Ebony Payne-English is a poet, filmmaker, Executive Director of The Performers Academy, and author of the graphic novel, The Random Happenings, as well as poetry collection, Secrets of Ma’at and New Reads Publishing release, Bits & Pieces: After Therapy For Black Women. Her film, Kuongoza, is winner of 2021 Detroit Black Film Festival. She boasts a 7 album discography. Ebony has taught workshops and performed at many national venues.

Ebony will join in a Featured Screenwriting Panel Discussion in the Lecture Hall at 5:00 p.m.
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JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival IX, a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville, will be held on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29, 2022 at the Jessie Ball duPont Center, 40 East Adams Street, Jacksonville, Florida 32202. Click here for directions and parking information.

JaxbyJax is grateful to our generous sponsors: JaxNEXT100, Jessie Ball duPont Center, Moving the Margins, 904WARD, Happy Tapir Press, Babs’ Lab, Jacksonville Literary Arts Alliance, The Volstead, JaxPsychoGeo, Scribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC. Please click on their names to learn more.