JaxbyJax IX
Student Showcase Writers
2022 Student Showcase
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Please note: there is no application fee for student submissions.
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Featured poet Andres Rojas will once again present the Dr. James Robert Cobb Student Writer Awards at the Student Showcase from 12:30 - 2:30 PM on Saturday, October 29.
There will be three poetry winners and three prose winners. Cash prizes are $250 for 1st place, and $125 each for 2nd and 3rd places.
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Poet Andres Rojas will host student poetry readings in the Loading Dock stage, while
UNF Professor Tricia Booker will host student prose readings in the Rooftop Garden.
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The 2022 Student Showcase was open for submissions September 1-30. Students at UNF, FSCJ, or DA were invited to send contact information and a short story, essay, or set of poems (which could be read aloud in 15 minutes or less) to Darlyn Finch Kuhn at scribbler.finch@gmail.com.
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Rojas says, "These awards are given to selected student writer participants at JaxbyJax in memory of Dr. James R. Cobb, a professor at Florida State College at Jacksonville's Kent Campus for over 20 years. He was a life-long educator and supporter of higher education for all who aspired to it. Dr. Cobb was a mentor and a model for broad-minded but rigorous thought to his students."
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JaxbyJax is grateful to Rojas for honoring the memory of a beloved teacher by encouraging student writers and celebrating their work.
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TALENTED JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS
PRESENT THEIR WORK IN THE JAXBYJAX STUDENT SHOWCASE FROM
12:30 - 2:30 pm AT THE JESSIE BALL DUPONT CENTER
ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2022
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Douglas Anderson School of the Arts
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Poetry (Loading Dock)
Alisa Chamberlain
Amelia Elder
Giovani Jacques
Ta'Nivea Kinchen
Alexandria Kollmann
Kota Locklear
Brendan Nurczyk
Phillip Simmons, Jr.
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Prose (Rooftop Garden)
Riz Zenith
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(with thanks to Tiffany Melanson)
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Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ)
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Poetry (Loading Dock)
Lamontez Sanders
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Prose (Rooftop Garden)
Jamiah Johnson
Sarah Gonzalez
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(with thanks to Jenn Chase and Whitney Lafond)
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University of North Florida (UNF)
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Poetry (Loading Dock)
Jared Hines
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Prose (Rooftop Garden)
Janson Cobiella
Sera-Ann Hargrove
Rachel Hunt
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(with thanks to Mark Ari, Tricia Booker, and Jessica Stark )
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Student Showcase Listings by Venue
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Rooftop Garden
12:30 – 2:00 PM Prose
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Janson Cobiella - UNF
Sarah Gonzalez - FSCJ
Sera-Ann Hargrove - UNF
Rachel Hunt - UNF
Jamiah Johnson - FSCJ
Riz Zenith - DA
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2:00 PM – Move to Loading Dock for Dr. James Robert Cobb Student Writer Awards
Loading Dock
12:30 – 2:00 PM Poetry
Alisa Chamberlain - DA
Amelia Elder - DA
Jared Hines - UNF
Giovani Jacques - DA
Ta'Nivea Kinchen - DA
Alexandria Kollmann - DA
Kota Locklear - DA
Brendan Nurczyk - DA
Lamontez Sanders - FSCJ
Phillip Simmons, Jr. - DA
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2:00 - 2:15 PM - Attendees from Rooftop Garden join attendees on the Loading Dock
2:15 - 2:30 PM – Dr. James Robert Cobb Student Writer Awards presented by Andres Rojas
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JaxbyJax Student Showcase is sponsored by:
