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JaxbyJax, What's Happening

UNF Student Jenna Cox to read at JaxbyJax

Jenna Cox grew up in Jacksonville and attends UNF as a first-year grad student. After obtaining her B.A. in English, she decided to persue her master’s degree to watch Jacksonville adapt and the UNF writing program grow–and unlock the stories hidden on the home front. Jenna has been an avid reader and writer since childhood and credits her supportive English teachers and family for her success. In her free time, she can be found exploring various pockets of Jax with friends.

Cox will read her work in the Student Showcase at 3 PM in the Main Auditorium F-128.

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival X, a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville, will be held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, December 1, 2, and 3, 2023 at FSCJ’s Kent Campus, 3939 Roosevelt Blvd, Jacksonville, FL, 32205.

JaxbyJax is grateful to our generous sponsors: FSCJ, Alternate Roots, Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, 904WARD, Chamblin’s Bookmine and Uptown Café, Jacksonville Literary Arts Alliance, Bab’s Lab, JaxPsychoGeo, San Marco Books and More, Scribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC.

JaxbyJax, What's Happening

JaxbyJax Welcomes Laura Dill

Laura Dill is an award-winning emerging artist and author in Jacksonville. Her Artivist soul is reflected in “The Resilience Project”, a collection of her paintings, photography, poetry, and writing on her journey to heal from PTSD and engage audiences on a wide range of topics including climate change, gun violence, sexual violence, acceptance of others and resilience. Her work has been exhibited in public art displays and is exhibited throughout Jacksonville and St. Augustine. She has been published in 6 anthologies and reached international audiences online and in digital format, and her work is preserved in two university permanent archives.

Dill is scheduled to read her work on Saturday, December 2nd at 11:30 AM in the Art Gallery Auditorium E-112-F.

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival X, a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville, will be held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, December 1, 2, and 3, 2023 at FSCJ’s Kent Campus, 3939 Roosevelt Blvd, Jacksonville, FL, 32205.

JaxbyJax is grateful to our generous sponsors: FSCJ, Alternate Roots, Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, 904WARD, Chamblin’s Bookmine and Uptown Café, Jacksonville Literary Arts Alliance, Bab’s Lab, JaxPsychoGeo, San Marco Books and More, Scribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC.

JaxbyJax, What's Happening

DA Student Nylah Watkins reads at JaxbyJax

Nylah Watkins is an award-winning writer and senior attending Douglas Anderson School of the Arts for Creative Writing. She has been recognized by Élan Literary Magazine and Scholastic Art & Writing for her fiction. She engages in community service advocating for safe spaces in classrooms, literary arts, and preserving history.

Nylah will read her work at the Student Showcase in the Main Auditorium F-128 on Saturday, December 3rd at 3 pm.

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival X, a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville, will be held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, December 1, 2, and 3, 2023 at FSCJ’s Kent Campus, 3939 Roosevelt Blvd, Jacksonville, FL, 32205. JaxbyJax is grateful to our generous sponsors: FSCJ, Alternate Roots, Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, 904WARD, Chamblin’s Bookmine and Uptown Café, Jacksonville Literary Arts Alliance, Bab’s Lab, JaxPsychoGeo, San Marco Books and More, Scribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC.

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Dorsey Craft to grace JaxbyJax

Dorsey Craft is the author of Plunder (Bauhan Publishing 2020), which was the winner of the May Sarton Poetry Prize. She is also the author of two chapbooks: The Pirate Anne Bonny Dances the Tarantella (Cutbank 2020) and My Football Team is Winning (EAT 2023). Her poems have appeared recently or are forthcoming in Blackbird, Copper Nickel, Pleiades, Ploughshares, and Poetry Northwest. She teaches composition and creative writing at University of North Florida and serves as Assistant Poetry Editor for Agni. She also organizes the Dreamboat Poetry Series with Jessica Q. Stark in Jacksonville, FL. 

Craft will read at 1:15 PM on Saturday, December 2nd at the Main Auditorium F-128.

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival X, a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville, will be held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, December 1, 2, and 3, 2023 at FSCJ’s Kent Campus, 3939 Roosevelt Blvd, Jacksonville, FL, 32205.

JaxbyJax is grateful to our generous sponsors: FSCJ, Alternate Roots, Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, 904WARD, Chamblin’s Bookmine and Uptown Café, Jacksonville Literary Arts Alliance, Bab’s Lab, JaxPsychoGeo, San Marco Books and More, Scribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC.