Click here to read Folio Weekly’s guest editorial by your Scribbler, announcing the selected writer/readers for the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival VI.
Congratulations to all 31. Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 16th. Don’t make me come get you!
Whew! Your JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival anonymous Selection Committee had some really tough decisions to make, winnowing 54 great writer applicants down to a pool of 30 fabulous readers for the festival to be held on November 16, 2019. Fueled by grit, determination, and an overstuffed cookie jar, they made it through the ordeal.
Congratulatory (and consolation) letters will be sent next Wednesday, August 21st, so watch your inboxes for an email from scribbler.finch@gmail.com, if you applied to read at the festival.
To see a short history of the festival and to learn what’s new for 2019, pick up the Wednesday, August 21st editon of Folio Weekly, which will also feature a list of this year’s selected writers for JaxbyJax, at your favorite newsstand. This edition of the magazine will showcase area writers and, no, your Scribbler doesn’t know who was selected for the magazine; I’m as curious as you are! Can’t wait to read about our fellow ink-stained wretches.
Your Scribbler is thrilled to announce that Katy Yocom will read and sign books from 2-4 p.m. at Chamblin’s Uptown Bookstore
(215 North Laura St., Jacksonville, FL) on Sunday, August 11th. In addition to being a brilliant author of an exciting debut novel, she is simply one of the top ten people on the planet. Come meet her!
Brad and Darlyn Kuhn will also host a barbecue in Katy’s honor at River of Grass, (8472 Concord Blvd. W, Jacksonville, FL) starting at 4:30 p.m. Let’s all get to know one another, and talk about TIGERS!
You can apply to read at the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival up until midnight tonight – Wednesday, July 31st.
Be one of thirty writers (born in Jax, living in Jax, OR writing about Jax) selected to share your work with lovers of Jax lit.
This year, through the generosity of Ron Chamblin of Chamblin’s Uptown and Chamblin’s Bookmine, the selected authors will also receive a $100 honorarium.