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JaxbyJax welcomes Wyne Karnath

Wyne Karnath is a writer of both fiction and non-fiction who writes every day, and posts at findyournation.org, to inspire and connect people of like minds, especially those who want to make a positive change.
His fiction is often set in the near future. Mankind’s unsteady and problematic relationship to technology is central to his work. His brand of fiction is speculative, not fantasy.Karnath is a finalist for the Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Literary Award for short fiction.

Wyne will read at 11:15 AM on Saturday, October 29 at the Lecture Hall.
To see the Event Guide, click here.

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, Bab’s Lab, Jacksonville Literary Arts Alliance, The Volstead, Scribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC. Please click on their names to learn more.

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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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Sohrab Homi Fracis with True Fiction at JaxbyJax

Sohrab Homi Fracis will read from his new book of Jax stories, True Fiction. He won the Iowa Short Fiction Award, juried by the legendary Iowa Writers’ Workshop, for Ticket to Minto. His novel, Go Home, was shortlisted by Stanford for the William Saroyan International Prize. He was Twin Cities Visiting Writer in Residence at Augsburg College, Artist in Residence at Yaddo, and Florida Individual Artist Fellow. The South Asian Literary Association awarded him its Distinguished Achievement Award.

Sohrab will read at 11:45 AM on Saturday, October 29 at the Lecture Hall.
To see the Event Guide, click here.

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, Bab’s Lab, Jacksonville Literary Arts Alliance, The Volstead, Scribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC. Please click on their names to learn more.

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River City Writers Group

Scribbles is very excited to announce a new chapter of the Florida Writers Association right here in Jacksonville. I attended the first meeting in September, and can tell you there are exciting things happening!

Here is what leader Claudia Oltean says on the River City Writers website:

Writers Helping Writers

Welcome to the River City Writer’s Group website. I’m Claudia Oltean, group leader. We are a Jacksonville-area chapter of the Florida Writer’s Association. Our meetings are open to anyone with an interest in writing fiction or non-fiction and to those who are new to writing, have unpublished material, or are indie or traditionally-published authors.

To attend our meetings you do not have to be a member of the Florida Writer’s Association and there is no charge. 

Beginning in September of this year, we will meet on the second Saturday of each month at the Southeast Regional Public Library, 10599 Deerwood Park Blvd. Jacksonville, Fl. 32256.  See meeting times below.

Monthly Meetings

  Here’s a rundown on the plans for the next meetings: 

—Saturday, October 8 at 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. in Room B at the Southeast Public Library. The speaker will be Dr. Edward Mickolus on “How to Become a Prolific Author.” Dr. Mickolus has published over 40 books on a wide range of topics and given numerous presentations to writer’s groups.

—Saturday, November 12  No meeting due to voting and Thanksgiving. 

—Saturday, December 10 at 10:30-12 p.m.  (Room A) at the Southeast Public Library. Speaker is author Shutta Crum. Topic to be announced.