The BIG DAY has arrived: Wednesday, August 13th is the deadline to submit your story or essay, page poem, or spoken word piece to JaxNEXT100. Polish it up and send it in! Winners will be announced at the celebration at the Jessie on Friday, August 12th. Cash prizes and a reading of your work. See you there!
Monday, July 11 at 9 AM, Melissa Ross will talk on First Coast Connect with Mark Walker, Director & Senior Program Officer of The Jessie and Darlyn Finch Kuhn, Director of the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival, about the upcoming JaxNEXT100 Celebration and its exciting We Have the WRITE to Our Future Writing Contest. The show will rebroadcast at 8 PM.
The writing contest deadline is Wednesday, July 13 at 11:59 PM, so please tune in to learn all the details about that AND about the other exciting events to be held August 9-13 to celebrate Jacksonvilles past, present, and future.
Today is the day we’ve all been waiting for! Did I mention you can submit your application to read your work in the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival IX every day in July 2022? Click on that link to read the details.
Save the dates of the festival: Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29, 2022.
Apply here: https://www.jaxbyjax.com/application
The JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival is looking forward to receiving your submissions from July 1-July 31 to read your work at the festival on October 29, 2022.
To apply, you must have been born in Jacksonville, live in Jacksonville now, write about Jacksonville, or use Jacksonville as a setting in your work.
Apply here: https://www.jaxbyjax.com/application