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Sept. 30 – Student Showcase Submission Deadline

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.

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JaxbyJax Community Writing Workshops

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival IX will reach out to aspiring and student writers in the Jacksonville area leading up to the festival by conducting Community Writing Workshops at four FSCJ campuses. The workshops will all run from 6-8 PM on Wednesday evenings at the following locations:

Sept. 28 Downtown Campus, Room A2012

Oct. 5 North Campus, Room D212

Oct. 12 South Campus, Room T101

Oct. 19 Kent Campus, Room A208

Each workshop participant is asked to bring a dozen copies of a short story or poem(s) that can be read in 5-10 minutes for gentle critique and encouragement.

The workshops will be led by writers and Co-Directors of the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival, Brad and Darlyn Kuhn.

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Time is Melting Away

Midnight tonight, Sunday, July 31st, is the deadline to apply to share your work at the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival IX. It’s your opportunity to read for 15 minutes in October to friends and fans, old and new, if you were born in Jacksonville, live in Jacksonville now, write about Jacksonville, or use the city as a setting in your work.

Learn more at https://www.jaxbyjax.com/

Apply at https://www.jaxbyjax.com/application

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