Hargrove – UNF

Rachel Hunt – UNF

Jamiah Johnson – FSCJ

Riz Zenith – DA

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2:00 PM  – Move to Loading Dock for Dr. James Robert Cobb Student Writer Awards

Loading Dock

12:30 – 2:00 PM  Poetry (hosted by Andres Rojas)

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

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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

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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.