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JaxbyJax Writing Workshop

WHO: Writers from the Jacksonville area who want to improve their writing while helping others to improve, as well.

WHAT: Gentle critique of poems and short prose pieces by beginning, student, professional, and published writers.

WHEN: Monday, August 5, 2019 from 6-9 PM

WHERE: University of North Florida (UNF) Communications Department Conference Room, Bldg. 14-D
(Pay to Park at kiosk in Garage 44, next to the Fine Arts Building.)

https://maps.unf.edu/#UMAP_2013041616337

The JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival VI will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2019.

One of our goals this year is to encourage Jacksonville writers who have not yet taken part in this annual celebration of “Jacksonville writers writing Jacksonville” to participate. To that end, UNF, FSCJ, the Jacksonville Public Library, and JaxbyJax will team up to host a monthly writing workshop at various locations around the city so that both student and non-student writers from the Jacksonville community can find out more about the festival, and also polish their writing through gentle critiques of their work.

The next workshop will be held on Monday, August 5th, from 6 – 9 PM in the Communications Department Conference Room, Building 14-D.

Please bring 20 copies of your poem or short prose piece. You’ll get to hear your work read aloud by another writer, and then receive spoken feedback and written suggestions to take home.

JaxbyJax Writing Workshops are free, and open to the public (high school and older, please.) Participation in the workshop does not guarantee acceptance into the juried literary festival.

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UNF Hosts JaxbyJax Writing Workshop

WHO: Writers from the Jacksonville area who want to improve their writing while helping others to improve, as well.

WHAT: Gentle critique of poems and short prose pieces by beginning, student, professional, and published writers.

WHEN: Monday, May 6, 2019 6-9 PM

WHERE: UNF, Communications Department Conference Room on the second floor of the Andrew Robinson Building #14-D at the University of North Florida.

https://maps.unf.edu/

PARKING:

  1. Drive up to kiosk at campus entrances, or park in preferred lot and walk to nearest kiosk. Pay-by-Plate Kiosk map 
  2. Make sure to park “nose-in” so that your license plate is visible from the driving lane. 
  3. Take note (or take a picture) of your vehicle license plate to enter at the kiosk. 
  4. At Kiosk, press the START button on the keyboard (located below the screen) All prompts will be done on the key board (this is not a touch screen system)
  5. Then, Press 1 for PARKING; PAY BY PLATE PARKING WITH CASH OR CARD
  6. Next, enter your license plate number, and then press the green Print button (bottom right side of the keyboard) Note: The State of Florida does not use the letter O, only number zeros. 
  7. Finally, enter your payment method
  8. A receipt may print as a confirmation that the daily virtual permit has been purchased–this does not need to be placed in vehicle window.

The JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival VI will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2019.

One of our goals this year is to encourage Jacksonville writers who have not yet taken part in this annual celebration of “Jacksonville writers writing Jacksonville” to participate. To that end, UNF, FSCJ and JaxbyJax will team up to host a monthly writing workshop at various locations around the city so that both student and non-student writers from the Jacksonville community can find out more about the festival, and also polish their writing through gentle critiques of their work.

The next workshop will be held on Monday, May 6th from 6 – 9 PM in the Communications Department Conference Room on the second floor of the Andrew Robinson Building #14-D at the University of North Florida.

Please bring 20 copies of your poem or short prose piece. You’ll get to hear your work read aloud by another writer, and then receive spoken feedback and written suggestions to take home.

JaxbyJax Writing Workshops are free, and open to the public (high school and older, please.) Participation in the workshop does not guarantee acceptance into the juried literary festival.

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Register Now for Sunshine State Book Festival

Writer’s Alliance of Gainesville, is putting on the Sunshine State Book Festival January 24 -26, 2020 in Gainesville, Florida. Author registration for table space is now available online.

The three-day festival will open with a reception at the Matheson History Museum on Friday, January 24. All events are free and open to the public. A large turnout is expected.

Saturday, a full-day book festival held at the Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall will give authors an opportunity to interact with readers, sell and sign books. During the Saturday festival, seven presentations by well-known authors will attract additional attendees. There will also be hourly free prize drawings of books authored by festival participants.

On Sunday, a literary heritage tour will provide an experience with four of Florida’s legendary literary figures portrayed in the Gainesville area settings where they lived or worked.

Authors interested in exhibit space are encouraged to register now as table space is selling out quickly.

For further information and to register, visit the festival website at www.sunshinestatebookfestival.com

Produced by Writers Alliance of Gainesville.

Sponsored in part by Santa Fe College, Santa Fe College Foundation, and Visit Gainesville.